The Rapper – Character Breakdown. A2.

1. The Rapper – Character Breakdown.
Description
A simple man in love with a woman, but suffers from malleability in
his personal identity, which leads to his occasional and violent
bursts of emotion.
Adjectives that describe his character
AGGRESSIVE. AGITATED. ALOOF. ABUSIVE. BARBARIC. CRUEL. FURY. GORE.
PERCEPTIVE. HOPELESS. SORROWFUL. MALLEABLE. UNSTABLE. ROMANTIC.
APOLOGETIC. EMOTIVE.
Genre Research – How does this character link to the genre of rap?
It can be argued that The Rapper is a representation of the feelings
of a stereotypical rap artist. As stated in my genre research,
rappers have the tendency to connote deep feelings and convey topics
that are generally explicit and are only for suitable, mature
viewing. And the Rapper embodies this feeling. He feels a great
depth of anger and is even shows it through his violence and abuse
of his significant other, tearing apart their relationship. And
ultimately, when he can’t have her back, the climax ends in his
suicide. So I feel there is a great deal of extreme and explicit
feeling shown here that links this character to the connotations of
the rap genre.
The Rapper can almost be linked to the male protagonist in Eminem’s
Love the Way You Lie, in which the character there is perceived to
be emotionally unstable because of his love.
It could also be suggested that this character could resonate with a
mature audience, as rap music is affiliated with adolescents,
primarily. The mature and explicit tone of the music video that is
reflected in the song – Space Bound – can be presented in music
video, which make it clear that the song is a reflection of the
music video.
Though in my Audience Research Questionnaire, my target audience
wanted to see more of a gangster rapper, I decided to use primarily
an angry rapper (second popular option) as that would character
would fit with my audience’s preferred theme of struggle and
depression.
Preliminary Clothing Style
The clothing will institute stereotypical rap clothing, along with
clothing that has elements of gangster character within them (as my
target group would like to see something resonating with a
gangster).