Alegra's Media Blog

 Article Draft   Wolves in Hollywood - title Ideas:  The video is about the mistreatment and over-sexualisation of women in the film and music industry. The artists is a feminist and expresses her beliefs in the video; my main inspirations for the plot were Marilyn Monroe and Joan Collins - Marilyn Monroe had warned   Joan collins - " Watch out for the wolves in Hollywood, honey" Harvey Weinstein - sexual abuse of actresses, assistants, etc; covered it up with money, "false allegations" ; victims - Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Asia Argento, Kate Beckinsale, Cate Blanchett, Cara Delevigne Weinstein didn't have to admit his sexual misconduct allegations as he paid a 25 million dollar settlement. therefore the actress and model Emily Ratajkowski expressed her opinion at the premier of Uncut Gems in Hollywood. He is serving a 23 year sentence - found guilty of rape and sexual harassment; detained in Wende correctional facility in NY. Me Too Movement - i could

 Initial Planning - Coursework I will use a Lana Del Rey song for the music video; i will look into the cinematography of her videos and similar videos to her genre;  i like the femme fatale media trope so i will research film noir and their portrayal of female leads; i could try to revert it into a portrayal that is not misogynistic, but empowering; In terms of the article, i could have my artist speak about her portrayal in the film, and how she is not trying to subject herself to the male gaze; Intertextual references: The Love Witch, Basic instinct, Cruel Intentions,  Film Noir - Gilda. 

  Production: Defining your artist artist:  genre: indie, indie pop brief summary of artist: female artists, Duet. 18-19 years old; in the article, the artists could talk about her own representation in the video as a femme fatale; similar to the Russian duo  t.A.T.u; feminist artists going mainstream, even though the song is indie  Biography of the duo:   similar artists: Lana Del Rey, Halsey,  song to use: Carmen - Lana del Rey  initial narrative: the artist's performance in the video will be inspired by the "femme fatale" trope and it will have a similar narrative to a film noir with a femme fatale lead;   similar timeline to Aerosmith - Crazy with Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone; As they are a duo, one of the girls will have a bad influence on the other and that will show throughout the narrative of the music video; I could do a similar narrative to Cruel Intentions Narrative Update: an actress being abused by men in the industry; she is trying to help and warn a you