Overview of 'A Rapper's Ambition'

Our production 'A Rappers Ambition' will challenge the typical stereotype of our main genre RAP. the typical conventions of a rap genre are drugs, sex, money and crime. our production will be based on an upcoming indian artist whose AMBITION is to make it to the top of the rap industry but struggles as he faces many obstacles which lead to blood, courage and the creation of a rep. the reason we have chosen an indian artist is because we wanted to challenge the stereotype of a rapper and we will challenge this by having a typical black artist challenge the upcoming indian artist and from there his journey begins to become the absolute best. another reason why we chose to do this is because we wanted to show someone who lives in a poor background, earn himself a reputation by competing with the 'big boys' of rap. we were inspired by Bullet Boy (2004) for this location of an urbanized area and the poor background. We were also inspired by films such as 8 Mile (2002) and Get Rich or Die Trying (2005) because they were successful formats and we felt that these two films suited our production as they have similar storylines and conventions. By doing this and meeting our objectives, i feel that we can produce a successful production and with the knowledge i posess from GCSE media i can teach my fellow partner Avi who is new to this some new skills. Our camera shots are important because different shots create different impacts, shots like close ups create impact in relation to emotion and sympathy and shots such as low angle create power and a 'king' We hope that we can put all this together and create a successful production as our aim is to win the best production so fingers crossed.

Here is a short piece of 'MIGRAIN' analysis of our film explaining what intended meanings will be created:

M - the shots used will create impact and power and a sense of sympathy as we have included scenes such as the obstacles he has to overcome. this relates to the audience as they can feel sympathy

I - MTV - a popular company which will attract audience

G - a new convention will be challengd as an indian artist has a desire for rap and is challenged by a stereotype black rap artist so this will bring something new to the audience.

R - the indian artist will be represented in the film as an underdog and he will challenge the typical convetion of a rapper.

A - seeing this new challenge, the audience will feel willing to see this as the stereotype is challenged.

I - that we are not going to follow out typical stereotype and how a new stereotype will be conveyed in the production.

N - A use of Todorov's theory? probably but maybe Propp. it wil be structured in a unique way with the rapper becoming sucessful over the stereotype and a new one is born



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