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How Do Artists Explore Their Star Persona - Chris Brown

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH76VvWkNwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQWG8BVeryU Chris Browns star persona hasn't changed throughout the years. In his music video for 'Turn up the music' he has wide shot angles and close up angles. Looking through Chris Browns music videos you can see that they're a combination of performances and narrative, for example 'Fine China.' In both 'Turn up the music' and 'Questions' you can see a key theme of futurism, this is shown through the uses of lights and camera angles. As you can see his song covers are also very similar, he is the main image in both. The camera shots in the covers are mid shots of Chris Brown as he is the main image. He is also using indirect mode of address, which has connotations of being sophisticated. In his 'Turn up the music' cover, he is shown wearing a suit, this connotes that he is successful. His music videos don't have meanings behind them as they're mai...

Stereotypes Of Young People-Skins

Overview of stereotypes of young people: Criminal, naive, violent, sex, superficial, obsessed with social media, status and popularity, gratification. One example that I looked at was Skins. Skins is a British teenage comedy, it revolves around a group of teenagers in sixth form. One of the stereotypes shown about teenagers is lying. This is shown when James (Cook) lies about being hit by the car, at the start of season 3 episode 1. This connotes that teenagers like to start unnecessary drama. Another representation shown in skins is being obsessed with sex, this is shown with many different characters such as, Cook, Effy and Pandora. One example of this is when Pandora is explain to Effy about how much she wants to loose her virginity, this is shown in season 3 episode 1. Teenagers are also represented as loving drink and drugs, this is shown in season 3 episode 2, when Cook thinks his seventeenth birthday is going to be full...