WWW;
It stands out.
Looks unique.
Good use of colours.
EBI;
There was a picture of a raven in the middle of the actual badge/logo.
The colouring had been neater and less blurry.
There was text below the logo.
Monday 21 October 2013
Tuesday 15 October 2013
REPRESENTATION.
'Eye Candy' is used a lot in rap videos, but what effect does this have on women and men's perception on how they thin women should act and be like?
Eye Candy or Hip Hop Honeys, are often seen dancing and posing in music videos, next to the artists themselves.
However, as I have personally seen in a documentary watched in class about hip hop honeys, not all of these women in the video are getting paid... Half of them just showed up, auditioned and hope to get recognition from another artist/director, in order to get paid. Almost like chasing after a dream.
But some people are told that they're not good enough to even be put into a video. Whether that is because of their skin colour, weight or even height, it varies.
This can often hurt and give a blow to the women auditioning for the opportunity to be recognised.
It then leads to the streotypical action of paying for boob and bum implants, to gain attention.
This usually isn't because the woman wants it for herself, but to please men with it. It can cost up to thousands of pounds to get those types of operations done, and in addition, most of them still aren't getting paid, so they loose money and don't gain anything out of it.
On the other hand, not all hip hop honeys are struggling with earning money and being successful. A lot of the successful hip hop honeys earn thousands of pounds not only for featuring in a music video, but just to be present on set!
Other women would feel that women are being exploited in these explicit music videos, and that it has a negative effect on the women that resent these perceptions. Almost presenting women as sexual objects to men, and that all women need to have big boobs and bums.
Perhaps you could say that men are blind and oblivious to this and the fact that what they're doing is morally wrong and counts as exploitation. But most men that are in charge of these music video production labels say, that no one is forcing these girls to audition and take off their clothes for camera. But they do tend to try and make women feel good about themselves, implying that they have a perfect body if they are picked for the video.
In my own opinion, I do not believe that all women are represented in a bad way because of hip hop honeys, and I believe that what hip hop honeys want to do is their choice, who are we to tell them what to do?
As most people recognise and know me as a young rap artist, from a rappers point of view, I know that a lot of people in my audience and other audience's like to see hip hop honeys and female dancers. But this doesn't have to be in such an explicit nature. However, as an artist, you have to know and realise when you're being lead and told what to do by you're audience, and become a puppet, almost like the same position some hip hop honeys find themselves stuck in.
'Eye Candy' is used a lot in rap videos, but what effect does this have on women and men's perception on how they thin women should act and be like?
Eye Candy or Hip Hop Honeys, are often seen dancing and posing in music videos, next to the artists themselves.
However, as I have personally seen in a documentary watched in class about hip hop honeys, not all of these women in the video are getting paid... Half of them just showed up, auditioned and hope to get recognition from another artist/director, in order to get paid. Almost like chasing after a dream.
But some people are told that they're not good enough to even be put into a video. Whether that is because of their skin colour, weight or even height, it varies.
This can often hurt and give a blow to the women auditioning for the opportunity to be recognised.
It then leads to the streotypical action of paying for boob and bum implants, to gain attention.
This usually isn't because the woman wants it for herself, but to please men with it. It can cost up to thousands of pounds to get those types of operations done, and in addition, most of them still aren't getting paid, so they loose money and don't gain anything out of it.
On the other hand, not all hip hop honeys are struggling with earning money and being successful. A lot of the successful hip hop honeys earn thousands of pounds not only for featuring in a music video, but just to be present on set!
Other women would feel that women are being exploited in these explicit music videos, and that it has a negative effect on the women that resent these perceptions. Almost presenting women as sexual objects to men, and that all women need to have big boobs and bums.
Perhaps you could say that men are blind and oblivious to this and the fact that what they're doing is morally wrong and counts as exploitation. But most men that are in charge of these music video production labels say, that no one is forcing these girls to audition and take off their clothes for camera. But they do tend to try and make women feel good about themselves, implying that they have a perfect body if they are picked for the video.
In my own opinion, I do not believe that all women are represented in a bad way because of hip hop honeys, and I believe that what hip hop honeys want to do is their choice, who are we to tell them what to do?
As most people recognise and know me as a young rap artist, from a rappers point of view, I know that a lot of people in my audience and other audience's like to see hip hop honeys and female dancers. But this doesn't have to be in such an explicit nature. However, as an artist, you have to know and realise when you're being lead and told what to do by you're audience, and become a puppet, almost like the same position some hip hop honeys find themselves stuck in.
Thursday 10 October 2013
WWW in my Powerpoint presentation:
1) Presented in a unique way.
2) Good detail.
3) Caught peoples attention.
EBI:
1) Used pictures.
2) If Will got a chance to say something as well.
3) We showed a clip of the 2 music videos, so that people could have a visual understanding of what we were on about.
1) Presented in a unique way.
2) Good detail.
3) Caught peoples attention.
EBI:
1) Used pictures.
2) If Will got a chance to say something as well.
3) We showed a clip of the 2 music videos, so that people could have a visual understanding of what we were on about.
Monday 7 October 2013
Media Homework: Representation
50 cent's music video "Candy Shop" is telling us about his love for women.
It includes a lot of half naked girls stripping.. Clearly his idea of a candy shop is fairly different to what we would of thought.
It gives us an idea of what kind of things he is into, plus what he thinks of women. He could be creating a stereotype for women, himself. It does look appealing for young boys such as myself and many others that would like to look at a good looking woman, but what would a woman think if she saw this video of what men percieve them to be and act like?
Maybe this is what 50 thinks the fame and money leads us to, that final reward of a beautiful woman at your doorstep.
And that brings me onto my evaluation of Jay Z's music video "Big Pimpin'". This video is set on a yacht and on a beach; giving it that upbeat and summer feeling.
In comparison to 50's video, both of them had a lot of women... But Jay Z's video seemed to have another level of class to it. Not only were there women dancing around in bikini's on a yacht and in a carnival, but there was a huge amount of champagne being sprayed around, money being thrown into crowds, and gold chains being worn. This to me suggests that JayZ feels as though he has made it as an artist, he has time to dance with his friends and perform at a carnival and still have a good time with girls.
As I am a young rap artist myself, you would probably be wondering what i think about the situation and as to whether i agree with the representation of rappers. All i can simply say is that I agree with Jay Z's representation more than 50 Cent's because it adds a level of achievment to what hw's worked so hard to get for most of his life. On the other hand with fifty's video, I don't think that we should judge all rappers just from one video they produce for us, there is more music out there for people to listen to with a hiuge amount of stories and representations for us to take in; I guess the main question is... Which representation do you choose to believe?...
Jordan Onyeka
50 cent's music video "Candy Shop" is telling us about his love for women.
It includes a lot of half naked girls stripping.. Clearly his idea of a candy shop is fairly different to what we would of thought.
It gives us an idea of what kind of things he is into, plus what he thinks of women. He could be creating a stereotype for women, himself. It does look appealing for young boys such as myself and many others that would like to look at a good looking woman, but what would a woman think if she saw this video of what men percieve them to be and act like?
Maybe this is what 50 thinks the fame and money leads us to, that final reward of a beautiful woman at your doorstep.
And that brings me onto my evaluation of Jay Z's music video "Big Pimpin'". This video is set on a yacht and on a beach; giving it that upbeat and summer feeling.
In comparison to 50's video, both of them had a lot of women... But Jay Z's video seemed to have another level of class to it. Not only were there women dancing around in bikini's on a yacht and in a carnival, but there was a huge amount of champagne being sprayed around, money being thrown into crowds, and gold chains being worn. This to me suggests that JayZ feels as though he has made it as an artist, he has time to dance with his friends and perform at a carnival and still have a good time with girls.
As I am a young rap artist myself, you would probably be wondering what i think about the situation and as to whether i agree with the representation of rappers. All i can simply say is that I agree with Jay Z's representation more than 50 Cent's because it adds a level of achievment to what hw's worked so hard to get for most of his life. On the other hand with fifty's video, I don't think that we should judge all rappers just from one video they produce for us, there is more music out there for people to listen to with a hiuge amount of stories and representations for us to take in; I guess the main question is... Which representation do you choose to believe?...
Jordan Onyeka
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