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Props; pop tends not to use props as it’s not about wealth but instead being successful. They mainly promote brands > beats headphones, Iphones ect. Lighting; tends to be bright

and powerful, this helps the colours ‘pop’ and sometimes contrast with other colours.

Costume; Pop costume tends to be very little or revealing outfits or in contrast to this casual > Rihanna compared to Emeli Sande.

Hair; their hair tends to be bold, a different style that is in your face or different from the usual down and straight > Jessie J, Emeli Sande or Rihanna.

Make-up; tends to be bright and bold > Jessie J > studded lips. It also tends to be glittery and bright so it stands out.

Pops main goal is to be pleasurable to listen to, rather than having artistic depth.

HistoryHistory

Pop music means popular music, it originated Rock and Roll in the 1950’s.

It appeals to a mass media and is commercially recorded > popular.

Pop uses many other genre’s style and elements; for example, Urban, Dance and Latin.

Pop also has it own style along with those it has in common, pop has short or medium length songs, a verse chorus layout and catchy hooks.

AudienceAudience

Now pop is for the working class.

Their audience used to be aimed at the lower class as they had very little if any education.

Now pop is a mainstream genre which most people listen to, this is because people can relate to it more than other genres as it tells about everyday lives.

CultureCultureColour; tends to be bright and have a lot of colour, some glitter, and UV effect > Nicki Minaj.

It influenced mass media, the collection of ideas show the everyday lives of society.

The culture of pop is the ideas, different perspectives, attitudes and images, pop has an informal consensus which is in western culture, mid 20th cent.

Originated for the lower class opposed to the ‘official culture’