Reflection V-Log

Wretch 32 fanbase

Looking at Wretch 32's Twitter, I found out about Wretch 32's character and what type of audience he attracts. With 518,544 followers to date, Wretch is a highly popular and rapidly growing artist in the UK. From his Tweets he seems like a humble person and also gives time to his fans by responding to their Tweets, a usual 'Tweeter' who interacts with his fans is one way you could describe him. As for his followers, I expected to see a lot of teenagers/young adults and a perhaps more London based followers. However I found there's a variety of fans who seem to be ranging from 16+.

Song choice popularity

I decided to look at the YouTube comments for our chosen song. The feedback is very positive, most people have liked the song as it has 1k likes compared to 18 dislikes. It seems that the audience is swayed by the lyrics and rapping used by Wretch 32, as well as the 'stunning' vocals and voice of Delilah.

Shot ideas

In the music video Fix You, there's a few shows which are similar to the ideas we have for our music video. Also set in London, there's a few shots such as the one in the tunnel and the one where he's walking along the bridge. We also want a few shots of our performers walking along the Thames and this shows us how we should shoot this scene.

Music video analysis

In this post I will analyse some of the shots used in the music video Traktor. Below is a GIF of some angles used, such as long shot, close ups and mid shots.



There's also a lot of jump cuts and transitions used. I have timed the jump cuts to occur every 4 seconds, after it speeds up with about 3/4 jump cuts every 1.5/2 seconds, before returning to its normal speed. Transitions are also used a lot, for example the constant shot of Wretch 32 with the light flickering on and off above him, before Wretch reappearing in a different outfit. There's also proof of Laura Mulvey's theory on the female representation. There's the girl on the drums jumping around all and the dancer, whom are both wearing revealing outfits and even some close ups showing their body. Below are some examples.

Possible location change

Due to a number of unsuccessful attempts to find a rooftop, we have decided to have a look at an alternative option which is the Millennium bridge/Jubilee bridge. The location suits us because we wanted to shoot somewhere where we had a nice, city background of London. Also, at night it looks really good which will improve the image of our music video.

Change Of Performer

As shown in my previous posts we had decided to use myself as the featuring performer, Delilah for our music video. Since then, my group and I had decided to choose a different performer, as I didn't feel completely comfortable with performing in front of the camera. 

However, our friend Abiola who is now performing as Delilah is great for the part! She had settled quite comfortably to her role, and is a natural at performing in front of the camera! Abiola has seemed to learn the lyrics of the song Don't Be Afraid easily, and with my direction, she has been able to perform brilliantly and fitting to our song which will be shown in upcoming posts...