Seen topless in R&B music videos to
appeal to female audiences.
Men in R&B music videos wear very
fashionable clothing, for example,
baseball caps, baggy jeans, designer
trainers/sneakers.
Tattoos are often shown on R&B music
artists. Tattoos are seen as cool on males and
tattoos are desired by female audiences.
Male R&B artists also wear jewellry, but
often more subtle and lower key jewellrey
than hip hop artists.
Females
Females in R&B music video are
often wearing minimal clothing in
order to attract a male audience.
Females also wear
accessories such as high
heeles shoes and lots of
jewellery.
High heels are worn
to elongate the legs
to make women look
taller.
Lots of jewellery is worn to show the
audience that they are desirble and
not cheap.
Females in R&B music videos have
flawless hair and makeup to support
the idea that they are perfect.
Vidoes are aimed at the younger generations as content can contain
males and females in little clothing which may not be approved by
older generations.
Many R&B music videos are extremely
sexualised and are in a grey tone which
adds to a mysterious and sexual
atmosphere of the videos.
Slow R&B Songs
Slow R&B songs have videos are usually in
greyscale/sepia and colours and lighting is very
soft. Dark colours show emotion and natural
light and colours are used to show a sense of
reality.
Slow R&B songs often follow narrative, which results in the
video containing footage of couples kissing which adds to the
depiction of sexuality.
Shots will be of a slow and long duration to match the tempo of the song. Lots of
close ups will be used to convey emotion and suit the lyrics to the song.
Slow songs are usually done by females and are about love,
females will alternatively wear clothing that depicts them in
the same light as a goddess.
Songs about love or breaking up
will mosy likely be set in a
location where it is very bare and
the amount of objects in the
setting is minimal.
This allows the audience to concentrate on
the artist and shows that they are
significant.
An artists make up and clothes will also be very
natural and nude coloured to convey a sense of
natural beauty.
Fast R&B Songs
Fast songs will consist of bright colours and
flash cars and jewwllery.
Fast paced short cuts will be edited together to make the video match the upbeat
track. Lots of mid/wide shot will also be used as fast song won't usually be about
emotions.
Music videos for fast R&B songs will involve a
lot of choreography.
Videos for fast songs will
show R&B males in a
wealthy light and females
in a powerful light.
Setting will include clubs with objects such as champagne bottles
and glasses being shown.