Location Analysis

The reason we picked this location is because it bears a close resemblance to the Eiffel Tower, this fits perfectly with the imagery we are trying to compose. The Eiffel Tower is the romantic hot spot in France so we wanted to utilize it to compliment the narrative.

The ducks symbolizes union and security, we wanted to present that connotation in our music video, its important to include subliminal messages in our music video 

The steps shown in our music, symbolizes ambition and desire. These Steps are in crystal palace park and instantly I thought this would be effective location for performance scenes where the main artist can rap on theses steps from a worms eye view, or featured artist can sing and dance on these steps with a long shot being used to capture the entire profile of featured artist.

Laura Mulvey's "Male Gaze" Theory

—Laura Mulvey coined the term ‘Male Gaze’ in 1975. She believes that in film audiences have to ‘view’ characters from the perspective of a heterosexual male.
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Features of the “Male Gaze”:

• —The camera lingers on the curves of the female body, and events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a man's reaction to these events. 

• —Relegates women to the status of objects. The female viewer must experience the narrative secondarily, by identification with the male.

This theory applies to the genre in which we are trying to follow the Hip-Hop genre, the genre has known for being controversial regarding the "Male Gaze" by the way in which they portray women in their videos.

Examples of Music Videos, which conform to the "Male Gaze"

Britney Spears - Toxic

50 Cent - Candy Shop

Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely

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Research into Existing Music Magazines

This is our magazine research for the magazine advert we are eventually going to do. The research will help us in doing so

Director Case Study

Filming Schedule

- Tuesday - 8.30 to 10.30 - At this times we will try and film either the chorus sections, or go off-site and film the rest
- Weekends-Free Periods- We will film in off-site locations such as the park, the high street etc.

Review for the first day of shooting the chorus

Video hook shooting review from jaystarzy

Lighting

Today we were taught about lighting and how as directors of our music video, we have the ability if we so desire to manipulate the type of lighting and the effect of this may create in the drama studio at school. The drama studio is best for shooting scenes of a play  or something which needs a very precise effect or feel about it, for example, the contrast in Kanye West's "All of The Lights" most of the video would have been created in a studio.