Young Professionals
Honorary Mention
In our project Der Rapper (The Rapper), we report on our fellow student and want to find out what interests him about hip-hop (aside from the money that can be made with it), what plans and dreams he has, how he lives, and who his role models are. At the same time, we want to promote him as well with a professional music video on YouTube and a website of his own.
As an interdisciplinary project, our work is divided into several parts:
a. Writing the lyrics to the rap song that is presented in the music video. Our team member had already written a number of rap lyrics. We selected one of his texts that is authentic, focuses specifically on the life of a student with an immigrant background, and is neither racist nor offensive.
b. Producing the background track for the song. This should support the flow and rhythm of the rap. For this we made use of our school’s recording studio and audio equipment.
c. Producing the music video. We wanted to design the music video as a professional rap video, just as they are produced by the major labels.
d. The video was shot in the vicinity of our school in Vienna. For this, we recorded the video with several cameras and then edited and synchronized it in our school’s video studio. The video is hosted on YouTube.
Video
Credit: Mohammed Elyesa Bilge
Credit: Haris Beshta Bradaric, Mohammed Elyesa Bilge, Stefan Hromada, Emre Tuncer / HTL Wien West (AT)
Credit: Stefan Hromada
Credit: Stefan Hromada
Credit: Haris Beshta Bradaric, Mohammed Elyesa Bilge, Stefan Hromada, Emre Tuncer / HTL Wien West (AT)
Credit: Haris Beshta Bradaric
Biographies
Mohammed Elyesa Bilge (b. 2001), Emre Tuncer (b. 2002), Stefan Hromada (b. 2002), and Haris Beshta Bradaric (b. 2001) are schoolmates and good friends who have known each other for several years. When the four first met at school, they hit it off immediately and Mohammed Elyesa Bilge told them about his hobby/passion: rapping and writing rap lyrics. At some point they had the idea that for a school project, they could tell the personal story of the rapper in order to help him turn rapping into more than just a hobby.
Credit: Haris Beshta Bradaric, Mohammed Elyesa Bilge, Stefan Hromada, Emre Tuncer / HTL Wien West (AT)
Jurystatement
This film is simultaneously a technically professionally-made documentation and a very personal glimpse into the life of a young man who, with his ambition of launching a career as a rapper, stands as an example for countless young people. This documentary describes the unvarnished reality of hip-hop beneath the surface of bling and hype, as a music that stands for an attitude toward life, as an art form in which one must work hard in order to be successful with it. The combination of a non-judgmental, documentary portrayal and a personal insight into a human being is pulled off with great success in Der Rapper.
