The music video we are recreating is by a south London artist Fab Soares – Underdog music ,the track is briefly about coming from the ‘ghetto’ and trying hard to use your talents to get out of the cycle ,but only if it was that easy there are many problems situated with living in the ghetto. From this screen shot of the music video we can connote that the video has a grimy dark background which clearly shows the type of background our artist represents, this may even show one the factors that cause a lot of talented people to not succeed, the company they keep for example having friends that are always on the streets causing havoc will most likely result in you being part of their criminal activity. One of our artist lyrics are “underdog music for the homies attempting to strive” this lyric totally backs up and goes hand to hand with our media representation of devoting your life to your craft until you perfect it, being the underdog is definitely not the most positive factor but most of the time it helps push you to become the best you can.
We aim to incorporate many different techniques used in other music videos with similar storylines for example as can be seen below a video of Joey badass kissing his mother before he leaves his home due to the harsh reality growing up in his neighbourhood where he could be killed at any point of the day and just become one of the other statistics like a couple of his old friends. Additionally me and Gabriel went to further develop this picture as it represents all the hard work and struggle many go through just to provide a better life for their family as many of them have no contact with their fathers their sole attention is towards their mother. Additionally from analysing this music video we were alerted about the importance of showing the background to our music video as it sets a story by itself.
Another music video influence comes from Hopeful by Twista which definitely uses the same idea that me and Gabriel wants to portray from start to finish, the music video shows a young adult who’s passion is basketball he is extremely talented and is on the verge of being scouted for a successful basketball teen, the music video goes through some of the daily stressors he goes through just to try make it through for example just to go and practice his skills he has to walk through gang territory which can be seen clearly in the picture he is being targeted by members of a rival gang his career could easily go upside down from here if he is stabbed or shot, his hopes of becoming a professional will go down the sink, the song which also features Faith Evans is pretty emotional and from the lyrics and visuals shows many stereotypes such as black on black crime.
Lastly another piece of media that also incorporates certain features me and Gabriel are trying to portray is the famous film named Rocky, which is based on a real story about a boxer who works and trains hard and hurdles over any distractions for example in one of his fights he is shot but still manages to come back from that misery, rocky was too focused on his goal that nothing could get in his way, he manages to work his way up to an opportunity of his lifetime fight against a very famous fighter, this shows that hard work and determination always pays of which is the message me and Gabriel are trying to portray, rocky was the underdog who in many people eyes wasn’t able to achieve much but he proved many wrong and became the best at his craft.
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