Justin Timberlake Star Profile

Justin Timberlake first started in a band called 'N-Sync' in the late 90's at the age of 14. The groups second album 'No Strings Attached' sold over 1 million copies in one day and 2.42 million copies in one week. In addition to a host of Grammy Award nominations, the band performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games and sang with artists as successful as Elton John, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Britney Spears. So yeah, the boy band became very popular!

When the group first started they were all about their crazy hair styles. Justin was known for his bright blonde 'noodle' hair.

 

 

 

 

The band sold over 50 million albums in their career. They made 5 official albums, however two extra albums were created years after the band were no longer recording.

 

 

 

The group stopped recording in 2002, and haven't recorded since. In 2007 band member Lance bass confirmed that the band had "definitely broke up". This was then a gateway to Justin's successful solo career.

 

 

Timberlake remained in the genre of hip hop and R&B. He released his first solo album in 2002 'Justified' which contained 5 singles.
At this stage, Timberlake got rid of his bright blonde hair and became eye candy to the female audience. He used this as an advantage, and began using his appearance to sell his music. For example, in music videos he'd pull a smouldering look and dance. At this point he wore a lot of baggy clothing.

















Then in 2006 he released another studio album 'Futuresex/lovesounds'.This was after a two-year break during which Timberlake felt unable to record new material, he returned to collaborating with record producer Timberland. The album entails R&B and pop with techno, funk, and elements of rock. The album received several Grammy Award nominations, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It has been certified multi-platinum in many countries worldwide, and has sold over ten million copies, with four million in the United States alone. The album included six successful singles.




The album involved number-one singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". With each album exceeding sales of seven million copies worldwide, he was known as one of the most commercially successful singers of the decade. From 2007 to 2012, Timberlake focused on his acting career, putting his music career on pause; he held starring roles in the films The Social Network, Bad Teacher, In Time, and Friends with Benefits.

 

However his pause in the music industry made his most recent album a success as people saw it as a 'come back'.  His 2013 album 'The 20/20 Experience' became the best-selling record of the year and spawned hits "Suit & Tie" and "Mirrors", while the latter is preceded by lead single "Take Back the Night" and followed by "Not a Bad Thing". Timberlake's work has earned him nine Grammy Awards and four Emmy Awards.

 

 

JT IS BACK!!!

 

 



Strong Powerful Lady

Kelis is a good example of a strong independent lady. She doesn't just use her appearance to sell her music. The lyrics themselves show her confidence. There are many shots of he standing alone and dancing, this shows her individuality.

Homosexual

At 1:28 there is an example of homosexual. However, it is presented in a sexual way, this is also another example of voyeurism and the male gaze.

Male Gaze

Here is an example of the male gaze, the video purely focuses on the female body, and the movement of it. There are many close ups of parts of the artists and other dancers body parts. This again is another way of catching the attention of males and then helps sell the music. 

However, in a way it objectifies women, presenting them as just sexual objects. 

Exhibitionism

Here is an example of exhibitionism, the artist Nicole Scherzinger is flaunting her body to the camera. This is inviting the camera and audience to watch her. This is also another way in selling the music as it  advertising her looks which then draws more fans in that enjoy watching her.

Female Gaze

 

 

 



 

This is a good example of the female gaze. There are shots of the band with their tops off and dancing, all this attracts the female attention and endorses them to watch it.  

Banana Phone Editing Task

 

Here is my editing task for the song Banana Phone. We worked in groups of three to film each shot experimenting with tracking, cloning and reverse shot. We then edited the clip separately using Adobe Premiere.
I feel that the cloning and reverse worked best, however i would like to improve cloning as you can slightly see parts where lines do not join. Another thing i would like to improve is getting the words to match. When filming we didn't take into consideration on what the words were. We just repeatedly used the chorus for each shot. So at some points in the clip, the words are not in sync with the miming.
The video quality is also very poor, even after exporting it the quality did not improve.
Using the green screen worked well as i was able to place bananas as the background. However, from shadows and creases in the sheet there seems to be a lot of marks on the picture. I could over come this problem by using artificial light and making sure the screen is stretched tightly.