Filming Day

On our first day out filming we filmed establishing shots in different locations like the hilton and the Arndale car park. Here are some images that we took on that day:















Here is Jubil taking some establishing shot over the Arndale carpark roof



















Here is Gasim doing the same.

Permission letter to film at Shisha bar

This is our permission email we send to the shisha bar, which was our location on our fourth day of filming. We did this because it would look professional and we were guaranteed we were able to film within.

Permission letter

In our planning, we discussed potential locations for our music video. All our locations eg. Wit worth park, town centre is all free and accessible at all time to shoot. However one place which was not free to shoot to was our scene at the club during the very high beat of the video. For this we decided to send the email to a local bar (Bar ‘one) asking for permission to shoot at the club. We did this is because it is professional. By doing this it gives us a plan to work around and our shooting days.

Potential locations of the video

All of our analysis on the music videos showed they had an establishing shot at the start for example, Example- Stay Awake music video within the first 15 seconds consisted of various location shots. Because of this we as a team decided to start our music video with a establishing shot. We have listed a few potential locations were we could shoot our opeening scene.

Establishing shot

Hilton Hotel






(Hilton Hotel overview in Manchester, 303 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4LQ)

For our opening scene of the video (establishing shot) one suggestion was to shoot the shot from the top of the Hilton Hotel in Manchester. The reason for this is because this is one of the highest points in Manchester, which is accessible for shooting and shows a good view of Manchester. By doing this it will give us a shot, which would look professional and unique.


Mamchester arndale car park




(Unit, R10-R19 Marsden Way S, Manchester M4 3AT)

Another suggestion was for the establishing shot, to be shot from the top of the Andale car park. The advantage of shooting here would be that it is easy to accessible and also it’s completely free of charge to shoot.


Main locations of the video

Withworth Park

Witworth Park is going to be one of two main locations our video will be filmed. These will the setting for our campfire, which would be our main scene for our video. At the high beat scenes of the video, we have planned to shoot our scene in a nightclub. This is to create a party feeling within the video. The club we have decided to film in club, which is owned by my uncle. We as a team have written an official letter asking him (Martin Malayil) if we have authorization to film on his premises. We have gratefully received a letter back from him telling us we are able to film in the club.

(Witworth park- Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NL)


Manchester town centre

Other location will be the streets of the town center of Manchester to get the shot of crowd. We decided to film the crowded scene on the streets of the town center. We chosen th is location because it would the most convenient for everyone in the group to get there and as it would be free and no permission is needed to film so it would most convenient.

Streets of Manchester at peek times (1pm)

Shisha Bar

Hookahs Shisha bar is another location where we are going to film our video. To be able to do this we have sent out and email to the company asking permission to use the bar to film. We decided on this location because smoking and drinking is what comes to mind of the public when they think about teenagers and young adults. Because our target audience is teenagers and young adults we have decided to shoot one of our scenes in a shisha bar where there is a lot of smoking involved. Also I think it fits into the context and rhythm of the music video.

Wall

We decided to film parts of our music video against the wall. We have looked at many other music videos and saw shooting against a constant background was very common. We decided to film on the wall of our college. We decided because the light was very good at the area and it was easy to get to.

Costumes

Costumes are very important in a music video as it shows the auidence very clearly represent what genre of music it could be. Also it gives the auidence a feel or insight into what type of personality of the artist.

Gasims costumefor the Music video

Emmanuels costume for the Music video

Jubils costume for the Music video

Giuseppe costume for the Music video

Casual clothing such as plain standard hoodies, chino pants and converse reflect the genre of the music we’ll be using in the video. Our costumes are also stereotypical teenager clothes and also apply to the genre of music we have picked. We picked the standard Converses because they are casual trainers not very fancy, and standard hoodies to give off an ‘indie’ look.

Similar musicians such as the dub step, pop singer ‘Example’ wears these kinds of clothing, as well as the extras that are in his videos.







In this picture it shows Example wearing a casual red hoodie and checkered shirt. Also something similar to what we will be wearing.

The picture above shows an extra in Examples video ‘Kick Start’ wearing converse and so this is a reason why we will be wearing similar clothing to go with the genre.

Research into the musical genre of our music video

The term Rhythm and Blues was used as a synonym for Black Rock and Roll in the 1950s. This influence is evident in forms of Rock Music, Country and Western, Gospel music, Jazz and also in Non-Western forms of music.

Just prior and during World War II (1939-1945) changes took place in the US social, industrial and technology sectors causing a widespread change in American demographics where black Americans migrated from the rural South to Midwest, Northeast and West Coast cities to work for higher income.

These changes brought about the creation of new music styles such as the Rhythm and Blues to suit the changing taste of this group of people.

There were three technological developments that took place, namely the invention of electric guitars, the discovery of the German-invented tape recorder which simplified the recording process and the rise of television broadcasting in the late 1940s.

These led to radio owners to sell off their radio stations presuming that it would become obsolete because of the popularity of television. These new radio station owners sought black American musicians and this allowed the sounds of Rhythm and Blues to be aired to the ubran black audience.

More work to be done!!

Storyboard

To get an idea of the music video and what shots to have in it, we created a storyboard of shots that we could have in the music video. These are some images of our storyboard that we created:

By doing this it gave us a beeter understanding of what to film and how to film it. We used this as a guideline for our music video and added our creative thoughts to this.