Cover Drive in my music video

 

On Saturday when I met Cover Drive I asked them to be in my video and asked them to do the wukkin' up and this is the video I will be putting in my video.

Props (2)

After meeting Cover Drive on saturday, I asked them to sign my Bajan flag so I will be using this in the music video

20th October

Unfortunately I was unable to get to Brixton yesterday for filming because the Victoria Line in the tube station was closed and that was the only way to get there so I will have to go back there another time. However, I filmed a few things around London for example outside Harrods, there were two men playing the Caribbean steal drums, I also did a few shots of typical London things such as the Underground sign and Camden Market to show the comparison with my Barbados videos.

Additionally, I was lucky enough to meet Cover Drive yesterday at Wembley Arena and I got a shot of all of us doing the 'wuk up' dance that I am planning to do during the chorus, teaching other people how to do it.

Location ideas (2)

Originally, I was thinking to go to South Bank in London at the skatepark to ue the graffiti there but since I had never been there before I wasn't 100% sure it would work. However, I have visited that area recently and have taken pictures of the skatepark and the graffiti and have decided that I will use this location for a solo shot. The graffiti in this area is more artistic graffiti, which I think will reflct the London culture postively and will go with my song as my song is quite urban.

However, I'm still deciding which part I would like to use but I might use the wall in the 3rd photo.
This graffiti also reminds me of this photo of Cover Drive

I mainly want to use locations that are outside for my solo shots as I think the lighting will make it look better because being inside can sometimes make the clip look dull without the correct lighting but when being outside, theres the natural lighting but can also enhance that brightness and lighting by using foil on cardboard on the actor to get a better effect.

Filming

• 20th October 2012 in London 

Props

Barbados flag

246 area code cards

poster

Costumes

Amanda, the lead singer of Cover Drive has two styles such as when she performs on stage and when she is in music videos.
For example, when Amanda is performing:

When Amanda is in music videos:

In music videos, Amanda wears dresses as well as trousers and a tight top and high heels. When performing she wears usually Doc Martens, trousers and mid-riff tops.

Here are some of the clothing I will be wearing for my costumes:

hoop earrings

Make-up

Amanda usually wears red lipstick with eyeliner and mascara 

For make-up, I will also just be wearing eyeliner & mascara and red lipstick for one or two shots.

Visualisation in Final Cut Pro.

I have started importing my videos from Barbados into Final Cut Pro and putting it along the timeline, this helps me visualise my video a bit more, the style, the mood and the way I want my shots to be taken. I want a lot of candid style videos of London to balance out the Barbados videos, however I might end up having more videos of London than Barbados. For the Barbados videos, I would like to put some effect on it (possibly) as well as the London videos to make them similar but yet they are shown differently as they are two completely different countries. Not completely sure what effect I want to go for, I will test some effects to see whether I think it goes or not, otherwise I'll keep it original but just enhance the colours to brighten them up a bit.

Voyeurism (2)

In class we did practice shots to understand the idea of Voyeurism. We used tracking shots and close ups to show voyeurism from the male's perspective.
We used 4 different shots, however our best one would be the last one clip 4) where we move the camera from the subject's feet upwards. As the camera is close to the body, this tells the audience what they are looking at as reducing the mise-en-scene shows less distraction, therefore the camera focuses on what is wanting to be seen.

Clip 1

Clip 2

Clip 3

 Clip 4

 

Cover Drive voyeurism 

Research & Planning: Ideas on locations

Possible locations to do some filming:

• Brixton Market/Village, Electric Avenue, London
• Westminster, London
• School drama studio

+ videos from Barbados
I mainly want to go to London to do candid style shooting as it will match my Barbados videos, therefore giving the idea of Barbados coming to London. Either shot using a hand-held shot or a steadicam. I think going to Electric Avenue is a good place to do some filming for this song as Electric Avenue is the street that the singer Eddy Grant had a hit single about, therefore it is well known in the Caribbean community.

One of the places I will be doing a solo shot at.

 

 

 Here are two images of Brixton Market Villiage taken from Google images where I will be going to on the weekend to take pictures and decide which areas I want to shoot such as fruits, clothing and others foods but also has multicultural products.
I would like to use the school drama studio for the end minute for my music video as the drama studio has different coloured lightings and can set it to a party scene. However, I will not be using any wide/long shots as I do not want to reveal the mise-en-scene because I don't want it to look like it's fillmed in a school drama studio, therfore I will be focusing more on the lights, props and the people dancing.

Voyeruism

"There is frequently reference to the notion of looking (mirrors, screens within screens, stages etc..) and particularly voyerusitic treatment of the female body" - Andrew Goodwin - Dancing in the Distraction Factory (1992).

In class we were discussing the idea of voyeruism and watching examples of music videos. We looked at one music video, Wiley - Heatwave

 

This video has clear voyeurisitic techniques such as through the camera shots, angles and camera movements as the camera seems to be like a point of view from a man, therefore seeing these females in bikinis at a pool party.

 

Here are some of the opinions and ideas we came up with as a class about this music video:

 

 

We came up with some good thoughts about this music video such as the representation of women, how they're all slim and beautiful wearing bikinis and giving this idea that this is the only way to look beautiful for women. We also said that we noticed how there is no other race of women, just 'white' but we then realised this related to the lyrics "light-skinned girl".

 

After looks at the quote from Andrew Goodwin, we were asked to discuss the idea of voyeruism and where it came from, the meaning and how it applies today. The idea of voyeurism has this definition (taken from Wikipedia)

"Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature"

this still applies today in the media world, especially music videos, usually by a male artist who tends to spy on the females but can be used by females.

Voyeurism has developed into contempary media e.g reality TV such as Big Brother.