I have decided to use a bouquet of flowers and a wedding ring as our first set of props as it will help us to represent the love in a relationship. It will be used as a romantic gesture as relationships and love are one of the conventions use in hip-hop/R&B music videos. For instance a wedding ring is used in the R&B song ‘If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time- R.Kelly’. Both of these props also fit in with the lyrics of our chosen song of ‘Mine’, when the artist goes on to sing “we should get married”An iPhone 5 will be used as a prop as mobile phones is a widely used props in hip-hop/R&B music videos. In many music videos such as ‘Don’t Matter- Akon’, ‘Ayo- Chris Brown Ft Tyga’ and many others, mobile phones are used to record or take a picture of their partner, receive or send text messages to their boy or girlfriend or used to make a phone call. This fits in with our genre as phones in general are commonly used as a prop, especially an iPhone as it is popular, up to date and well known about.

Photos are used a lot in music videos as a way of remembering happy moments from the past. Photos are used in music videos such as ‘Give your heart a break- Demi Lovato’ and ‘If I could turn back the hands of time- R.Kelly’, as a way of showing the happy moments in a relationship. In many R&B music videos, pictures are used to represent the past love between a couple. Using pictures fits in with our genre and song as the

Alcohol is a widely used prop which is shown in the majority of hip-hop/R&B music videos. It is used as a way of representing fun, wildness and partying. This is a typical prop used by many artist in which we intend to use in our music video. Alcohol fits in with the genre as it is commonly used and is a generic convention of hip-hop/R&B. It is used in songs such as ‘How many time- DJ Khaled’, ‘Ayo- Chris Brown’, ‘Ignition- R.Kelly’ and many more.

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