Similar artists

2. ASHANTI
Ashanti – Scars www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfvJok97qSo
Tyler Noel’s ‘If you wanna leave’ and Ashanti ‘scars’ share many similarities.
With most R&B songs about pain having a slow tempo, both of these songs
have a fast tempo while keeping the emotion in the song there. Furthermore,
they both talk about their man leaving and them reminiscing on the times they
have with the man. Both of these women are strong characters with them both
overcoming the pain that they went through with the man.
Artist Profile
Birth name: Ashanti Shequoiya
Douglas
Born: 13th October 1980
Origin: Roslyn, New York, U.S.
Genres: Hip hop, Hip hop soul,
R&B, Pop
Occupations: Singer-songwriter,
record
producer, dancer, actress

3. MARY J BLIGE
Mary J blige – Be without you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XNaPX6MKlU
Artist Profile
Birth name: Mary Jane Blige
Born: January 11, 1971
Origin: Yonkers, New York, U.S
Genres: R&B, Soul, hip hop soul,
neo soul
This is similar to Tyler Noel once again talking about the
pain due to a relationship. In this music video the Mary J
blige is involved in the narrative of the song itself. This
could be to help her audience connect with the emotions of
the song more as it shows the artist going through the pain
and struggle supporting them as the star image of the song.

4. ALICIA KEYS
Alicia Keys – Try sleeping with a broken heart
This follows the convention of an R&B which generally one of pain. Unlike
like Tyler noel’s song this is a slow tempo song. However, Just like Mary J
blige’s song there is many similarities in the shots used in the music
videos seen with the close ups and narrative. Tyler Noel could be seen as
the stronger character out of the two due to her getting over the pain
whereas Alicia keys is sleeping with a broken heart which is her carrying
her pain with her.
Artist Profile
Birth name: Alicia Augello
Cook
Born: January 25, 1981
Origin: Manhattan, New York,
US
Occupations: Actress, Pianist,
record producer, singer,
songwriter

5. CONCLUSION
OVERALL, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE MANY FEATURES FROM THE SIMILAR ARTISTS THAT WE CAN USE TO
BENEFIT OUR MUSIC VIDEO. FURTHERMORE, AS THERE ARE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR MOST OF THESE SONGS THIS
ALLOWS US TO GET SHOTS THAT CAN INSPIRE OUR OWN MUSIC VIDEO.
FEATURES LEARNT FROM THE SIMILAR ARTISTS:
• THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTIST – TO DEMONSTRATE THE EMOTION THEY ARE FEELING
• CLOSE UP SHOTS - SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE THE REAL EMOTION OF THE ARTIST
• THE USE OF NARRATIVE – SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE MUSIC

6. SHOTS THAT INSPIRED US
In both of these music
videos the director gets
the artist to sing to the
mirror, and this can be
seen around 30 seconds
into both videos. The rest
of time before that is used
for setting the beginning
of the narrative.
This shot can be
replicated as it shows the
artist looking in the
mirror thinking about the
pain they have been
through which relates to
our song. Furthermore
they both take into
consideration the rule of
third in which the mirror
image of the artist is the
main focus on the right
centre line.

7. SHOTS THAT INSPIRED US
Close ups are very
common in R&B videos due
to their lyric content which
is mainly about pain and
suffering. This means you
have to show a lot more
emotion due to the pain
they are usually going
through in the song. In
these two songs the close
ups show this as Mary J
Blige looks stressed
denoted by the hands by
her head, her eyes closed
and the black and white
colour and Mariah Carey
by looking away and her
eyes looking quite watery
as like she was about to
cry.