Jorja Smith Video Research

 

Jorja Smith- music videos

·         genre of music: R&B

·         type of music video, e.g., performance, narrative, message, etc (we'll do this in more depth as a class): narrative/ some are performance

·         settings and locations: tend to be in houses/flats. In more ‘poor’ areas.

·         Costumes: casual clothes                                                                              

·         Props: in each video, depending on what the narrative is will depend of what props will be used. 

·         make-up: minimal to none, natural looks

·         themes and tone: all videos are filmed in low lighting and around half are filmed in square. A lot of her older videos have got a retro feel to them as they are slightly grainy or black and white.

·         narratives: different narrative for each video depending on what the lyrics are. A lot of her music is written about heartbreak, so they have a similar vibe in each video.

·         choreography: no choreography

Jorja smith’s music is all R&B. she has a primary audience of girls and young women and speaks a lot in her music about heart break and about being independent.

 

Chosen song: Teenage Fantasy- Jorja Smith

The song is about the ‘teenage fantasy’ of finding a partner and falling in love and wanting it to all be perfect. The lyrics talk about how this is what we all want but its not what we get. The song talks about always falling for the wrong boys. Although it states boys as the preferred gender, it is still a song that a lot of teenagers and young people can relate to whether they like boys or girls. The chorus consists of ‘We all want a teenage fantasy, want it when we can't have it ,when we got it we don't seem to want it (want it)’ this is going along with the idea that we want things more when we don’t have them but once we get them the wanting them feeling is lost and we no longer pine for it. The tone of the song is quite low and slow, it is giving of the feeling of heartbreak and disappointment.

After looking on google I was able to find some of the meaning behind the song. The song was written to highlight the fact that society thinks teenagers all what a fantasy romance. In the lyrics it says, ‘We all want a teenage fantasy, want it when we can't have it, when we got it, we don't seem to want it (want it)’. Jorja said she wrote this as she is saying how everyone wants the perfect love and breaks up when things begin to get a bit rocky, so they are looking for perfect love instead of unconditional love.