Over the half term we went to Chapelfield Band stand and began to do some of our performance shooting, as well as seeing how the location would look. The shooting went well, we got lots of close ups of Andy playing the guitar, dancing feet and face, this was inspired from 'The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom' video.
Over the half term I went and did some filming at Gt. Yarmouth. The idea was to get some general shots of the cheap shops, 'Regent Street' and arcades, linking to the theme of money within our song. I also got some shots of the empty beach, I think they look particually miserable and could make a good contrast to the comdey element of the video. I got a shot of two eldely people eating icecrem, I really like this shot I think it is quite comical and could work well. The bleak rather tacky aspects of a British seaside resort in October says a lot about the way the British are determined to enjoy themselves and consume junk despite the weather.
Blackpool
The TV Drama series "Blackpool" is focused on similar British iconography, the drama is full of British cultural signifiers, fish and chips, bingo etc. The drama paints a quite comical picture of comtempory British culture, where the seafront is king.
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When we started the new term we did some filming at school, we got given access to the instruments at school which was a great opportunity, we did some performance shots with the drum kit, trombone, trumpet and saxophone. We are planning to take the camera out again and possibably get some filming done over Guy Fawkes of fireworks, fair etc.
I'd develop this post and explain the importance of intertextual references in this footage to British films or TV dramas; also the importance of including British cultural signifiers in the footage. You could include stills from this footage you shot at half term in order to illustrate your point.
ReplyDeleteThe bleak rather tacky aspects of a British seaside resort in October says a lot about the way the British are determined to enjoy themselves and consume junk despite the weather. In other words you're making an ironic comment about aspects of contemporary popular culture.
Look up the TV Drama series "Blackpool" - a brilliant drama which also focused on similar British iconography like fish and chips, bingo halls etc in Blackpool.
You need to explain the link between "Blackpool" and the iconography in your music video. You could imbed clips from your music video as evidence.
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