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For my A Level portfolio project I have decided to tackle the music promotion project. I am very excited to announce that I will be working with rapper Alan Trujillo also known as Lil Tru. Alan is a senior at Cypress Bay who began developing his rap career in mid 2019. He mainly uses Soundcloud to distribute his music and has become an icon among the Cypress Bay class of 2020 and some of Broward having reached up to 30 Thousand streams on one of his songs.
My original plan for the music video portion of the project was to use two songs in one video. After speaking to Mrs. Stoklosa I found out that I was limited to only one song. Having listened to all of Alan’s work on soundcloud, I narrowed my list of songs for the music video down to 3. I believe that these are his best three songs so far and I have been able to come up with ideas for each one, but some I have been able to develop more than others. I have attached the link to each song.
Woah Woah featured Alan rapping over a generic rap beat. I found that the song could have potential to become a music video due to the amount of streams it received. Having 30.2 Thousand streams, the music video would have potential to match the song's numbers. Woah Woah is a song that enjoy listening to, but it is difficult to come up with ideas for its music video. While listening to it I visualize nighttime shots in a city, but not much more than that. I don't think the song has enough versatility to transform it into a music video. Turning this song into a music video could be powerful on the marketing end, however it does not exactly match the style that I want the final product to have.
I found this song to be more laid back and slow. Given that, the ideas that I had for this were very different from the other two songs. For Long Time i had imagined something that took A$AP Rocky’s style, particularly projects like A$AP Forever or L$D. This song gives off a more relaxed vibe, so I had pictured the use of different colors, aesthetic scenery, and effect led by cinematography. Alan has good flow and lyricism throughout the song but similar to Woah Woah, it was not the style that I wanted to take for my final product. 
A$AP Rocky- L$D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEG2VTHS9yg
A$AP Rocky- A$AP Forever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNzc6hG3yN4
No GTA is a very fast and straightforward song. I found that while listening to this song I was able to come up with more ideas and really develop them. Although the track uses somewhat controversial lyricism, it is easy to cover it up and make it subtle with the use of visuals. While brainstorming for this video the thought of cars constantly came to me. Personally I liked this song and thought it was unique song of his to turn into a music video. The idea for this definitely needs to be further developed, but I believe if it is done correctly it will result in a good screen debut for Lil Tru.
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