Location Pictures For Performance And Gig Scene's.

This is the Pit in my school, me and my partner believed it would be a ideal place to film our performance part as when all the main lights are off and the stage is light and we set up the stage it would look really good (just like how the stage looked when filming the strangers). We also thought it'd good good as their is two levels therefore we include a variety of shots and it is also easily accessible. 

Example of what the Pit can look like when set up with lighting and a stage.

Next to the stairs looking down into the Pit.

 Opposite the stairs looking down in to the Pit.

The top left hand corner showing the lighting fixtures.

 On the ground floor showing the space where the stage would be set up.

Bottom left hand corner opposite the stairs.

Location Pictures For Running Scene.

I chose Embankment Skatepark in London as a possibility for a location to shoot the Male protagonist (boyfriend) to be running past when he's traveling to the rave as the graffiti connotes a rough street or alley way which contrasts compared to the posh London House he's just travelled from which could connote the reason why he is well dressed and he has a girlfriend which is quite well off is because he gets his money off drugs at illegal raves. However I appreciate that it might be quite hard to film with no one being there as it is London and could be quite hard therefore need to think of other possibility's. Although we would be already filming in London for the fight and argument scene in the apartment seen in earlier posts so therefore would not be hard to travel there it is just the thought of weather people would get in the way. It would also work nicely if we did chose to shoot here to just film after spending the day at the apartment as it will be dark which is what we want. 

A long shot of the skate park to show the structure of it

A close up to show what the walls look like.

Another long shot to show the structure, it also shows off the graffiti within the skatepark.

How Gender Is Represented In Chase And Status' Music Video

Within End Credits we see Plan B speaking down to the female police officer 'Fuck You' with a smirk on his face pronouncing his complete disrespect for the opposite sex and further in force's this ideology by going on to violently attack a woman in a alley way forcing her to kiss him reflecting his though process of women been seen as a object.


This video again reinforces the ideology that women are objects whilst they are laughing at the police whilst they drink, take drugs and attend illegal raves exclaiming their total utter disrespect for the law.


This video Let You Go see's women in a lower class role reflecting the status of those women who appear on Jeremy Kyle as well as being seen as a object. As a parody of the british tv drama Jeremy Kyle giving a vertical intertextuality link the music video pronounces the idea that use of drugs sex and drink is good for you.


Within my chosen music video the women are seen as the antagonist and again playing a lower class role with drink sex and violence involved the woman are constantly pronounce as the main problem. This has shown me a good representation of how i should play out the roles of men and women within my narrative. Due to the fact these videos have represented women in a lower class role, involving sex, drugs and violence with the women seen as the antagonist and the problem to most men, as our target audience is mainly male I feel we should include these stereotypes within our music video to satisfy our target audiences wants and needs.

CD Covers Designs And Inspiration.

Chase and Status Album Cover

Here are some of Chase And Status' past album covers and Drum and Bass albums. I can clearly see that the focus isn't on a particular person and is based more around animation and in some rare cases an image. This has shown me it is probably not a good idea to focus our cover on the band as this is unusual and not a stereotypical option or applys to the wants and needs of our target audience. However on the day of shooting I do intend to take pictures of the actors so it can therefore be photoshopped into a animation for example chase and status album cover for 'end credits'. Although they are animated all have a link to the music video the green tint used in Chase And Status' -Pieces is reflected within the typography.

A Screen Shot From Chase And Status' Music Video Pieces.

Chase And Status Album Cover.

Chase and Status Album Cover.

Chase and Status Album Cover

Drum and Bass Mix Album Cover

Pendulum (Drum And Bass Artist) Album Cover.

Possible Costumes.

These are some possible costumes in which our actors could use and which i thought would work well.

< The first one in our female antagonist (chloe) outfit. I believe by using this smart/casual look she will see sophisticated enough to have two boys on the go at the same time and dressy enough for a date but not clever enough to be able to keep her secret from her partner and also allows her to be an emotional wreck once the fight is over as there are scenes of her wrapped up in a ball crying on the floor. By using dark colours it also reflects her characteristics of owning a harsh, manipulative and evil personality whilst still allowing her to be emotional once the fight is over as although she is crying she is still seen as the reason behind her own emotion.





< Pictured here is the outfit i see our singer/rapper Harrison wearing as it is one of his own outfits which he has worn whilst performing in before and i believe suits him and the narrative. As he is performing on stage i would like him to be in something he feels confident and happy in which is why i've chosen a outfit he has worn before so therefore i know he will be confident in wearing it. I also chose it as it suits his rapper image giving him the stereotypical look of a professional.

< Male protagonist, I chose this outfit because its smart/casual something youd wear on a date yet not to fancy, as well it is quite plain which reflects his personality as he is unaware this girl has already got a boyfriend making him a respectful man and is confused when the boyfriend enters.
















< Male Protagonist 2, I placed him in a hoodie because of his image of although being the innocent one of the situation he is seen as a bit of a bad man. The hoodie can also be used as a prop to hide his face when it comes to certain parts of the video for example when running past embankment with all the graffiti he can be portrayed as a trouble maker especially when he goes to the rave/gig the stereotypical place to perhaps take drugs, therefore reflecting his image as being a troublemaker and a druggy. Perhaps putting his girlfriend in that situation him self because of how he treats her she went for someone else.

Target Audience

Here is a questionnaire I found on the internet in which she asked people what genre of music they liked and if thy liked drum and bass what they did on their Saturday night and what was their personal view on drugs, the results told me the majority of people who liked drum and bass would spend their Saturday night partying and thought it was cool to do drugs and would advise other people to do it. Therefore this has given me a insight as to what to include within my music video, which is why we are probably going to have a a gig scene where the main male in seen partying and is seen selling drugs to abide by our target audiences wants and needs.

After watching a few of Chase And Status' music videos (for example their song Pieces) it became apparent that the female is usually seen as the antagonist within many situations which occur within their videos, therefore me and Molly have given the role of the antagonist to our leading female as we believe it will work within our narrative and appeal to our target audience.

Characters - Male Singer

We have found someone willing to be the singer in our video, Harrison Cantel who is a good singer and performer.  

We asked him to be our singer / performer as he has performed to the school in the past and considering we are part of a big school it takes a lot of confidence which we believe he has to be our performer, he is also a media student therefore can take it seriously and be more understanding about when and where we need him and why. We also believe he looked the part , he has also rapped on stage therefore the rap in the song will be easy for him. 

< Harrison

Harrison Performing on stage >v