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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Previous idea and project outline


Title of song

Sweet Shop Doctor P ft. P Money
Plot/outline summary

This is the P Money version of the original dubstep Sweetshop by Doctor P. At the start of the video, the main character will be shown in a sweetshop purchasing sweets. Throughout the song the artist repeats ‘Come follow me, Come follow me’. With this in mind, one idea is to create a video about the main character leading a group of associates through an urban city centre. The video will be more of a short story rather than a conventional music video; rather than repeating similar shots every time the chorus is played. The final shot on the video will be of the character in the sweetshop, once again eating sweets. We plan to shoot from the afternoon to the night, so that that the video starts in daylight but ends in the dark. The main character will be shown through a mixture of different shots biking around. He will also be accompanied by other characters also riding similar bikes. Although this idea may seem very basic, and without much point, we aim to film it in a way that will make it more appealing and more professional. This will be done using a number of different shots at different angles and distances. We believe this video will be more unique than the usual music video of this genre and also more modern.
Summary




Just like the song, the video its self will express a story that truthfully is quite strange and peculiar without any actually point. This should convey that the video is a music video rather than any other media product.
We plan that the main character will have a large bag of sweets that he seen purchasing from a traditional looking sweet shop, he will then be sown meeting with the group of associates and they will begin to ride through the city centre. We plan to have the group of character riding down a multi-story car park.
We, will also consider other shots and locations within the city centre.
The final shot will show the group of characters running in the same sweet shop, snatching up loads of sweets and then further running out with them.
Characters (consider genre, role, image etc)
Main Character: Sam Guy
Extras:
Sol Ilett
Mitchel Brewster
Aaron Letherton
Nathan Bennet
Sean Motley
Steven Stapleton
Other TBC


  
Locations:

Costumes:



Props:


Lighting (what mood are you trying to create? etc)

  
Peterborough City Centre

Extras – Similar style as Main Character – Urban Street wear
Main character – Sam Guy – Snap back cap, FCUK Sweet Tee, Dark Green Chinos, Nike Air Max 1 Red and Navy


The distinctive Bikes used and loads of bags of sweets


We aim for the shots to be dark, with intense light focused on certain characters/areas etc.

This was the original idea in which we was planning to create our production; through careful thinking we decided that this idea wasnt the best and we wanted to use the same style and edit technique, but change both the song and story of the production.

Friday, 2 December 2011

Song Choice

The song we producing our music video is Cassius - I Love You So (Skream Remix). The genre of this song is Drumstep, Drum n Bass and Dubstep together.


Mainly the people who listen to this genre of music are young adults aged around 16-24. One massive thing what affects the music you listen to is your sub-culture. The sub-culture that you would associate Drumstep with is young laid back people. The clothes you wear is also big part of subculture too, the type of clothes you would assoicate with this sub-culture is street wear. Because of this we need to have this in our Video of people in that age group wearing them type of clothes.


In this sub-culture which I am unsure how to name, things what are cool what people like are their clothes, tattoos, bikes/skateboards, girls, having fun with their friends, and the music.So when making the video we are going to encorporate all of these things into our video so with the visuals and the music in the background because thats what this type of people are like

Song Choice

The song we plan to use is: Cassius - I Love You So (Skream Remix).



Lyrics:

I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know

I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know
I love you so, but why I love you I never know

The lyrics are very repetitive in the song and don't play an important part. The beat is the most important aspect of the song, and is extremely upbeat. This will be emphasied with the use of quick, short shots to creat a blur of different activites.

Costumes





Because we are making a very urban, street video the trend in the costumes needs to reflect this.  This is good for us as all the people involved with the video dress in a very urban and street way anyway so it saves costs as we do not have to buy new costumes. 


The type of clothes you can expect to see in the video are:
  • Bobble beanies/Snapback caps
  • Baggy t-shirts/shirts/jumpers/zip up hoodys
  • Skinny jeans/chinos
  • Vans/Nike air max/Riding shoes
In the picture is a potential outfit you may see in the video

Locations


Peterborough Catherdral Square


This shows the several of the locations we will be filming, I have tried to include photos shot at nights, as this is the type of shots we plan to get.  



Peterborough Cathedral

Queensgate Multistory Car Park (Inside) 

Queensgate Multistory Car Park (Outside)

Peterborough Town Hall



Cathedral Square (Fountains Off)


Catherdral Square Water Fountains
Westgate Arcade

Actors For Main Project

Name
Role
Props
Solomon Ilett
Actor/Filming/Directing
Bike/Costume
Sam Guy
Main Actor/Assistant Director
Bike/Costume
Aaron Leverton
Helping with filming and lighting

Mitchel Brewster
Actor (Inlining)
Inlines/Costume
Nathan Bennet
Actor (Bmxer)
Bmx/Costume
Sean Motley
Actor (Bmxer)
Bmx/Costume
Stephen Stapleton
Actor (Bmxer)
Bmx/Costume
Craig Wooley
Actor (Skaterboarder)
Skateboard/Costume
Sam Hopkins
Actor (Scooter)/Driver (Transporting equipment)
Scooter/Car

Main Production

I have organised a date which we plan to shoot our main task; 11/12/2011. I have set up an event on facebook, inviting the characters and props we need for the video and have received good feedback. As we plan to produce a urban style music video, we plan to invite some local bmx rider, skateboarders and inliners to perform in several location across Peterborough City Centre.
I have received confirmation that they will be able to attend on the night, and everyone is extremely interested.
I plan to seek permission from local authorities to enable us to film in a multistory car park in the city. We believe that this would be an ideal location for the genre of the video, and am hoping for a good result.

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Codes and Conventions of a Music Artist Website

The main thing that the website needs to have to be effective is that it has to be clear, logical and easy to navigate.
As you can see from the Skrillex website on the left it is very clearly laid out. At the top of the page says the artists name in the same font and style as it always is so its easily recognisable. Underneath that are the hyperlinks leading you to all of the parts of the website.



Although this website does mainly follow normal codes and convetions it does go against them occasionally. In this case the Skrillex website doesnt have the normal grid system, its laid out more like a blog with live updates people will be intersted in. At the side of the website it has some of the main hyperlinks from the top of the page but with more information about it. For example, with "Tour" it has the upcoming dates in it.

Skream - Released songs

2004
·         Loefah - Indian Dub (Skream Remix) (Released in 2010 as "Indian Dub (Skream's 04 Remix)"
2005
·         The Black Ghosts - "Some Way Through This" (Skream & Plastician Remix)
·         Pinch - "Punisher" (Skream's Heavy Duty Remix)
 2006
·         Digital Mystikz - "Ancient Memories" (Skream Remix)
·         Omen - "The Rise" (Skream Dubplate)
·         Qualifide - "Badman" (Skream Remix)
 2007
·         DJ Zinc - "Flim" (Skream Remix)
·         Marc Ashken - "Roots Dyed Dark" (Skream Remix)
·         Marc Ashken - "Size 3" (Skream Remix)
·         Klaxons - "It's Not Over Yet" (Skream Remix)
·         The Bug - "Poison" Dart (Skream Remix)
·         Dave Gahan - "Saw Something" (Skreamix)
·         David E. Sugar - "Oi Berlin, This Is London" (Oi This Doesn't Sound Like Skream Remix)
·         Landslide vs Slaughtermob - "Splurt" (Skream Remix)
·         MRK 1 - "Plodder" (Skream Remix)
2008
·         Geiom - "Reminissin'" (Skream's 'Time Traveller' Refix)
·         12th Planet - "Control" (Skreamix)
2009
·         Distance - "Night Vision" (Skream's 'So Nasty' Version)
·         Skunk Anansie - "I Can Drem" (Skreamix)
·         La Roux - "In for the Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)
·         La Roux - "In for the Kill" (That Doesn't Sound Like Skream's Remix)
·         Bat For Lashes - "Pearls Dream" (Skream's Pour Another Glass of Champers Remix)
·         Toddla T featuring Benjamin Zephaniah and Joe Goddard - "Rebel" (Skream Remix)
·         Von D featuring Lady Phe Phe - "Show Me" (Skreamix)
·         Chromeo - "Night by Night" (Skream Remix)
·         Mackjiggah - "Assumptions" (Skream Mix)
·         Uzul - Rumble Inna Station (Skream Remix)
2010
·         DJ Zinc - Inna Sound (Skream Remix)
·         DJ Zinc Ft Ms Dynamite - "Wile Out"
·         Deadmau5 - "Strobe" (Skream's Eyes Down Tribal Mix)
·         Donae'o - "Riot Music" (Skream Remix)
·         Katy B featuring Ms. Dynamite - "Lights On" (Skream Remix)
·         P Money - "Left The Room" (Skream Remix)
·         The Dead Weather - "Cut Like a Buffalo" (Skreamix)
·         Robin S. - "Show Me Love" (Skream Remix)
2011
·         Lethal Bizzle - "Pow 2011" (Skream Murky Mix)
·         David Lynch - "I Know" (Skream's Not So Ravey Remix)
·         Magnetic Man featuring John Legend - "Getting Nowhere" (Skream Remix)
·         Cassius - "I <3 U So" (Skream's Made Zdar Feel Like He Was 20 Again Remix)
·         Miles Kane - "Rearrange" (Skream Remix)
·         Delphic - "This Momentary" (Skream Remix)
·         Example vs. Laidback Luke - "Natural Disaster" (Skream Remix)