Laura Arnold

ANALYSIS OF R’N’B 2

Laura Arnold

BRYSON TILLER – DON’T

Laura Arnold

This music video includes a female which is quite stereotypical for an R'n'B music video as most R'n'B music videos contain girls.

Unlike common R’n’B music videos there aren’t really many close up shots of areas of the female body that would be seen as explicit. The shots are mainly long shots or close ups of her face instead. This subverts a stereotypical R’n’B video.

Also although the girl is showing her stomach she is quite covered up in comparison to other girls typically seen in R’n’B videos which is unusual and subverts the stereotype.

Laura Arnold

The shots of the girl in the music video often focus a lot more on the girls face which subverts a stereotypical R’n’B music video which would focus on the girls body (boobs/bum).

Also we see in the video that both the boy and girl are quite shy which subverts the stereotypical R’n’B music video because often in these types of music videos the characters or artists are very confident and self-assured.

Laura Arnold

In this music video we see a close up of Bryson Tiller’s hand which is covered in tattoo’s and he’s making the hand sign synonymous with rock music which obviously is stereotypically seen in a R’n’B music video.Although Bryson’s clothing isn’t like those seen in previous R’n’B music videos, he is wearing gold grills on his lower teeth and is wearing a cap to show his youth and wealth and this adheres to the stereotypical music video

Bryson is wearing skinny jeans that aren’t skin tight and are slightly baggy but nowhere near as baggy as what is seen is stereotypical R’n’B music videos such as R.Kelly Ignition Remix so this subverts the stereotype.

Laura Arnold

The music video is set partly in the street which adheres to a stereotypical R’n’B music video because the street is quite a common place for an R’n’B video to be set.