XL Recordings Research

XL is an independent British record label its headquarters can be found in London. XL was founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. However from 1996 onwards Richard Russel has ran the company.

XL is best known for its artist such as Adele, The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire weekend, The White Stripes and many more. They release albums world wide including genres such as pop and grime. XL has released a total of 9 albums including: XX, Ok Computer, Anima, 25 and more. Despite only releasing a few albums XL recording made £67 mil in 2017.

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Rihanna, Diamonds - Analysis

Unlike conventional music videos the music does not start to play right away instead there's a series of shots showing Rihanna smoking a cigarette full of diamonds, and in a pool of water which has been made to look like crystal, this immediately signifies that this is a high budget music video. Rihanna has presented herself as a strong influential young woman in this video revealing that her target audience leans more towards 18-25. The song is slow at the beginning however starts to get more upbeat as the camera focuses on her but mainly on her voice as we are met with various shots that do not feature Rihanna. The music video also features a cold and a warm fiery side to Rihanna as parts of the mise-en-secne colder tones in lighting and a blue background to further enhance this. Warmer light and images of roses burning resembling passion. ...

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Adele, Someone Like You - Analysis

- The whole music video is filmed in an old black and white style. - The music video starts with a medium close up of her face. - At first the artist does not make eye contact with the camera perhaps reflecting her emotions of loneliness and heartache. - We understand that Adele is feeling emotions of heartbreak closer to the end when we see a man walking away from her. - The music video is filmed in Paris, we recognise this when the camera pans the surroundings, this creates an element of irony as Paris is known as the city of love yet Adele is singing about heartbreak in the centre of the city. - Emotions of loneliness are highlighted further as no one is seen in the big city. - There are many close ups and extreme close ups throughout the video which allows the audience to fully see her emotions and allows Adele to draw in the audience emotionally by making direct eye contact with the camera. (XL Recordings)

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