CAST
* Jake (the drummer of the band)
* around 5 male teenagers who can skateboard (tbc)
* one female teenager who can skateboard
IDEAS
We have decided to film are music video in a linear structure. The video begins with Jake (the drummer of the band) coming out of sound clash with drum sticks with a smaller than you ticket wrapped round them in his hand. A skateboarder then snatches the sticks from him and the camera follows him. There is then a relay effect of different skateboarders snatching the drum sticks. Each skateboarder will be filmed in a famous significant place in norwich, with posters saying 'SMALLER THAN YOU PLAYING TONIGHT' behind them. Then one of the skateboarders gets on a bus (we are still deciding if this should be a sightseeing bus) and puts his headphones in. At this point, the song becomes muffled. he then takes out the headphones as he gets off the bus and the music becomes clear. Jake then snatches them back and goes into the art center, entering a door. when the door shuts, we see a sign that says 'Smaller than you playing here tonight'.
How this fits with the conventions of the SKA genre
Smaller Than You's sound is very fast paced. This will fit in well with the fast pace of skateboarding. Skateboarding itself is oftion associated with SKA and fans of SKA. The history of SKA includes SKA artists rejecting Jamaica's 'Rude Boys' violent tendecies. This is reflected in our music video becuase although at first it seems as though the sticks are being stolen, it is actually an act of contribution and spreading the word about their music (and their gig that night). The fact the the video will end with jake getting his sticks back conforms with SKA history yet challenges the conventions of Rap, Metal and Alternative videos that could be seen as promoting illegal and violent acts.
The passing of the drumsticks from person to person represents the history of ska music and the way it has passed from culture to culture, country to country through different generations. The drumsticks represent the ska genre and it's significant recognisable beat.
PROPS
*drumsticks and elastic band
*smaller than you ticket
*skateboard
*smaller than you posters
*MP3
*5 bus tickets
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Capital letters for Sound Clash, and explain to the examiners that this is an alternative music store.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have acknowledged the baton as a symbol of Ska's multi cultural appeal.
Do watch use of capital letters for names of places.