Compare two music promos

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It will inspire a true original amid a sweep up forest of more conventional styles.Music video production company Colonel BlimpEssay title equalize and contrast two euphony videos from two different genres.The two videos I am press release to discriminate are a new and up incoming artist from Londons belowground scene, Kano with the video for Ps and Qs an underground a anthem that marks the mainstream break done for grime and UK hip hop and a very comical call up glowering D with the video for WounderBoy, whos main singer and founder of the dress circle is a well kn profess and respectable comedian Jack Black.The band who are responsible for songs such as Fu*k Her Gently like to be seen as funny and not to be taken to seriously. Such a contrast between the band and the artist it is quite obvious that both videos are not going to be alike and great for comparing and contrasting.Kanos Ps and Qs promo is directed by Alistair Siddons, an up incoming conductor who works for the production company Colonel Blimp. He is well known in his chosen genre of music underground UK grime and hip hop and has directed videos for highly well-thought-of bands and artists in that scene, such as The Streets, Roots Manuva and Crazy Titch. He tends to work with artists on a low budget although he does mum continue to work with his artists once they require become more popu lar and induct a bigger budget. He is becoming increasingly well known and has recently won four awards for his work at this years Underground Music Awards.Tenacious D decided to use braid Jonze, a well respected film and music video director, largely credited for his work in Blockbuster films Being bum Malkovich and Adaptation. However Jonze also remains a pioneer in the world of music videos, and for many long time has been best known as an award winning music video, short film and commercial director. peerless of his most famous promo s being Fatboy Slims Praise You, in which Jonze stars as himself. Unlike Siddons, Jonze does not have preferable genre in which the videos he directs and has directed for a wide variety of musical styles and genres, from renal pelvis Hops Notorious B.I.G to digital, electro pop band Daft Punk.Ps and Qs establishing shot is at a tilted, low burden looking up at high rise city building, which has a lot of glass and formula from street lamps, we can see that it is at night. There is fast, snappy editing that goes with the songs digitally modified beat out and we can see more images of London and local streets that are graffitied and littered. This adds to the mise en scene of the video and gives an stamp and bump of urban decay. Just before the lyrics start we can see Kano walk out from the immorality of an alley and into the light from a street lamp. He walks towards the tv camera and begins to rap (as though he is talking) to us. The camera begins to track backwards with Kano walking forward to us Kano appears to be moving with the camera, as though he is on the tripod.Tenacious Ds video opens as though it were a film, with credits informing whom the director and the band is, the background is of the nights sky and we can see that it is snowing. The establishing shot is of tall snow mountains and a forest, the camera moves cursorily into the forest and we can see the bands main singer Jack Black sat on a log. As the lyrics begin Jack starts to sing dramatically but serious already we can hotshot intertextual reference to the world famous film, Lord Of The Rings. Editing is slow and typical of a fantasy/ contingency film, camera shots are also very filmic e.g. extreme close ups of Jack Black, and large birds eye ensure shots, that quickly sweep over scenery and closely focus on characters. I also feel that the video has been shot in double time or time and a half to create a slow motion feel.As Kanos promo continues, we see more tall building projects, estates and back streets. done out the video Kano appears to be on his own travelling through with(predicate) out London. The film seems to have a dark green wash over it as the video appears to be off colour and darker than it should be, this also adds to the mise en scene of the promo and creates a atmosphere that is not overtly scary but menacing. The places that Kano travels through appear to be slightly threatening and the vie wers find themselves relieving that they are not walking through these places on their Ps (On their own). The viewer can see that this video is on a lower budget compared to Tenacious Ds WonderBoy and does not have such graphic chronicleline or the need for great acting skills, however Kanos lyrical content mixed with clever camera and editing tricks make up for the lack of story boarding.Tenacious Ds promo develops a story line that the viewer can follow through the bands actions, their impressive acting skills and the songs lyrics, which sing about WonderBoy and his evil archenemy Young nasty man. Through out the video we see WonderBoy (played by Jack Black) sat in the forest reciting lyrics, he begins to move as he sings and the camera tracks canful him, as WonderBoy dramatically winds around, we see his evil competitor, Young nasty man (played by the bands other portion Kyle Glass). Shots are slow and dramatic with a lot of use of fade editing. During the song we approa ch a verse that is spoken (and shouted) by Black, the promo at this verse fades into a picturesque view of beguile Mountains with Black and Glasss faces weaken on top of the picture.This is a technique used in The Lord Of The Ring films and is commonly used to show what the character is thinking about or the scene that he is creating with words. We see undue sets of icy snow deserts and the camera tracks behind Black on what seems to be a quest. motion-picture photography is slow and dreamy. The whole promo only actually uses 92 different camera shots most of which are faded into each other, compared to Kanos Ps and Qs which uses a mass of 156 different camera shots which are fast, snappy and edgy (and maybe perilous for someone who has epilepsy).In conclusion both promos are incredibly unique and directed to the highest standards, none make better than the other but just of remarkably different genres and styles. Kanos promo pushes boundaries and throws out stereo typical c lichs of American, mobster Hip Hop with jewellery, woman and drugs. It too illustrates the wider shift in the way Garage and Grime music is incrementally developing from disposable dance floor music into a far deeper and infinitely more problematic medium capable of expressing the turbulent inner life of Britains excluded urban underclass a demographic discovering their own identity and voice through microphones, cheap computer technology and the sawn-of idiom of pirate music.In turn Tenacious Ds WonderBoy offers amazing direction from Jonze and incredible theatrical performances from Black and Glass. A comical, yet serious lampoon lampooning a contemporary media phenomenon The Lord Of The Rings and at the same time tells a humorous tale of how the band was started. Many critics and viewers found The Lord Of The Rings to worthy and pompous yet Tenacious D and Spike Jonze saw this opportunity to successfully mock it.