Wednesday 17 December 2014

First Draft Music Video




For my first draft of my music video I decided to film the broadcast part of my music video because this is the only part of my music video that is not on my main location, and I had not yet heard back from the owners of my location at that moment in time so I decided to film this part first because I had access to the location that I needed.


Overall, this wasn't successful because of many problems that I encountered. The first problem that I came across was that I filmed the TV against a white background, unaware that you couldn't remove the background of this footage off a white background so I had to reshoot this against a green screen. Another problem I came across was that I filmed my two actors against different coloured backgrounds so when it came to fading these two over one another you could easily see the difference in backgrounds. Plus, I was unable to find out how to make a cut down piece of footage zoom in so that it looked as if the broadcast was on the TV screen so I had to leave it stationary until I could work out how to make this possible.


Despite all this some things went well such as the mise-en-scene of my actors which matched the outfit ideas I created previously, lip-syncing of my actors was very accurate and I feel as if I have a clear vision of what I want, making me more determined to reshoot this part in order to get it perfect and how I envisioned it to be.


I now know what I need to do to improve and I have found out that filming is extremely hard to perfect and that planning and organisation is also a key feature of this in order to find a time that is suitable for everyone who is in my music video.

Tuesday 9 December 2014

Poll


Outfit Ideas - Actress

Before I began filming I had to create the outfits for my actors so here I came up with three different outfit ideas for my actress. For my actress I decided that I wanted her outfit to have a dominance of the colours red and black, in order to match the rock theme because these colours are iconographic of the rock genre. I created these outfits by finding each individual item off the Internet, either on Google or clothing websites, and then editing them together to form a realistic outfit on Adobe Photoshop. 




Friday 5 December 2014

Health and Safety Check

Here is a short list of precautions that I need to be aware of when filming to ensure that me and my cast stay safe and out of danger:
  • careful with the sledgehammer because it is very heavy and could fall on you
  • be careful where I am throwing the glass bottle and make sure everyone is far away from this 
  • be careful not to stand on the glass on the floor, or any splinters, nails etc.
  • not to trip up on bottles on the floor or bucket
  • don't trap hands in the door
  • clean up glass/mess after myself 
  • be careful where you step as the floor may be unstable and quite dangerous to step on
  • don't go too close to any holes in the floor in case you fall

About Blundell Street Board School

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Communication


 
These two images show my communication skills between my actor and someone else who was helping me with props for my music video. This shows that I have organised and made everyone aware of what I am doing in my music video.  

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Survey Responses

From the answers off this question I learnt that most people identified this song as a pop song and then rock was second which is good because it shows that the public can identify the genre of the music video quite easily and they will understand where the theme of my music video has come from.

From the answers off this question I found out that 62.5% of the people that took my survey thought that my music video would look better in black and white. When thinking of how I wanted my music video I wanted it to be in colour but only minimal colour. So I think I am going to create my music videos with this in mind and then I could always edit my video afterwards to black and white, in order to see which looks better.

I am very pleased with the answers from this question because the public have correctly identified the correct target audience for my music video which is people aged 17-25, which shows that, generally, the public have the same views as me.

When planning my music video I identified that I would want 4 locations for my music video which matches what the public would like to see in my music video as 57.58% of people who took my survey said that between 3-4 locations is a suitable amount for my music video.

I would say that the answers to this question are quite accurate because I want each actor to have one costume each but I am not too sure on whether I want two or not but according to this anywhere between 1 and 4 costume changes is fine.

I was thinking about having my music video in low-key lighting  but the public disagree with this and mainly think that I should use high-key and low-key lighting so this may be something that I should look into and see if it would make my music video look more effective.
This question helped me a lot because it helped me find out what other peoples ideas were for my music video and gave me ideas of what I could include in mine.

Cast

Location Options

Friday 14 November 2014

Digital Story Board Templates


Above is the first template I created to make my storyboard but once I made it I didn't think I would have enough room to show exactly what I wanted in each shot as I am quick limited for space. So I created another template, as shown below, which will show one shot for each page. This gives me a lot more space and freedom when creating each shot and I am able to show my intentions more clearly. Therefore I am going to use the template shown below to create my storyboard because I think it will be more beneficial for me.


Tuesday 11 November 2014

Music Video Inspirations

When thinking of what I wanted to do for my music video I looked at a wide variety of different music videos and shown below is a list of different music videos with aspects that I would like to include in my music video.






Britney Spears feat. Madonna - Me Against the Music 
When watching this music video I liked this shot a lot because it shows both of the artists together but they are separated by a wall. I want to end my music video with this shot because I think it will be very effective to bring both of my artists together at the end to show that they are feeling exactly the same.







Girls Aloud, Sugababes - Walk This Way
This music video uses the same technique as shown above by having two rooms shown in one shot so I may use this long shot as well in my music video. My music video is going to be set in two separate windows with an artist in each so I think it might be good to use this shot in my music video to show the similarities between their lives. Also when both of the artists are singing together, such as the chorus, this would be a good shot to show as it enables the audience to see that both of them are now singing.








Sia - Chandelier   
When watching this video I thought that a location similar to this one would be suitable for my music video and it is the location that I had in mind because it is quite mysterious and should be quite accessible for me to find. I wanted an abandoned, empty room which is shown in the image above so this music video has helped me visualise more clearly where I want my music video to mainly be set.







One Republic - Counting Stars
I really liked this technique when watching this music video because it doesn't have any resemblance to the lyrics or the video but it looks very effective and professional. So I would like to include this in my music video however I don't think I would be able to do this because it would be quite dangerous as I'd have to place water onto an electric bulb which is a hazard as I could get electrocuted so I think I will avoid doing this as it could harm me or others. Although I would love to include this in my music video because I think it would fit in well and would look very good.
I also like location for this music video because it is similar to what I want for my music video. I think it is set in a run down basement with furniture scattered everywhere and paint peeling off the walls. I like this location as it matches the style that I want for my music video

Monday 10 November 2014

Hypodermic Needle Theory

The Hypodermic Needle Theory was developed in the 1920s and 30s and implied that the mass media has a direct, immediate and powerful effect on its audiences. In the 1940s and 50s the mass media were perceived as a powerful influence on behaviour changes. Several factors contributed to this "strong effects" theory of communication, including: the fast rise and popularisation of radio and TV and the emergence of the persuasion industries, such as advertising and propaganda. This suggests that the mass media could influence a very large group of people directly and uniformly by 'injecting' them with appropriate messages designed to trigger a desired response. It could also show a powerful and direct flow of information from the sender to the receiver or it could suggest that media messages are injected straight into a passive audience which is immediately influenced by the message. It expresses the view that the media is a dangerous means of communicating an idea because the receiver or audience is powerless to resist the impact of the message. People are seen as passive and are seen as having a lot of media material 'shot' at them. People end up thinking what they are told because there is no other source of information. The theory assumes that what we see or hear we believe and consume. The theory assumes that we are brainwashed in to believing the media messages.

However this theory is less valid now as nowadays we have more sources such as social media and television.

Example:
In the 1930s a radio broadcast of 'War of the Worlds' was performed like a real news broadcast to heighten the effect of the story, people listening thought it was real and assumed Mars had come to invade the world (as played in the short video). This demonstrates a passive audience and how an audience believes what they hear in the new and how quickly this can turn into misinterpretation.

Cons:

  • very out of date and invalid now
  • not all people consume media in the same way
  • not everyone watches the new
  • audiences are not simply passive (more up to date theories have proved this)

Friday 7 November 2014

Narrative Analysis of An Existing Music Video (Mariah Carey - We Belong Together)



This music video proves Kate Domaille's theory (2001) to be correct as it fits in with one of the 8 narrative types that she states, which is Tristan and Iseult. This narrative type is about a love triangle where the man loves the woman, but unfortunately one or both of them are already spoken for, or a third party intervenes. This links well with this music video because the narrative of this music video is of a woman who has recently broken up with a man, and she is stood on her wedding day ready to marry another man but she is still in love with her ex-boyfriend but in the end she leaves her fiancé at the alter and runs back into the arms of her true love. This links with the Tristan and Iseult narrative type because there is two men who love the woman and it is her job to decide who she wants to end up with.

According to Sven Carlsson's theory (1999) this music video is a conceptual clip as the clip shows something else during the video, besides lip-syncing or dancing, because there is a narrative involved. This clip is a narrative/performance clip because there is a narrative to this video, which is the wedding part, and then this cuts to shots of Mariah Carey lip-syncing to the lyrics very emotionally, as if she is saying them to someone.

Tzvetan Todorov theory (1977) can be applied to this music video because this theory stated that each music video follows a specific structure which is Equilibrium -> Disruption -> Quest -> Resolution -> Re-Equilibrium. The equilibrium in this music video is of Mariah Carey and her boyfriend breaking up and then the disruption is when Mariah Carey ends up marrying someone else. The quest is then when her ex-boyfriend turns up and wants to get her back, with the resolution being Mariah Carey going back to her ex-boyfriend and the re-equilibrium is when her and her ex-boyfriend drive off in the car ready to start a new adventure/relationship. This proves Todorov's theory to be right as I am able to apply it to this music video.

Pam Cook's theory can also be applied to this music video because she states that the standard Hollywood narrative should have: linearity of cause and effect within an overall trajectory of enigma resolution; a high degree of narrative closure and a fictional world that contains verisimilitude especially governed by spatial and temporal coherence. So for this music video the cause is Mariah Carey marrying another man but the enigma resolution is when she decides not to marry the other man and return to her true love. There is a high degree of narrative closure as it is solved at the end of the video. There is a lot of verisimilitude in this music video as it is based on everyday events such as wedding days which makes this narrative a lot more believable towards the audience.

Tuesday 4 November 2014

Stuart Halls Reception Theory

Genre Theories

Genre is a critical tool that helps us study texts and audience responses to texts by dividing them into categories based on common elements.

Barry Keith Grant (1995) said that they are divided up into more than specific categories that allow audiences to identify them by their familiar and what become recognisable characteristics.

Steve Neale (1995) stresses that "genres are not 'systems' they are processes of systematization" i.e. they are dynamic and evolve over time.

Generic characteristics across all texts share similar elements of the below depending on the medium:
  • typical mise-en-scene/visual style
  • typical types of narrative
  • generic types i.e. typical characters
  • typical studios/production companies
  • typical personnel (directors, producers, cast etc.)
  • typical sound design
  • typical editing style
  • important elements, less important elements, elements of minimal importance


NOTE: Comedy and animation are not genres they are styles or treatments! 


Jason Mittell (2001) argues that genres are cultural categories that supplies the boundaries of media texts and operate within industry, audience and cultural practices as well. In short, industries use genre to sell products to audiences. Media producers use familiar codes and conventions that very often make cultural references to their audience knowledge of society.

Genre also allows audiences to make choices about what products they want to consume through acceptance in order to fulfill a particular pleasure.

Rick Altman (1999) argues that genre offers audiences 'a set of pleasures' which are as follows:
  • emotional pleasures - the emotional pleasures offered to audiences of genre films are particularly significant when they generate a strong audience response
  • visceral (physical) pleasures - 'gut' responses
  • intellectual puzzles - trying  to unravel a mystery or puzzle
The main strength of genre theory is that everybody uses it and understands it: media experts use it to study media texts; the media industry uses it to develop and market texts; and audiences use it to decide what texts to consume.

The potential for the same concept to be understood by producers, audiences and students makes genre a useful critical tool. Its accessibility as a concept also means that it can be applied across a wide range of texts.


Christian Metz in his book Language and Cinema (1974) argued that genres go through a typical cycle of changes during their lifetime:
  • experimental stage
  • classic stage
  • parody stage
  • deconstruction stage
Music video is a medium intended to appeal directly to youth subcultures by reinforcing generic elements of musical genres:
  • music videos are postmodern texts whose main purpose is to promote a star persona (Dyer, 1975)
  • they don't have to be literal representations of the song or lyrics
  • they are called pop-promos as they are used to promote a band or artist
David Buckingham (1993) argues that 'genre is not...simply "given" by the culture: rather it is in a constant process of negotiation and change'.

David Bordwell (1989) said that 'any theme may appear in any genre'.

Uses and Gratifications Theory

Thursday 9 October 2014

Andrew Goodwin's Theory

Andrew Goodwin (1992) argues that in music video "narrative relations are highly complex" and meaning can be created from the individual audio-viewer's musical personal musical taste to sophisticated intertextuality that uses multidiscursive phenomena of Western culture. Many are dominated by advertising references, film pastiche and reinforce the postmodern 're-use' tradition.

Multidiscursive phenomena of Western culture = history of Western culture is accessible to use through media/the Internet. Now not just Western culture is accessible to us but world culture is too. We create meanings from our knowledge and experience of culture.

Sophisticated intertextuality = referring to other media texts withing media texts. An example of this is the Family Guy Star Wars episodes.

Conventions of Genre

I would say that the genre of my music video is probably rock-pop because it is quite fun and upbeat although it is also quite serious as is it talking about a topic very meaningful to the artists which makes it not a typical pop song, as it has an element of rock within it. This can be backed up by the black and white effect used in the original music video.


The conventions of the pop genre are:
  • bright colours
  • bold outfits
  • smiling
  • lyrics are normally based around love or relationships
  • typically young artists within this genre 
  • appeal mainly towards the younger audience/teenagers
  • catchy song to stick in the audience's mind 
  • partying
  • dance routines
  • pretty artists/actors
  • high-key lighting
The conventions of the rock genre are: 
  • leather jackets
  • studded clothing
  • piercings
  • tattoos
  • low-key lighting
  • instruments
  • performance element within recording studio or garage for example
  • dominance of the colour black
  • tartan
  • big boots
  • heavy make-up
  • scruffy hair

Michael Shore

Michael Shore argues that music videos are:
  • recycled styles
  • surface without substance
  • simulated experience
  • information overload
  • image and style scavengers
  • ambivalence (don't care)
  • decadence (want luxury)
  • immediate gratification
  • image assaults and outre folks
  • the death of content
  • anesthetization of violence through chic
  • adolescent make fantasies
  • speed, power, girls and wealth
  • classical storytelling's motifs

Claude Levi-Strauss - Binary Oppositions

Levi-Stauss' theory commented on the narrative of music videos and films and states that all stories are operated to certain clear binary oppositions.

Examples of these are:

  • good vs evil
  • black vs white
  • heroes vs villains
  • men vs women
  • light vs dark
  • young vs old
Essentially a complicated world is reduced to a simple eithe/or structure. Things are either right or wrong, good or bad. There is no in between. 

Tessa Perkins - StereotypesTheory

Sven Carlsson, Pam Cook and Tzvetan Todorov's Theories



Sven Carlsson (1999) said that in one type of performance, the performer is not a performer anymore, he or she is a materialization of the commercial exhibitionist.

Kate Domaille - 8 Narrative Types Theory

Monday 6 October 2014

Conventions of Form - Music Video

What Makes A Good Product - Audience and Personal Feedback

What are conventions of film trailers?
  • Includes the name of the filM
  • Release date
  • Actors
  • Lots of locations (5 or 6)
  • Main elements that compose the film
  • Shows best parts, doesn’t have to make sense
  • Narrative demonstrated
  • Variety of different costumes
  • Music (non-diegetic mainly)
  • Voiceover

What are conventions of music videos?
  • Artist
  • Range of locations
  • Variety of costumes
  • Variety of cinematography
  • Narrative
  •  Performance element
  • Lip-syncing
  • Acting element
  • Music

What makes a bad product? (things you are not going to do)
  • Use little shot types
  • No links to the lyrics
  • Long shots
  • Bad framing
  • Bad lighting
  • Editing doesn’t match the pace of the song
  • Lip-syncing not matching to the song 
  • Bad performance/acting
  •  Leaving it until the last minute

Textual Analysis
·      LIIAR (language, institution, ideology, audience and representation)
·      3 different textual analysis’ for 3 different products 
  • language – what the song is about/concept/imagery and lyrics
  • ideology – the message behind the video/lyrics
  • institution – who are they signed to
  • audience – who is the song/video targeted it and does it suit the need of that audience
  • representation – what genre (love, heartbreak etc.)

·      How does the product use the 4 micro elements (angles, framing, movement, message, pace, special effects, swipes, solves, cross dissolves, just lyrics or sound breaks for narrative, song get any louder at some point, asynchronous, locations, costumes, props etc.)

Narrative ideas
  • if you are planning on abstract you must explain the concepts you are wanting to create
  •  you need to explain in detail your 3 initial narratives ideas for your product

Audience Research
  • focus group
  • what they like/dislike
  • want to see more or less
  • what dies do they have in relation to the song chosen
  • play them it before telling them your concept
  • is there’s different/similar
  • do they like you idea if so why or why not
  • different target groups

Storyboard
  • not grade ability to draw but locations, framing props, mise-en-scene etc.
  • scanned in and put on blog (animatic – storyboard moving to the song to make sure that it matches the song)

Thursday 2 October 2014

50 Word Treatment of My Music Video

Male and female singers, smashing items and screaming, located in two empty derelict square rooms with a singer in each,  rock costume, end of video is artists leaning against sides of a wall looking like they're in rooms next to each other, lip-syncing, low-key lighting.

Richard Dyer's Star Theory



 Richard Dyer states that:

  • "stars are commodities that are produced by institutions"
  • "A star is a constructed image, represented across a range of media and mediums"
  • "stars represent and embody certain ideologies"
  • "A star is an image not a real person that is constructed (as any other aspect of fiction is) out of a range of materials (e.g. advertising magazines etc. as well as films and music)" (1979)

Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory



After learning Laura Mulvey's theory I watched 5 different music videos and 5 different film trailers ro see whether her theory is proved right or not.

Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame
Theory right : - woman wearing lingerie
                      - shadows of women
                      - slim models birds eye view
                      - sexual objects
                      - media's ideal representation

Lilly Wood and the Prick ft. Robin Schulz - Prayer in C
Theory right : - women getting dressed up
                      - close ups of woman's bum
                      - dresses blowing up when spinning around
                      - kissing (girl with girl and girl with boy)
                      - teasers

Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One
Theory right : - woman in wedding dress vs woman in dressy dress in pub
                      - close up of a topless woman being rubbed on her back by a man
                      - kissing

Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 
Theory right : - women's arms
                      - ballet dancers
                      - a lot of female bodies visible
                      - shaking their bums

Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora - Black Widow
Theory right : - tight clothes
                      - can see their breasts
                      - behind shot to see their bums

Sex Tape (Film)
Theory right : - naked women
                       - kissing
                       - in the shower
                     
Lucy (Film)

Theory right : - women in underwear
                       - looking down top
                       - close up of eyes and lips

Before I Go to Sleep (Film)
Theory right : - woman in bed
                       - covering herself up with a towel
                       - can see legs and underwear

Inbetweeners 2 (Film)
Theory right : - girls in bikinis
                       - women taking off towel naked
                       - topless woman on car

Lets Be Cops (Film)
Theory right : - group of women staring at men
                       - women in swimwear
                       - women in short dresses

Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze theory, which describes women as sexual objects in the media, is proved to be correct looking at these music videos and film  trailers. I know this because in the music video Black Widow  by Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora the two artists are wearing very tight leotards and you can see a lot of their breasts, to please the male audience and make it seem as if they are there just to make the men happy, which backs up this theory. This theory is also proved correct in film trailers such as Sex Tape and The Inbetweeners 2 were the women are wearing underwear or swimwear in order to show as much of the female body as possible.

Overall, I would say that Laura Mulvey's theory that women are seen as sexual objects in the media is proved correct as through watching many different music videos and film trailers the women tend to wear lingerie, little or tight clothing to appeal towards the male audience.

Although, a down fall of Mulvey's theory could be that this is now an expectation of women, therefore making women feel as if they have to look this way due to how the media represents women. Meaning that more and more women will feel pressured into losing weight and wearing certain clothes in order to look like those do in the media, in order to make men happy.

I think that the media portrays women in this way in order to appeal towards men as well as women, so that they have a wider audience, therefore becoming more successful, and earning more money. I also think that the media portrays women in this way because women wouldn't aspire to these women if they weren't seen as 'perfect' and these women are trying to shape people to think how we want others to look. The media has influenced how women are represented and it is now extremely hard to change that perception.

Tuesday 16 September 2014

Lyric Timings

The following lyrics include a number next to each line to show how long it takes for the artists to sing this line in the song. The reason why I did this is so that I know the pace that I need my actors to sing at in order for the lip-syncing to be accurate. This also gives me an idea of how I should edit my music video because most existing music videos edit the song according to the pace of the song. From doing this I can see a pattern in the lyrics and the pace of the song through doing so. I did this by closely listening to each line of the song and counting how many seconds it takes for the artist to sing them. After timing several lyrics I began to learn the pattern/pace of the song which will be very helpful when I come to creating my music video because I now know that the longest lyric is 4 seconds long therefore I have a clearer idea of how long I want my shots to be.

"Scream”
[Michael]
 Tired of injustice (2 seconds) (0:22 - 0:24)
 Tired of the schemes (2 seconds) (0:24 - 0:26)
 The lies are disgusting (2 seconds) (0:27 - 0:29)
 So what does it mean (2 seconds) (0:29 - 0:31)
 Kicking me down (2 seconds) (0:31 - 0:33)
 I got to get up (2 seconds) (0:33 - 0:35)
 As jacked as it sounds (2 seconds) (0:35 - 0:37)
 The whole system sucks (2 seconds) (0:38 - 0:40)
[Janet]
 Peek in the shadow (2 seconds) (0:45 - 0:47)
 Come into the light (2 seconds) (0:47 - 0:49)
 You tell me I'm wrong (2 seconds) (0:49 - 0:51)
 Then you better prove you're right (3 seconds) (0:51 - 0:54)
 You're sellin' out souls but (2 seconds) (0:54 - 0:56)
 I care about mine (2 seconds) (0:56 - 0:58)
 I've got to get stronger (2 seconds) (0:58 - 1:00)
 And I won't give up the fight (3 seconds) (1:00 - 1:03)
[Michael]
 With such confusions don't it make you wanna scream (3 seconds) (1:03 - 1:06)
 Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme (3 seconds) (1:08 - 1:11)
 (Janet)
 You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize (4 seconds) (1:12 - 1:16)
[Both]
 Somebody please have mercy (2 seconds) (1:16 - 1:18)
 'Cause I just can't take it (3 seconds) (1:18 - 1:21)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:21 - 1:23)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:23 - 1:25)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:25 - 1:27)
 Make me wanna scream (2 seconds) (1:28 - 1:30)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:30 - 1:32)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:32 - 1:34)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (1:35 - 1:37)
 Make you just wanna scream (2 seconds) (1:37 - 1:39)
[Michael]
 Tired of you tellin' the story your way (4 seconds) (1:39 - 1:43)
 It's causin' confusion (2 seconds) (1:43 - 1:45)
 You think it's okay (2 seconds) (1:46 - 1:48)
[Janet]
 You Keep changin' the rules (2 seconds) (1:48 - 1:50)
 While I keep playin' the game (2 seconds) (1:50 - 1:52)
 I can't take it much longer (2 seconds) (1:52 - 1:54)
 I think I might go insane (2 seconds) (1:55 - 1:57)
[Michael]
 With such confusion don't it make you wanna scream (3 seconds) (2:02 - 2:05)
 Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme (3 seconds) (2:06 - 2:09)
 (Janet)
 You find your pleasure scandalizin' every lie (4 seconds) (2:10 - 2:14)
[Both]
 Oh father, please have mercy 'cause I just can't take it (4 seconds) (2:15 - 2:19)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (2:20 - 2:22)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (2:22 - 2:24)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (2:24 - 2:26)
 Make me wanna scream (2 seconds) (2:27 - 2:29)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (2:29 - 2:31)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (2:31 - 2:33)
 Stop pressurin’ with me (2 seconds) (2:33 - 2:35)
 Make me wanna scream (2 seconds) (2:35 - 2:37)
[Janet]
 "Oh my God, can't believe what I saw (2 seconds) (2:42 - 2:44)
 As I turned on the TV this evening (2 seconds) (2:44 - 2:46)
 I was disgusted by all the injustice (2 seconds) (2:47 - 2:49)
 All the injustice" (1 second) (2:49 - 2:50)
[Michael]
 "All the injustice" (1 second) (2:49 - 2:50)
[News Man]
"A man has been brutally beaten to death by
 Police after being wrongly identified as a
 robbery suspect. The man was
 an 18 year old black male..."
[Michael]
 With such collusions don't it make you wanna scream (3 seconds) (3:09 - 3:12)
 Your bash abusin' victimize within the scheme (3 seconds) (3:14 - 3:17)
[Janet]
 You try to cope with every lie they scrutinize (4 seconds) (3:18 - 3:22)
[Both]
 Oh brother please have mercy 'Cause I just can't take it (4 seconds) (3:23 - 3:27)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:32 - 3:34)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:34 - 3:36)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:36 - 3:38)
 Make me wanna scream (2 seconds) (3:38 - 3:40)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:41 - 3:43)
 Just stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:43 - 3:45)
 Stop pressurin' me (2 seconds) (3:45 - 3:47)
 Make me wanna scream (2 seconds) (3:48 - 3:50)