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Conventionsof RnB
Fahrin Sultana
Women I thought I would have a look at how women are portrayed in RnB music videos. It’s interesting to see whether there is
a convention to have women portrayed in a similar way across the music videos. I will be having a look at videos
which have a lead female singer and see the way they are presented, such as what they are wearing, the kind of
shots involved, and the impression it gives off.
In a lot of the videos the women have hardly any clothes on. This is most likely done on purpose to be
able to attract people if there is a good song and minimal clothing then it is likely to grab a lot of
attention. The Make Up these women apply in the videos are very bold and eye catching. You would
hardly catch anyone with less make up and any effort. Their hair tends to be either lose and then
dramatically fanned or it’s done in a stylish way to bring out the make up and compliment it. Sometimes
accessorize such as jewellery can be used and it’s often dramatic again to, too compliment the look.
This music video is a song of icon singer Cia. This song is called Promise and you can see
how they has been an empathy in particular to her body figure and jewellery and clothing. In
addition her make up is also a highlight to note.
Men I thought I would have a look at how men are
portrayed in RnB music videos. It’s interesting to see whether there is a convention as to how men are presented in these videos. I will be
having a look at videos which have men as the lead singer to see what kind of an impression
they give off.
In a lot of videos they have topless men. This is most obviously to attract young girls to watch their videos
and continue to pass it on among their friends. Young girls would be their target audience. As well
as being topless they would wear some sort of trouser, so jeans or nice trousers and would most
likely be showing off their boxers. This would once again attract women and young girls and have
popularity on their videos. In addition men in RnB videos often have a beautiful implicit woman in
their clips to enhance their imagine.
These RnB rappers have followed the common convention seen amongst men in this genre. They are
topless and have a beautiful young woman who is also stripped down too.