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For our Gansgta's Paradise music video, I think that the locations that I could use are relatively local. In my opinion, small and well hidden areas work best to accompany the lyrics of this song simply because it is a very solemn song with a lot of meanings behind the lyrics. Often, you will find that the lyrics being used in this song are talking about death and crime, so we also need naturally dark area, maybe just using lamppost for a source of lighting. As you can see from this entry, there are trees and bushes overshadowing it, so it would provide a good level of darkness for us. Although, because it will be very dark if we film at night, we would need some form of natural lighting. Overall, this location could be very convenient for filming some parts of our music video, because it is on my road, and my partner lives a 15 minute walk away from this location. The lyrics 'On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the street light' would be perfect to match...

When filming for music our music video to accompany the song Gangsta's Paradise, I believe that the lighting will be very dark. The reason behind the dark lighting is because of the solemn lyrics that are used throughout this track. Throughout my research of the lyrics for this song, I have picked out a few particularly dark and deep lyrics that will require us to use a lot of darkness in our music video. Here are a few examples of these lyrics- ' As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left ' These lyrics are making an assumption that Coolio is going through a time in his life where he is on the path towards death, and that when he evaluates his life, he has nothing. ' As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke ' These lyrics consist of Coolio talking about his previous experiences, he even hints that he has killed people. 'Fool, death ain't nothin' but a ...

In order to produce a music video which involves Coolio's song 'Gangsta's Paradise', I must first gain permission to use this song. This can be achieved through emailing the record company of this song, Tommy Boy Entertainment. Here is a screenshot that I have taken to give proof that I did email Tommy Boy Entertainment in order to get permission to use one of their songs.

Often, you will find that hip hop music videos will gratify their audience by showing off their wealth towards the audience. For example, the artist may show close ups of their jewellery, watches and money. Gif- ( https://giphy.com/gifs/lil-wayne-make-it-rain-fat-joe-3oEduOTjNSixSN7D8s ) The reason that this gratifies the audience is because the flashy, materialistic aspects of these videos are what the audience wants to see. In addition to this, the hip music videos often make the audience feel part of the group or 'gang'. For example, in 50 Cent's 'In Da Club' music video, there are a lot of scenes with 50 Cent partying with his friends, this sets the scene for the audience and makes them feel involved with 50 Cent, as they feel as though they are actually part of the party.

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In this blog post, I will be explaining performance and narrative style music videos. Both of these music video styles have their positives and their negatives and both of them are very popular in the music industry. During performance music videos, the band or the artist will be shown playing throughout the majority of the video, with very little variety of anything else. Usually, you will find that the props used in performance music videos are just the instruments being used in the song. Often, you will find that bands who have a low budget would use performance music videos because it doesn't cost a lot of money to make a performance music video (you barely need any props and you can film in just one location). An example of a performance music video is The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' ' By The Way ' music video. In this video, all that you see is the band performing and the props used are just the drum set and guitar. The main aim of a narra...