Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Saturday, 9 October 2010
Production Log
Production log
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Friday 1st October - Vox Pox Started
Wednesday 6th - Vox Pox Finished Edited And Awaiting Compression
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Locations
These are potential locations which we may use in our music video
Images of a hall in which we may use our actor rapping in in order to create a feeling of him becoming sucessful
The image of the car is also a potential prop which we may use within our music video
Monday, 4 October 2010
Modernism/Post Modernism
Modernism/Post Modernism
Modenism- is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes both a set of cultural tendencies and an array of associated cultural movement, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art, architecture, literature, religious faith, social organization and daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic, social and political conditions of an emerging fully industrialized world.
Postmodernism- is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. Postmodernism has influenced many cultural fields, including literary criticisms, sociology, linguistics, architecture, visual arts, and music.
A postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from modernist approaches that had previously been dominant.
Modenism- is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes both a set of cultural tendencies and an array of associated cultural movement, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The term encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art, architecture, literature, religious faith, social organization and daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic, social and political conditions of an emerging fully industrialized world.
Postmodernism- is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. Postmodernism has influenced many cultural fields, including literary criticisms, sociology, linguistics, architecture, visual arts, and music.
A postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from modernist approaches that had previously been dominant.
Sexual objectification and the 'Male Gaze' - Laura Mulvey
Sexual objectification and the 'Male Gaze' - Laura Mulvey
States that the presence of women in videos solely for presentation purposes to appeal to male nature rather than being used for narrative function.
Female on display is passive and objectified for a 'male gaze' regardless of the viewers gender.
Voyeuristic treatment of the female body in 'male' videos, and the use of dancers as adornments to the male ego.
The inclusion of women for display is a staple element in music videos across all genres.
Women connote 'to-be-looked-at-ness' and are merely objects of the 'male gaze'
States that the presence of women in videos solely for presentation purposes to appeal to male nature rather than being used for narrative function.
Female on display is passive and objectified for a 'male gaze' regardless of the viewers gender.
Voyeuristic treatment of the female body in 'male' videos, and the use of dancers as adornments to the male ego.
The inclusion of women for display is a staple element in music videos across all genres.
Women connote 'to-be-looked-at-ness' and are merely objects of the 'male gaze'
Where Im From Lyrics
Pepstar- Where I'm from lyrics
Verse 1-
Turn my mic up a bit
Yeah
Lets get in 2 it
Yeah …yo pep pep star
East London stand up ..north ..west ..south London stand up ..even up in The midlands ya dun kno
Oi oi and its not even a post code war
Its jus how were living
I’m from where we mostly grown up in a council estate
Probably never seen the day when love cancels to hate
If you’re in the shubz iced out with jewels on display
Jus believe there a bunch of goons with tools on their way
That’s the way it’s always been that’s the way it will stay
Thugs make a bit of money but don't plan their escape
All in the biggest cars and.. Living with their marges
Feeling like a star till their yard gets raid
Laws don't mean a thing
From a place where the government aint took a step in so how the heck can they relate
Where babies have babies like fabolous says one in the hand, pram and one on the way
Thought your hurt man dam then this guy came
Showed her bait of change.. She’s forgotten your name
Failures never our thought now we've forgot you to blame
And we all had targets jus forgotten to aim
-Chorus-
This is were im from ..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s where I’m from
Still it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city LND still
-Verse 2-
I’m from where light skin was the in thing
Now its shottas AC droppers with sick rings
Where even your tight bredrins might show a different side
If you glide ahead of them you never win
See it’s a basic equation
P's brings the status
You’re famous
Now welcome the haters
Any given day you can ask what’s the latest
You'll always hear the same thing coz nothing ever changes
Like he fell in love
She set him up
He got robbed retaliated and he got shot
Now he's locked up, box punching a clock
While she's probably out deer jumping the cock
It’s a lot
Round my zones
Divided by post codes
You could of been a different person if you lived across the road
It’s that serious
Bloody all periods
I know all my London dons are feeling this
-Chorus-
This is were I’m from..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Uh it’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city H.A.C Still
Its where I’m from ..yeah its where I’m from
-Verse 3-
I’m from where there’s been a few success stories
But all the rest I tend to here bore me
You can either kick, spit, legit you’re way out of it
But when all three fails you catch a murder mile in it
Mouthing it
They’re going out of town with it shit
I got a few brothers that were down for it but went down for it
Know a few smart brothers uni or apprenticeships
Know they gotta make it happen
Though we are not meant to win
And not mentioning
Those who kill for there zones like they own it
When there’s youths with no homes shit
Leting on the postcodes don't make no sense
Don't make no pounds don't make no pence
But it’s the mentality
Treated like a mannequin
Don't shoot the messenger
My nigga and be mad at me
Greaze spreads in every spot like acne
Knee deeper you know how that be shit
-Chorus-
This is were I’m from ..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s where I’m from
Look it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
Its where I’m from..yeah its where I’m from
YOU KNOW ITS WHERE I'M FROM!!
Verse 1-
Turn my mic up a bit
Yeah
Lets get in 2 it
Yeah …yo pep pep star
East London stand up ..north ..west ..south London stand up ..even up in The midlands ya dun kno
Oi oi and its not even a post code war
Its jus how were living
I’m from where we mostly grown up in a council estate
Probably never seen the day when love cancels to hate
If you’re in the shubz iced out with jewels on display
Jus believe there a bunch of goons with tools on their way
That’s the way it’s always been that’s the way it will stay
Thugs make a bit of money but don't plan their escape
All in the biggest cars and.. Living with their marges
Feeling like a star till their yard gets raid
Laws don't mean a thing
From a place where the government aint took a step in so how the heck can they relate
Where babies have babies like fabolous says one in the hand, pram and one on the way
Thought your hurt man dam then this guy came
Showed her bait of change.. She’s forgotten your name
Failures never our thought now we've forgot you to blame
And we all had targets jus forgotten to aim
-Chorus-
This is were im from ..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s where I’m from
Still it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city LND still
-Verse 2-
I’m from where light skin was the in thing
Now its shottas AC droppers with sick rings
Where even your tight bredrins might show a different side
If you glide ahead of them you never win
See it’s a basic equation
P's brings the status
You’re famous
Now welcome the haters
Any given day you can ask what’s the latest
You'll always hear the same thing coz nothing ever changes
Like he fell in love
She set him up
He got robbed retaliated and he got shot
Now he's locked up, box punching a clock
While she's probably out deer jumping the cock
It’s a lot
Round my zones
Divided by post codes
You could of been a different person if you lived across the road
It’s that serious
Bloody all periods
I know all my London dons are feeling this
-Chorus-
This is were I’m from..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Uh it’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city H.A.C Still
Its where I’m from ..yeah its where I’m from
-Verse 3-
I’m from where there’s been a few success stories
But all the rest I tend to here bore me
You can either kick, spit, legit you’re way out of it
But when all three fails you catch a murder mile in it
Mouthing it
They’re going out of town with it shit
I got a few brothers that were down for it but went down for it
Know a few smart brothers uni or apprenticeships
Know they gotta make it happen
Though we are not meant to win
And not mentioning
Those who kill for there zones like they own it
When there’s youths with no homes shit
Leting on the postcodes don't make no sense
Don't make no pounds don't make no pence
But it’s the mentality
Treated like a mannequin
Don't shoot the messenger
My nigga and be mad at me
Greaze spreads in every spot like acne
Knee deeper you know how that be shit
-Chorus-
This is were I’m from ..
And we might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
It’s where I’m from
Yeah it’s where I’m from
Look it’s were I’m from
And it might not be pretty always gritty living in the inner city L.N.D Still
Its where I’m from..yeah its where I’m from
YOU KNOW ITS WHERE I'M FROM!!
Friday, 1 October 2010
Narrative Theory
Narrative Theories
A narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.
There are three main theories on narratives by Tzvetan Todorov, Vladimir Propp and Claude Levi-Strauss
Tzvetan Todorov theory of equilibrium:
All stories begin at equilibrium however it is then disrupted, which is set in a motion of events There is then a resolution which results in the creation of a new or different equilibrium.
The chain of events is as follows:
Equilibrium>Disturbance>Resolution>Re-Equilibrium
This is a narrative structure found in most Hollywood films.
Vladimir Propp
Essentially interested in the narrative of folk tales and identified a theory about folk tales being similar in many ways.
They were about the same struggle and had the same 'Stock Characters'
He identified a theory about characters and actions as narrative functions; they provide a structure for the text.
His list of 'Stock Characters' consisted of:
The villain — struggles against the hero.
The donor — prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.
The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.
Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished.
The dispatcher — character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.
False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.
Claude Levi-Strauss: Binary oppositions
Meanings, including narrative, depends on binary oppositions- he explores these in terms of underlying typical themes rather than events. Conflict helps to drive the narrative.
Man vs Woman
Old vs Young
Hero vs Villain
West vs East
Good vs Bad
A narrative is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.
There are three main theories on narratives by Tzvetan Todorov, Vladimir Propp and Claude Levi-Strauss
Tzvetan Todorov theory of equilibrium:
All stories begin at equilibrium however it is then disrupted, which is set in a motion of events There is then a resolution which results in the creation of a new or different equilibrium.
The chain of events is as follows:
Equilibrium>Disturbance>Resolution>Re-Equilibrium
This is a narrative structure found in most Hollywood films.
Vladimir Propp
Essentially interested in the narrative of folk tales and identified a theory about folk tales being similar in many ways.
They were about the same struggle and had the same 'Stock Characters'
He identified a theory about characters and actions as narrative functions; they provide a structure for the text.
His list of 'Stock Characters' consisted of:
The villain — struggles against the hero.
The donor — prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object.
The (magical) helper — helps the hero in the quest.
The princess or prize — the hero deserves her throughout the story but is unable to marry her because of an unfair evil, usually because of the villain. the hero's journey is often ended when he marries the princess, thereby beating the villain.
Her father — gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished.
The dispatcher — character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
The hero or victim/seeker hero — reacts to the donor, weds the princess.
False hero — takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.
Claude Levi-Strauss: Binary oppositions
Meanings, including narrative, depends on binary oppositions- he explores these in terms of underlying typical themes rather than events. Conflict helps to drive the narrative.
Man vs Woman
Old vs Young
Hero vs Villain
West vs East
Good vs Bad
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