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Sexism in Music videos

Blurred Lines controversy

Some people see Robbie Thicke’s “blurred lines” as a song which symbolises rape. Recently, the song has been banned from 20 universities because of its sexual lyrics figuratively implying forced sexual activity (“I know you want it”). With all the controversy it has stirred up, its hardly surprising that blurred lines has earned Robin the sexiest of the year title from a poll conducted by the Violence against women Coalition which is comprised more than 60 women's rights groups.But on the other hand, some people do not see the song as so called rape song. Blurred lines is not about rape there same way cop killer is about killing cops. It depends on an individual’s interpretation of the song. Robbie thick himself has been defending the song in many of his interviews. He said “What’s wrong with being sexy?” That could be because, unlike Eminem or Body count, he didn’t mean to be outrageous. It was conceived and directed by Diane Martel, who said it forces men to feel playful and not at all like predators. I directed the girls to look into the camera.

The 36 year old smashed the records with the single which sees him T.I and Pharell enjoying a multitude of practically naked women dancing around them. Thick has defended his single implying that mostly young people will understand the concept of the track more than adults.

                                Wrecking Bull Controversy

"Wrecking Ball" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Miley's first chart-topping single. It also broke several Vevo records. The way this all happened is a combination of factors. On one hand, credit goes to the talented people writing, producing, and promoting her material. They have done a great job of hyping up the young artist. But the artist gets credit here, too. By any means necessary, Miley has kept her name in the public discourse. In modern pop, if people are saying your name, they're probably listening to your music, too. 

Miley Cyrus single wrecking bull has sparked a controversy. Her single involves her riding on a wrecking bully fully naked  for the majority of the song. The wrest of the song involves her licking a hammer. This video is known to be an absolute outrage but also a sensational video because of its charts success.

But why would Miley Cyrus even attempt to make such a strong video like this? The reason may be to show that the is a woman and no longer a girl. Cyrus has completely burned the faint image of the so called Hannah montana and replaced it with a sex object. 

Miley explained that her inspiration from this song came from Sinead Oconor's single "nothing compares 2u". Sinead did not mind the fact that miley sees her as a role model but is not happy with the chart topper. The irish star believes mileys transition from hannah montana to sexy cyrus is absolutely disgraceful. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Organic and synthetic music

Sinead O'conor- Nothing compares to you

Nothing compares to you was originally writen by prince for one of his projects called The Family. It was later made famous by the artist Sinead O’Connor in her second studio album called I do not want what I haven't got. This became a worldwide hit in 1990.

The opening lyrics assumedly establish that this song is about a heart-broken harrowing tale of love and the loss over it. The genre of the track, alternative pop, is portrayed much slower and more meaningful than other pop songs. For example, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" - this track also has an emotional meanings attached to the lyrics, but the drumbeat throughout the track and quick edits of cuts between clips take away the emotional aspect of Adele's music video and transforms it into something else - a track which could be danced to

in a lively manner.

The opening shot can represent how Sinéad is by herself, in the wilderness all alone and unloved by the wild, cold chilly surroundings within the mise-en-scene as she is seen alone, with no one around her for comfort.

The close up of Sinéad's face between 1:15 to 1:20 has an emotional and meaningful relationship with the audience consuming the music video. Between 1:15 and 1:20 is the main lyric(s) of the chorus: "Nothing compares to you".  Sinead expresses the lyrics by making the audience relate to her story, as in each and every chorus, as soon as she sings the lyric "you", it's as if she is connecting with the viewer - the viewer is the one who she is singing about, she's singing to you and not for you as a way of entertainment and pleasure to listen to.

The camera then cuts to an autumn setting with leafs falling onto the ground with Sinead fading out to around a 50% opacity within the mise-en-scene to still remain visible to the viewer. The leafs falling to the ground could represent how at this point the music video changes emotionally and in musical pitch as the track is approaching the first half of the middle section within the song where Sinead starts to "yell-out" towards the viewer, expressing her emotions more frequently by looking into the eyes of the consumer.

The falling lefts could also represent how what was, has now been lost. Leafs falling from trees are dying and will be replaced during the Summer due to the cold bitterness of the approaching winter season - a cold and chilling season, one which some may not like to spend alone.

Flmimg week 4

Music video draft

I have put a draft for my music video on YouTube and I have been waiting for some feed back of the positives and negatives. This should hopefully help me to dispose of errors or shots which may not be good in the public's eyes.

Filming Week 3

So far this week this week it has been raining for both monday and tuesday. This a took some of my time for filming. This wee the main character has said to me that he has learnt the lyrics of the song. So due to the weather I will be filming inside. Time is going quickly so I need to make the most out of my time.

Filming Week 2

During this weeks filming, looking back at the footage, it became clear to me that some of the people I chose to be in the video did not suite it. This has lead to me changing some of the people in the video because I want the music video to look as professional as possible. This was a big decision I had to make because I know that by doing this I will have to re-film a lot of scenes.

 For the first half of this week the weather was seriously rainy so I did not film as it would obviously not make sense in one scene that its raining and a continuation scene had rain. Also i did not want to film because i did not want there to be any possibility that the camera may stop working. Luckily at the end of the week the weather cleared up so we were able to do some more filming until it started raining again.

Filming for the Music Video Week 1

Recently I have started filming. My video involves a boy band so today I was focusing on one of the boys. During this weeks filming one difficulty was that that character kept on laughing when he was supposed to look serious. Eventually after multiple takes we worked it out. Another difficulty was that people kept on peeping during the scenes. This made it look unprofessional so we had to do multiple takes until it was presentable enough. But on the other hand, when the boy did the scene properly, it looks very good with great acting.