Initial Ideas

In the group discussion we had we had already had three genres under consideration being discussed as they where RnB , Indie and Dub step.


We had to pick the most effective and the most genre with potential for us to get a good grade with Chase and Status Time seemed more suitable as it was something that linked all the genres we were considering together as the type of genre this song was under was Drum and Base which had an element of all of the genres and was a good song for us to excel in our ideas and bring a good video from it as it was a slow paced and gave face pace feeling to the video we wanted to do


This song from the video as well gave us the ideas of the main piece as the ideas were taken from this video and is based on love , affair and relationship and focused n the idea of modern day evidence which is Cheating .

Shot list

(filming location in brackets; other relevant information hyphened underneath)

· Shot from the sky down to Ramiel standing on a wall. (st.georges)

· Long shot of Ramiel stood on the wall and he jumps. (st.georges)

· High angle shot of Ramiel on the floor dead. (st.georges)


· Camera from Ramiel’s dead body to the sky. (st.georges)

· *Bright light*


· mid range shot of Ramiel waking up next to Samantha.
(Callum’s house, stretford)

· Close up of clothes on the floor. (Callum’s house, stretford)



· Close up of putting pants on with picture on table in the frame. (Callum’s house, stretford)


· Close up of picture of Ramiel and Samantha. (Callum’s house, stretford)



· mid range of Ramiel walking out the house. (stretford)


· Close up of Ramiel walkin into job center. (hulme)


· Elliptical editing of Ramiel drinking and throwing cans in various different places. (hulme, stretford)

· mid range shot of Samantha waking up. (stretford)


· Long shot of Ramiel walking back into his house. (stretford)

· mid range panning shot of Samantha and Ramiel arguing. (stretford)


· mid range shot of ramiel leaving. (stretford)

· Long shot of Ramiel walking to another girls house/flat. (moss side, stretfrord, hulme)

· Side on view of Ramiel knocking the door. (moss side)

· Close up of her hand pulling Ramiel in to the house/flat. (moss side)


· mid of then getting comfortable on the bed. (moss side)

· Close up of convo with subtitles. (moss side)


· mid shot of arguing between Ramiel and lover. (moss side)

· mid range of Ramiel leaving. (moss side)



· Long shots of him walking home once again. (moss side, stretfrord, hulme)

· mid range shot of Ramiel as he walks in the house. (stretford)


· mid range shot of Ramiel catching Samantha cheating with Callum. (stretford)

· Close ups of everyones face. (stretford)


· mid of Ramiel leaving. (stretford)

· Repeat of drinking scene. (stretford, hulme)


· mid range of Ramiel sleeping rough on a park bench. (hulme)

· Split screen of Ramiels lover texting him. ( moss side, stretford)

· saying ‘ I hate you. I never want to see you again’

· Mid shot of bin bags with clothes in outside of Samantha and Ramiels’ house as the other split screen


· mid range shot of Ramiel waking up.(hulme)

· Split screen of both women- Samantha crying; Ramiels lover with KB. (stretford, moss side)


· Split screen of both women- Samantha crying; Ramiels lover with KB. (stretford, moss side)


· Ramiel kills himself (re-run of first scene). (st. georges)

Production Treatment

The music video

Chase and status- time

Duration

Time: 3:51

Audience

The audience for this song and are video is teenagers as this style of music is new and so the younger generation enjoys it.

Resume

The genre of this song is dubstep and so is lively and upbeat. Our video will be a narrative and will include a couple and the man will be having an affair whilst his girlfriend/ wife is waiting for him. The images on the screen will relate to the song as the lyrics say ‘if you had the time’ so it’s as if she’s waiting for him and he’s not reacting or bothered. It will also consist of the make up- break up scene this is because it shows the couple arguing as well as them reminiscing on past happy memories.

Suggested elements

This video will be mainly narrative as it will tell the story of this couple and relate to the lyrics. The costumes will help the performers look older so a suit for the male part so it looks likes he’s going to work. The woman would be wearing normal clothes for a sophisticated lady but so it still shows that a normal family can have problems. The special effects we will have will be stop motion in the beginning credits with the writing for the title and artist name. We will also have slow motion to emphasize the hurt the male has caused and confusion for the woman, for the sad parts in the video we will have the colour in black and white so it can portray the emotion easier, than in the angry parts it will be brightly coloured to show the overall feeling of the particular scene. Some key locations will be in a house that the couple will live in, and a house that the affair is taking place. We will also have scenes outside where the woman is following the man in a jump cut style, also in a park for the memories etc.

Recording days

For filming we are planning on filming in our afternoon lessons so we could go over the normal college day time if we needed to; then in our morning lessons we will be in lessons and carry on with our blog and start on our other tasks like the poster and CD cover. Also we can then start on the editing side of the video in this time as well. And we will also spend a considerable amount of time editing the video.

also completed by Samantha , Callum.

music genre research

We researched our ‘Dubstep’ music genre using various internet sites to broaden our knowledge or what to expect from the style of music we are creating a video for.

History

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals".

The earliest dubstep releases date back to 1998 and were darker, more experimental, instrumental dub remixes of 2-step garage tracks attempting to incorporate the funky elements of breakbeat, or the dark elements of drum and bass into 2-step, which featured B-sides of single releases. In 2001, this and other strains of dark garage music began to be showcased and promoted at London's night club Plastic People, at the "Forward" night, which went on to be considerably influential to the development of dubstep. The term "dubstep" in reference to a genre of music began to be used by around 2002, by which time stylistic trends used in creating these remixes started to become more noticeable and distinct from 2-step and grime. It was labels Big Apple, Amunition and Tempa that began circulating the "dubstep" term.

How it became widely spread in England.

A very early supporter of the sound was BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who started playing it from 2003 onwards. In 2004, the last year of his show, his listeners voted Distance, Digital Mystikz and Plastician (formerly Plasticman) in their top 50 for the year. Dubstep started to spread beyond small local scenes in late 2005 and early 2006; many websites devoted to the genre appeared on the internet and aided the growth of the scene, such as dubstepforum, the download site Barefiles and blogs such as gutterbreakz. Simultaneously, the genre was receiving extensive coverage in music magazines such as The Wire and online publications such as Pitchfork Media, with a regular feature entitled The Month In: Grime/Dubstep. Interest in dubstep grew significantly after BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs started championing the genre, beginning with a show devoted to it (entitled "Dubstep Warz") in January 2006.

Dubstep influence.

The influence of dubstep on more commercial or popular genres can be identified as far back as 2007, with artists such as Britney Spears using dubstep sounds; critics observed a dubstep influence in the song "Freakshow", from the 2007 album Blackout, which Tom Ewing described as "built around the 'wobbler' effect that's a genre standby." Benga and Coki's single "Night" still continued to be a popular track on the UK dance chart more than a year after its release in late 2007, still ranking in the top five at the start of April 2008 on Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 dance chart list.

However the year 2009 saw the dubstep sound gaining further worldwide recognition, often through the assimilation of elements of the sound into other genres, in a manner similar to drum and bass before it. At the start of the year, UK electronic duo La Roux put their single "In for the Kill" in the remix hands of Skream.^[78][79] They then gave remix duties of "I'm Not Your Toy" to Nero and then again with their single "Bulletproof" being remixed by Zinc. The same year, London producer Silkie released an influential album City Limits Vol. 1 on the Deep Medi label, using 70s funk and soul reference points, a departure from the familiar strains of dub and UK garage. A key factor in the rise of dubstep in the media was its exposure on video sharing websites, such as YouTube who provide access to many channels dedicated to dubstep, notably UKF Dubstep. The sound also continued to interest the mainstream press with key articles in magazines like Interview, New York, and The Wire, which featured producer Kode9 on its May 2009 cover. XLR8R put Joker on the cover of its December 2009 issue. By the end of 2009, The New York Times, XLR8R, NME and The Sunday Times all reviewed the genre.

In a move foreshadowed by endorsements of the sound from R&B, hip-hop and recently, mainstream figures such as Rihanna, or Public Enemy's Hank Shocklee, Snoop Dogg collaborated with dubstep producers Chase & Status, providing a vocal for their 'underground anthem' "Eastern Jam".^[89] The 2011 Britney Spears track "Hold It Against Me" was also responsible for promoting dubstep tropes within a mainstream pop audience, Rihanna's Rated R album released such content the very year dubstep saw a spike, containing 3 dubstep tracks. Such events propelled the genre into the biggest radio markets overnight, with considerable airplay. Other hip-hop artists like Xzibit added their vocals to dubstep instrumental tracks for the mixtape project Mr Grustle & Tha Russian Dubstep LA Embrace The Renaissance Vol. 1 Mixed by Plastician. In summer 2009, female rapper and actress Eve used Benga's "E Trips"; adding her own verses over the beat to create a new tune called "Me N My"; the first single on her album Flirt. The track was co-produced by Benga and hip hop producer Salaam Remi.

Throughout 2010, dubstep was beginning to hit the pop charts, with "I Need Air" by Magnetic Man reaching number 10 in the UK singles chart. This presented a turning point in the popularity of mainstream dubstep amongst UK listeners as it was placed on rotation on BBC Radio 1. "Katy On a Mission" by Katy B (produced by Benga) followed, debuting at number 5 in the UK singles chart, and stayed in the top 10 for five more weeks. In February 2011, Chase & Status's second album No More Idols reached No.2 in the UK album chart. On May 1, 2011, Nero's third single "Guilt" from their album reached number 8 in the Official UK Singles Chart, their highest placing single to date. In April 2011, "dubbox", the industry's first application designed for the mobile creation of dubstep music, was released for the iPhone and reached the Top 25 Best Selling Music Apps in the UK its first week

For this and more information about the growth of Dubstep please click this web address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep

By Sam

Chase & Status - Time ft. Delilah

CHASE & STATUS FT. PLAN B 'END CREDITS' OFFICIAL VIDEO

Chase and status ft Plan B End Credits

Duration : 3.31

Audience : Teenagers mainly aged 14 – 19

The are different camera shots in this video that can be seen. At the beginning of the video we see a close up shot of Plan b. Plan B at this time was not known so this could as well be used to give him an image portfolio .The main objective of the close up was mainly to show the major star in this video to give recognition to the video . This shot has significance to the video as it show emotions of the person and great detailed emotion and emphasis to the bullet wound he suffers. Another shot seen in this video is the low but can as well be seen as a bird’s eye angle and this is to give the actor the sense of weakness and vulnerability and in a way a sense of innocence showing the emotions that go through him as if you can say has regret as on this he may have done in the past.

In this video we crane shot of when the boys are jumping a man. This crane shot also shows the aggression and the power these boys have over that man they are attacking giving a fearful image of the boys and giving further stereotype to young males of the British community. The is pan camera movement as well as we see the two men meeting the young male to have quick conversation a with the young male being in a hurry showing the male moving fast giving the impression of deviance which he goes with the stereo type of teenage males. There is a tilt cam at the beginning helping give the emotional reference that Plan B is trying to give of weakness and vulnerability to the audience.

In this video we see various editing that occurs include cutaways, which in most videos would be the most common transition which is an instant transfer of one scene to another and we see this happen. When Plan B is singing in the question room of the police station to the tunnel where he is singing showing the different venues used using landmarks of Peck ham which is voted to be the roughest places of England so it help promote the video of gangster theme. The cutaways also helps the intensity of the video as it constantly changing giving the thrilling affect of the gang life which is brought through this type of editing. Godwin’s theory relates with in this music video as there are various connections to the video and the music and they use each other to reflect what the kind of music this is as we see working class people in this video where you see the struggle of a man which could be used to highlight the struggle for other teenagers and the video help relates the video to there lives and helps the lyrics become a story that most teenagers can understand and relate to from there day to day experiences. If you have seen the film we don’t see him singing as they drop him into movie clips trying to show the kind of genre Plan B is trying to promote.

Different types clothing is used to describe the kind person he is trying to be which is in the British society is known as Scally showing a different side to them as normal people which he is trying to portray. We see some smartly dressed old man also give the stereotypical old man as he is wearing a suit mostly very tidy giving the vie of today’s common elderly and the way they are different from teenagers in Britain and the way they are against each other with the stereotypes of both age groups of the teenagers of the old being fragile and weak and of the teenagers being useless, destructive and immature.

Goodwin’s’ theory agrees with this as we see that there are references between the video and the lyrics as they link as the words describe the song and the video acts out what he say showing a link between the video and the lyrics .

Nero - Me And You - Full Official Video (MTA Records)

Me and you- Nero

The genre of this song is ‘dubstep’. We chose this song because it is the same genre that we want to do our main project on as we wanted an upbeat song but one that had lyrics so we could relate the words with the action. This song, however, doesn’t really relate to each other apart from when the words “get ready” have been repeated and at the beginning of arcade games it says get ready before you start the game; this is a narrative and not a performance.

They used different types of shots because of this the camera shots, which are clear to see during the music video for example a mid shot is used to show the main character is more significant to the video than the other people. Give the audience more of the subject with out showing full display of a full subject. Is used to show more emotion and capture intensity in greater depth. There is also a close up of the game screen when he’s playing so we can see and understand what is going on; also in this part there’s a close up of his face so we can see the determination and concentration in his face; like in Goodwin’s theory. At the beginning there is an establishing shot to set the scene and location of the video, then they follow the main character to show that throughout the video we need to be focused on him and by using a tracking shot it shows this well.

During the video there are various props and costumes used to emphasize not only the purpose of the video but also the overall tone of music in the genre, which we have chosen. The costume worn by the main character of the video is quite normal and quite simple the purpose of this is that the stereotype of somebody who listens to dubstep is a quite normal and plain. For example the jeans and t-shirt combination is a very normal way to dress for the stereotypical teenager/young adult. Also during the video there are various uses of props. For example the way in which an arcade game has been programmed specifically for this video will have significance throughout the video this is because as the proper part of this track starts i.e. the dubstep, the game properly becomes active and the character starts to play it. Also this fits in really well with the location choice of the video starts in an arcade then he enters a storage facility where he goes through doors down corridors and finds the game and plays it. They have used these locations because at first it’s a public place where young people go to hang out then because he’s in an empty place where it looks like not many people go it’s more private and it makes the viewer wonder why and where he is going.

The editing in this has fast cut rates to keep the continuity going and because of the fast pace in the beat it has to match with the cut speed otherwise it wouldn’t work. It also shows how time has passed, not how much but because he’s in different places in every cut it shows he’s playing games and is travelling around the arcade. They have also used some special effects such as a shaky jilt when the sifi cyber people are in the shot maybe to show they’re not human or natural so as a viewer we have to keep an eye on them throughout the video. Another thing is they have another shaky edit when the game screen comes up and if you put the two together it makes the whole video look like an arcade game that’s old and jolts a bit sometimes.

The lighting in this music video is dark especially in the cellar part, as it’s supposed to look a bit mysterious. However the light is mainly made by the lights from the names of the games or the games themselves. When in the dark corridors there are ceiling lights but then the game the boy ends up playing has been lit up by a green glow from behind it to highlight that he must play it and the importance of it. As the game screen is making most of the light the characters face has been lit to show we still have to focus on him and he’s important and hasn’t realized he’s in a dark basement as he’s engrossed in the game.

Craig Davis had a criteria of how to analyze a music video to do this he came up with various categories in which to successfully analyze music videos in the category of illustration our video would be a narrative this is because the video tells the story because there is no lip synching involved in the video which disenables the lyrics to tell the story of the video. The next category is amplification our video has some relevance to the song for example the song says ‘are you ready’ and in the arcade game which appears in the music video it says in the text which appears on the game screen ‘are you ready’. However, the video and the lyrics don’t completely match. This is also true in Goodwin’s’ theory.

Goodwin also says that some music videos have intersexual references to films and other resources. This is relevant for this video as it has a familiarity to ‘Matrix’ as the people with the glasses on look like their from a different time like in the Matrix and also it’s similar to ‘Tron’ as there is a main game and it’s set in an arcade.

By Callum and Sam