Health and safety

When going to the places where i was going to film i looked for possible health and safety hazards that might currupt the filiming. half of my music video was filmed outside in the street. As we where walking around the streets we had to be careful that we didn't film or use any film that had people init that we didnt ask for thier permission to be in the video.Also had to make sure that no cars where driving past when filming as in some shots the actor was walking in the road. The other half was filmed in a studio. I had to make sure that all the cables where tapped down so noone will trip over them. Also to make sure the door was assable if thier was a fire in the building

mise-en-scene

setting/location


My music video will be set on the streets with the camera following the actor while walking through an housing estate.There will also be a shot in a studio. For both of these i will be shooting different shots and angles so i have a lot of different angles to use in my video. Shooting the music video in a housing estate is meant to give it a ruff feel and make it fit in with the UK garage image. Shooting part of it in the studio is very important i think as the audience will be seeing the gritty part of the UK garage scene but at the same time will see that they are in a studio making it happen.

Costume

The actor that is playing Mike Skinner in my video will be wearing fashionable clothes for the type of music this is and will be modeled on mike skinner and what he wears. His style is very relaxed and a bit scruffy but at the same time he wears designer labels. This relates to the genre of music that it is. My actor will be wearing different things in the studio and street scenes as this will show that they where done at different times. as i thought about having it all done in the same costume so it looks like he is walking to the studio but then i didn't really like that idea.

Props

Apart from all the mics in the studio then there is not much that is going to be used. In the street shot there will be a cigerette used. This will show the urban feel that lots of The Streets music videos have.

Initial Ideas

lots of the streets music videos are done straight to the camera and like a story tell way as lots of the songs are stories. I going to keep with this theme by having one person singing along to the song walking along a road being filmed from a car. Keeping with the UK garage theme it is going to filmed in a ruff looking estate as the lyrics to the song give it a ruff and hard feel "Going through hell". Key lines are going to be acted out to give it a bit more going on for example the line "I wouldn't say a word till I've walked a mile in your shoes(the actor would take his shoe off while walking and singing and show it to the camera),But once a mile from you,(then would just chuck it behind him).

There is also going to be shots from a studio that i can use which will be someone singing and recording the song. This shot will mostly be used for the chorus of the song but also can be used for other lines. I think these two ideas edited together will work really well as it will have the feel of a UK garage song and the same kind of theme as a Streets music video but will also show that this song is a serious and real song and show how The streets are serious about their music which they have in their music videos.

One of the things i am uncertain on is to film the bits in the street in the day or the night where the night will give it a better fitting into the song as its pretty dark but the lighting would be hard to do in the street if we are going to be constantly be moving.

I will also film other shots like the housing estate by its self and in the studio the mixing desk so if they are needed to be put in then i can to fill a apart of the song. The housing estate shot by its self will be used for the establishing shot for the music video.

Target Audience

The streets are Uk garage which is mainly focused at an male audience this is shown on his face book at everyone who comments are male. The Uk garage scene is not main stream so their audience isn't growing by the minute but they have a big following with the target audience being 15-25 as where they appeal more to the younger side of this most the time mike skinner himself is 32 and his lyrics are of his recent past that would relate to people of that age. On the right hand side you see an NME magazine front cover that has a bit on The streets on it which is aimed at an audince 16-30. The streets relate there songs alot to drugs,alchol and the problems with money which shows that the songs are aimed at a older audince. "Tune reminds me of my first e,polite, unique, still sixteen and feeling horny" this is a line from one of thier songs which is talking about drugs and sex at the age of sixteen. In his later albums the songs are not so much about doing drugs and sex but more about his life and how his life has changed because of the fame. This i think is because of his age and that he has grown up sinse the first album.

permission the streets

It is very important in the music industry to have copyright because otherwise bands could copy other bands music and get away with it and artists wouldn't be able to have security over their music.