Analysis of Grime and Genre

This video was made by some amateur artists from the Bristol area. He is not a signed artist as you can see from the video.

This video has been made on an extremely low budget with all of the filming being Guerilla style. Throughout the track there are only long shots and mid shots. They also show a few still images of certain areas, but the point that i am trying to make is that the genre of music that i am doing is not commercial what so ever. There is very little money in the grime industry unless the artists become signed. There is fierce competition within the Grime industry because there are so many boys and men that with to make it somewhere with their Grime tracks. Although underground music like Dubstep is slowly becoming more commercialized, Grime tracks such as the one i am making a video for, are not very commercial yet but i would think that this would happen in the near future. This is due to certain Grime artists who started off small but are now signed to record labels or doing it independently. For most people this would be a risky business but there is a massive potential market for Grime tracks that i personally think we will see more of in the future.

28th September

During this lesson me and my partner have planned the beginning of the video using story boards and also listed a few of the places that we plan to film.

We have decided that the video that we produce should initially show a day in the life of the persona. This will include:

A bus journey through Stapleton road in Easton, On this bus journey we will record all of out footage using the point of view shot. For this part of the recording we will not be using George as we can make it look like it is him but really it is not. This is due to the fact that we wish to do all the filming of George in one day and keep it local. Also his availability is limited.

Whilst on the bus journey we will get off on Stapleton road and film a few low angle shots of high rise flats and also a few shots of the graffiti in the park on Stapleton road.
Afterwards we will be going up Park street in town to record again some point of view shots looking specifically at maybe students and also significant buildings, like Universities and also College green. This is to show his aspirations of what he wants to be one day.

We also want to set up a camera outside the job centre up Kingswood High street. I think this would work well because he talks about the claiming benefits in the song. With this part of the filming, we wish to set up the camera for a period of time (i.e 1 hour) and then speed up the recording and reduce it to a few seconds of footage. This will then be edited into the video at selected parts.

We also wish to record some prostitutes at work, hanging around corners to show the true realities of the streets. I want this video to show the harsh realities of street life because nobody else would put this sort of footage into a music video. I want people to listen to the words, watch the video and understand what goes on in day to day life for those people less fortunate than others.
Most music videos are full of people flashing their cash and basically saying 'look at me, look at me' but i want this video to show how life really is and not the fakeness that is commercial music and videos.

STONE PRODUCTIONS EL-NINO (TOUCH THE SKY VIDEO)

This is the track that we have decided to make a video to. As you can see the producer has already made a video to the song. I feel that it can be massively improved and have narrative to go with it.

We have chosen this song because i feel that in some way it has depth and when listening to it i can picture what i imagine the video to look like. This makes it alot easier when it comes to planning because i already have a rough idea of what i would like to see in the video i produce. I also want my video to portray a strong message to the audience and leave a lasting impression on the audience.