Drake - Find Your Love

The artist that I am choosing to analyse is Drake. He is a young american artist and the song I am analysing is called 'Find Your Love'. This song is part of his latest album 'Thank me Later' and it was released on the radio, April 28th 2010 and then digital download on May 5th 2010.
Aubrey Graham (Drake) wrote this song along with Kayne West, Jeff Bhaker and Patrick Reynolds. The people who produced this song was Kayne West, Jeff Bhaker and NO I.D.

This song is all about Drake trying to find his love, a bit of a anti-love love story. Its all about crossing lines and you can see that at the beggining of the first scene where it is written at the bottom of the screen. It's about understanding whats right and whats wrong and its easy to lose that when you're the centre of attention. It is also about Drake saying that he is only going to find the person he loves heart and how that nothing will break them up once their together.

The content of this video is about Drake having to forget how famous he is and not to get into trouble and that he has to go and see the person that he truely loves before he leaves. He don't want to be forgotten about so he wants to find the love again.

The Wanted - All Time Low (pop boy band)

Sound:

• Lip syncing



• The lip syncing is in time with the lyrics
  

Editing:

• Shot changes in time with the beat
  

Cinematography:

• Quick close ups



• The singers look into the camera



• Long shots of the boy band and also to show the surroundings

Mise-en-scene:

• Typical boy band clothes



• Clothing looks a bit camp



• They use props for example the red flare



• The props they use link into the lyrics

Performance:

• Lip syncing



• Makes it clear it is a boy band



• The song and the surroundings match together



• Eyeline match direct to the audience



• Montage editing

Pixie Lott - Turn it Up (pop)

Cinematography:

• Close ups of her facing the samera



• Long shots showing her and the people dancing in the background

Sound:

• Lip syncing



• Backing track with no sound effects

Mise-en-scene:

• Wearing fashionable clothes



• Her own range of clothing



• Different scenarios; wearing a colourful dress on the top of the roof alone... In the car when its raining and the lyrics slowed down, the rain symbolised tears.... Then she was with the guy then finally the last two scenarios was when she was with the dancers on the roof top and then her walking down the street.

Editing:

• Shot changes on the beat of the music



• Quick Cuts

Performance:

• Lasts between 3-4 minutes



• Eye line match with the camera



• Performance relates to lyrics



• Performance shows her identity

Task this year

The task that has been set for this year is to make a music video among my group. (Casey McCabe, Tyler Chambers, Nathan Powell & Nathan Oliver). We have to choose our genre that we are going to do and then research, conventions CD covers, song lyrics etc. Then put these conventions into our music video, edit the images we have and end up with a music video project.