Video Influences

I took influence from various artists and videos in order to create our own.

Jay Z-99 Problems



Not only did I take influence from this Jay Z video in particular, but from his whole catalogue of videos, as he is such a huge influence on modern rap. This video inspired us to include a vast amount of shot types, including tracking, panning, close ups and many more, instead of sticking to a set number. We tried to include as many shots as possible, experimenting with shots we had never tried before (180 degrees pans and Crane shots). This video also inspired me to have a sequence of quick edits, as it creates quite a good atmosphere when combined with a fast/upbeat song.

Kanye West-Jesus Walks



This video gave me the idea of having a recurring image throughout the video (the image in this video being Kanye rapping in the burning hallway). It also inspired me to use low angle shots when filming the star of the video, to show dominance, power and importance. This video contains various long takes, which inspired us to combine them with the quick edits we were inspired to use thanks to Jay Z's video (Above). This video also has various narratives, which inspired me to create our own, except only one as I thought this video was a bit overrun with narratives, and simply having one would keep the audiences attention.

Drake-Over



This video added to the idea inspired by Kanye West, as the recurring image of the star on his own is even more commonly used in this video. Low angle shots are also used when 'Drake' is sat down. Drake is filmed at canted angles, which inspired me not to film the studio shots from a straight forward angle using a close up.

The Game-Dreams



This is possibly the most influential video. It has a shot of the artist in the studio as a recurring image. I decided to incorporate this into our own video which we used throughout the length of the video. Another key factor is the narrative based on the artist within the video. This had a great effect on our own video as we also decided to include a narrative based on our artist. this only reinforced the decision we made after analysing the Kanye West video.