Monday, 19 October 2015

Music Research

  • Because Shank is a British social realism film focusing on sex,teenagers and hip hop music, the films soundtrack included some of the biggest British rap,grime and hip hop artists such as Tinie Tempah, Skepta, Tempa T and Tinchy Stryder. The music chosen, helps further establish the features they are trying to portray realistically (especially since Tempa T appeared in the film for a scene based in a club) as these artists are immediately linked to this type of music. 
  • Furthermore, the music in Kidulthood, similarly to that included in Shank is also used to link and effectively portray the settings of the life of the young characters involved with drugs, alcohol,sex and violence. To therefore, effectively show this the artists included on the soundtrack of Kidulthood are the hip-hop and grime "heroes" the troubled teens in the film adore. Such artists include Dizzee Rascal and Lethal Bizzle.
  • In This is England the soundtrack ranges from reggae classics and this is because Shane Meadows (the director) expressed how important he thought it was for people to realise that 'the original skinheads were not right wind thugs' and that 'the 80s were also a time when different tribes and their music collided'. This range of music therefore, had to be included in order for the viewers (mainly the older ones) to be able to realistically relate to the scenario as they will remember what it was actually like. Some of these tracks include 'Pressure Drop' by Toots and the Maytals and 'Ritornare' by Ludvocio. 
  • In Fish Tank the music changes depending on the scenario, at times it is also used to further portray Mia's feelings. Mia is a fourteen year old aspiring, though not majorly gifted dance, she favours American R&B and hip-hop. The first song we hear is Me and U by Cassie and it is playing through a inexpensive set of portable speakers as around six teenage girls try to imitate Cassie's dance moves. The director always keeps it realistic and tries to emphasise on the situations and setting the characters are found in. This is shown through having the girls trying to imitate her, setting of Cassie's video is completely different to that on the basketball court the girls are dancing on. Nevertheless, a variety of music by Black-American artists soundtracks the everyday lives of these caucasian characters. Mia's mother is a reggae fan, we see this when she is shown dancing to Gregory Isaacs and Connor (her mum's boyfriend) is a soul and funk fan who he lends Mia CDs and introduces her to artists such as James Brown. 

Through further researching the soundtracks and the type of music used in these films, I have realised that music plays an important role in further accomplishing the nature of the film and helps portray what the characters are going through in a different way. 
The tracks above show the type of music I would like to include in my trailer as I think these will help further establish the nature of the film and will draw people in to want to watch the rest of the film. There are some parts that will suit music which can help build tension and others where it could show contrast of the two types of couples. For example the first one could be used when the Athena receives the news she is pregnant and then it could transition to the second one to show of she is also upset because she doesn't know if she will be able to keep the child. 



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