Kid Cudi

My Music

My main interest in music is Hip Hop. i Like some indie or pop songs but very few. The reason i enjoy listening to Hip Hop and Rap is because it is very emotional and there is usually a story or memory behind the song or artist. The artists usually have a story behind there success and i think that some artist inspire people for example when Artist were drug dealers or had to 'hussle' to get money to survive. Many Hip-Hop artist grew up in dangerous places and have either been arrested, shot stabbed or injured in a severe way.
My favourite hip-hop artists are Lil Wayne, Drake, Nipsey Hussle, Chip tha Ripper and Kid Cudi. All of these artist produce Hip-Hop or Rap music. My favorite song at this moment in time is Lil Wayne - Shoot Me Down. I like this song because it has a background music of rock and the chorus is very catchy. Lil Wayne has started to produce Hip-Hop and Rock combined music and i think it is a very good mixture.

Young Money Personalities

The Group of Young Money are very similar in the way they present themselves but all have different persalitys on show. Some of the group, like Lil Wayne and Gudda Gudda, have many tattoos and lots of jewelry represent religious and personal beliefs.


Tattoos:

Young Money members represent tattoos to show pernonal factors such as religion, family, friends, and are also displyed for fashion. Lil Wayne portrays many tattoos covering him from head to toe, showing his memories and beliefs. An example of his tattoos which presents his personality is his religious phrases and symbols. For example he has 'Fear God' tattoo'd on his eyelids, and a religious cross on his forhead, and a prayer down one side of his back. He has many tattoos relating to his names and Knicknames and his groups/Hip Hop partners, like on his stomach he has 'Young Money'. He even has sponsership tattoos such as ESPN and Rolls Royce.

















Jewelry

Jewelry is a very big thing in Hop Hop in that it shows peoples confidance and style. Some artist wear huge medallions and thick chains to be noticed. Young Money represent jewelry to show there wealth or religious views, For example this picture of Lil Wayne wearing several big chains...


Clothing

Clothing is a big part of Young Money's presentation. Apart from all the desogner and expensive clothing, the way it is worn seperates the artists from others. Baggy jeans are usually a normal dress style in Hip Hop but Young Money don't always have the same style. The group wear clothing outside of the normal Hip Hop range and wear recognisably different styles. skinny jeans worn low is a big style icon from Young Money. Also Young Money favour accessories such as hats and glasses. This is a style to be worn fashionably rather than a needed accessory for example Sunglasses will be worn indoors or when it is not sunny.

Young Money Style

Young Money Entertainment members wear very unique clothing. Usually wearing expensive designer brands such as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Bape and others famous brands such as Nike. The artists wear very low or baggy jeans, with high top trainers. A baggy white t-shirt is very commonly worn by these Black artists because it is known to be ' Gangster ' clothing. Jewellery is a big thing worn by these Hip-Hop artists because of its unique design showin their name, group or logo. Another big thing is tattoos, all of the Young Money rappers have many tattoos of unique resembalism, the tear drop tattoo below the right eye is very common, this tattoo relates to Murder or death of loved ones, different styles of teardrop show different meanings such as avenged murder or suicide of a loved one. Hats and glasses are now more commonly worn by these artist for style.

Young Money Music

Young Money

My main focus for my music magazine is Young Money. The group consists of Lil Wayne, Drake, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Lil Chuckee, Lil Twist, Mack Maine, Nicki Minaj, Shanell, Short Dawg, T-Streets, Tyga.

Commando - Arnold Schwarzenegger

In this clip of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film 'Commando', Arnold starts the film very manly and showing off his muscles and his size and power, but when his daughter shows in the film, he acts very weak and caring, the complete opposite to his role as a strong macho man who has power and strength. His daughter is very small and harmless, which reflects on Arnold and he potrays the same behaviour. Arnold almost treats his daughter like a wife, relying on her to make dinner, a motherly role, and she writes him a love letter as if they are in a relationship. They both are very close and kisses and hugs occur very often, maybe to often for a child and her father.
Arnold teaches his daughter and acts a very good role model despite the missing mother role in the family. He teaches her to defend herself using karate, and then shows her how to fish. He often picks his daughter up showing his strength and dominance, but is careful in that he carries her above him to show her importance. The daughter is mostly higher in status in this scene, from being above Arnold in height, or playing the leading role by making dinner or setting the table ready for food which she has made, a very female stereotype, cooking cleaning and caring.

Music Magazines

My focus for a music magazine is Hip-Hop and Rap. I have chosen this genre of music to research and template my final piece because i enjoy the Hip-Hop world and all that is included. Hip-Hop magazines are very popular and are very big in the magazine industry selling millions a year. Hip-Hop itself is very big in the UK and America and most of the singers, artits and bands are American or English. I am researching such magazines as XXL, Scratch, Fader, GQ, The Source and a few others. A few of the magazines listed are shown above. XXL is a very well known and popular Hip-Hop and Rap magazine, Started in 1997 it has compete with the biggest Hip-Hop magazines since its beginning and has been a great success.
Hip-Hop is a huge aspect of the music industry today and tops the charts over many other music genres often. Todays magazine facus on artists in the lime light creating big successs in Hip-Hop. such artists like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, 50 Cent, Eminem, Drake, Jay-Z, Chip Tha Ripper and Kid Cudi. These artists are known worldwide because of their Hip-Hop and there rich lifestyles, making them an icon to many viewers and listeners. I hope to complete a successful Hip-Hop related magazine for my project and XXL will be my main help in that i will imitate ideas and structure for my own magazine.

Editing

Continuity: Camera shots flow together to prevent the viewers witnessing an instant change in angle or scene.

Montage: Vintage filming which purposely shows cuts to the viewers for straight snappy effect, mainly used in the 1920's.

Transitions: The definition of how the producer changes angles and shots in a scene.

Cross cutting/Parallel editing: Showing diffrent scenes and shots on one shot, usually cutting ther two actions up with horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines.

Dissolving: Two shots gradually dissolve into one to show only one shot on the screen.

Wipes: A shot in which one focus wipes across another to change what the viewers are focusing on.

Camera Angles

In television and film related media, many different camera angles are used to give effect and emphasis to the viewers and in many cases the angles can show the viewers things the charecters can't. This technique is often used in horror films and action films making the viewers almost scream at the television screen to tell somebody to get out of the way or run from an attacker.

Extreme long shot: An establishing shot, often used to set the scene and shows viewers where the filming is located.

Long Shot: Includes whole object or person, often showing life size shots to establish people/object size. often shows more than one charecter.

Mid Shot: Usually shows people from the waist up, only showing the person and what he/she is doing by capturing their actions and focusing on that only.

Close Up: Focuses on someones face or a certain detail, only shows the object/person and very little background. Often used for specific detail.

Extreme Close Up: Even closer than the close up, minor detail showed and is used to show things like scratches on peoples faces or facial expresions.

Pan Shot: Use of a tripod it moves horizontally across the screen to show surroundings or movement.

Tilt Shot: the camera is tilted to show vertical movements.

Aerial Shot: Often shot from a helicoptor or plane to set the scen in movement.

Zoom: zooms in on an action or movement to show it is the important focus on the screen.

Tracking Shot: The camera moves with an objects movement and follows it.

High Angle: A camera view looking down on something/someone to show status and weakness. Used for women because of weakness and vulnerability.

Low Angle: A shot from below someone/something looking up to show power and status.Often used foe men because of their dominance.

How Soaps Portray Males

Old/Wise/Gives Advice



Geek/clever



Thug/Hardman




Ladies Man/Dominant




Kind/Nice


Soaps portray many different stereotypes of men in their programmes. Soaps, such as Eastenders, usually have most types of personalitys in their actors to produce good television for their viewers. For example, Jack Branning is a very masculine man who is a former police officer and is strong, clever and good looking. This makes him very popular with women making him a stereotypical ladies man. He is fancied by many of the female actors in the programme and is often in a relationship with a stereotypical blonde, such as Ronnie mitchell. Billy Mitchell, who is the complete opposite of Jack Branning, is small, not very strong and pleasant to ladies rather than seductive. He isnt fancied by the female actors, but is a very nice, kind and generous man. Patrick Trueman is wise and old and always giving advice. He is like a father to all of the actors in that he helps and guides them to be successful. Phil Mitchell, the thug of Eastenders is also a bit of a ladies man, but shows he doesnt care whereas inside he really does. He is like an oyster in that inside he is loving and caring but puts on a thugish shell to show dominance and prevent weakness. Tamwar Masood is a young, geeky teenager who comes across and 'annoyingly clever'. he irritates others and his geekyness is not a dominant factor.
Eastenders uses all these different charecters to appeal to every male viewer and female viewers and because of all the different types of males, this produces conflict and jealously to make the programme exciting for the viewers. All soaps have 5 different male charecters who hold significant traits and values.