Profile of the Legendary Artist

Name: Montaz Mitchell

Age: 24

Genre style of music: pop/RnB

Appearance: short hair, casual trendy clothing

Iconography: Guitars, relationships, man+women, breakups, romantic

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Possible locations and settings

Before we start to do our filming, we had to come up with some ideas of where it will be right and appropriate to shoot. We know that we have to choose our setting carefully as it cant be just anywhere and wherever we shoot, there has to be meaning and connotations.

These are just some of the ideas we came up with:

We have chosen these particular settings for our music video as we think that they are suitable for the narrative as they will give a clear linear narrative to the audience. Also these settings are linked with the emotions and mood of the scenes, for example, a scene at the park will reflect the romantic side of the scene.

aslo scenes such as the seaside reflect a romantic image and emphasises how lonly u can get if u fall out of love or lose your loved ones. Snenes with the big city buildings reflect the success of am person wich relates to our character as he achieves this in the end of our video

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Example of similar costumes and props

We have to choose the costume of the artist very carefully as it has to have meaning and relate to the narrative. Here are a few examples of what the character might wear:

This is an example of what type of jeans our character might wear. i have chosen this specific type as it is brandy and a bit funky similar to our character.

Again u can see that the colours of the costumes  stand out as the are fbight and flashy, also the colour red to symbolise love and romance.

You can see that accesories such as shades is essential for our character as it is associated with being cool and successful. It also has to be neat and not too cheesy as they are serious characters trying to give out a true and realsistic message about love

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examples of chosen genre

We have chosen our genre to be associated the the theme of love and romance which falls under the genre of RnB/ pop. We did some research into similar Rnb songs and love songs. Our aim is to use a bit of the two diffrent type of genres and merge into one. These songs that we researched fit in with our genre as it expresses the idea of love which is what our music video intends to do.


Here is a few examples of some videos of our chosen genre. we decided to choose a romantic genre which can be categorized as pop or even RNB. However, we still havnt decided which one we will choose. these are examples of songs which are based around the ideology of love and have a narrative which is simple and clear to understand.



Neyo-So sick


This song by Neyo falls under the RNB genre and tells the story about him and the women he loves after they break up. The video uses typical iconography and settings fo a love song. For example,an apartment in the middle of the mountains which sets the whole romantic scene, just him and his lover alone. we also see various camera shots which shows both of them arguing which reflect the breakup. Also , a lot of close up shots are uswed to show the facial expressions and reveal the emotions. connotations for a romantic location include running around with his lover around a park and sitting next to the fire at home.


taylor swift- love story


This song by Taylor swift is also a very romantic song but targeting a more youger audience or teenagers. This video is set in a college and relflects the love life of a boy and a girl. the costumes they wear suggest that it is similar to romeo and juliet.. for example, the big dress she wears when she dances and secretly meeting up in the night to see her lover.




T Pain-im sprung


i chose this song by Tpain because it portrays the feminine side of an artist that deals with a hip hop/ Rnb genre. it shows the "cool" side of him as well as the sensitive side due to him falling in love. it portays the idea of love through the eyes of a "Hard man" for example, it shows how a man can change into a more sensitive and emotional person after falling in love even though he is thought to be a 'cool' person.


Drake-find your love



this is also similar to the song above as it shows the emotions of a rapper after falling in love. this video mixes the props and iconography of a rap song with a love song. For example it shows the 'rapper' side of Drake where he is hanging out with his gang in clubs whereas on the other hand, it shows the love story between himself and the women.