FMP - Stay Focus - Dancer Recruitment Flyer

After the original dancers we had arranged months ago announced they were either busy on tour in the states with T2 and Jody Aisha or had other commitments over the finalised shoot dates I decided to draft this flyer up, in an attempt to reel in some last minute dance acts. It's a bit late in the game to be doing this, it should have been sorted by the end of February to be honest but we only need a few more dancers so hopefully this should work. We will print 200 flyer today and get them handed out and posted up.

FMP - More Location Scouting and Legal Cover

Whilst the majority of the locations have been sorted, we are still lacking; The studio location, the Bedroom and the Apartment. I suggested to Kiran that we could use my flat for the scene with Gareth and his mates after the break up and that I could speak to my mate who's got a flat down at Clarence Dock for the ex-girlfriends bedroom scene. The studio shot will have to be organised by Gareth and Kiran however, as wouldn't know where to start. Above is a picture of my lounge to be used as one of the locations.

Unfortunately my public liability cover only goes as far as use with audio work in Clubs/Venues, we are covered at D-Fusion but not for the other scenes. To cover ourselves against any legal claims I suggested the only thing we can do is write disclaimers and make sure every one on shoot signs them. To ease the worries about having no insurance for the kit Kiran has managed to arrange the hire of a private security firm, from one of her many contacts, she offered to pay them £300 for giving their help, however since we don't have a budget I said, "tell them we will design them a logo or make a moving image advert instead because we can't afford to be spending money like that." She did and apparently they are happy with a logo design.

FMP - Location Scouting

Kiran has been working hard, attempting to organise people for this Stay Focus music video. It's not entirely clear to me just how much progress has been made however I do know her and Gareth (the directors and producers) have developed a script. The idea is to involve a bit of narrative, this consists of; Gareth and his girl going through a rough patch, girl sees Gareth flirting with another girl, some confrontation occurs then the lyrics drop in simultaneously with Zaadil singing on the streets. The rapping and singing will be filmed both in the photographic lighting studio at college and on the streets, this will constantly cut in and out of the narrative. The next scenes will be Gareth writing in his studio, whilst his ex-girl is reminiscing on the good times they had together, with flashbacks of them when they were on better terms. At the end of the video Gareth and Zaadil will be doing there thing on stage at a club, Gareth's ex-girl will see him and fall for him again.

We needed to determine the locations that these scenes could be shot at, the lighting studio is sorted and booked for Friday 24th of April. The other locations secured today are; The park, which will be used for the flashback scenes, the scene with the confrontation between Gareth, his ex-girl and the flirt will be shot at Clarence Dock (dates tbc.) The club scene which will be shot at D-Fusion club on New Briggate, scheduled for Tuesday the 21st of April. As we were speaking to the manager of D-Fusion he showed great interest in our work, requesting we do a short promotional video for his club, so we managed to pick up some extra work that will become part of our FMP seen as one music video is not a sufficient amount of work between two people for FMP (information on this can be found on my previous blog post.)






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FMP - Location Scouting Leads to Extra Work

Kiran had previously been in touch with the owner of D-Fusion, however we went to confirm dates and times with him today. After securing this location with Ceaser, (the manager of D-Fusion) showed a real interest in Kiran and I producing a short promotional video for him. As we are currently looking for some extra work for the Final Major Project this is an oppurtunity we can not refuse. This will involve filming the functions at D-Fusion on the odd Friday and Saturday night, I have also offered to do a motion graphics to go at the end of the video promotion. We havn't managed to secure any payment as of yet, howver seen as we are paying £75 for four hours hire of his premises, the aim is to come to some sort of arrangement so we do not have to pay for this.

FMP - Brief Proposal - Stay Focus Music Video

I first came across this brief back in February when I was in the studio working on my PPD. I overheard Kiran talking with about to visual represent a song they must have played back atleast 10 times. I decided they must be working on music video so I started coversation to see what it was all about. Gareth introduced himself as weeksie, the main voice behind a group called Stay Focus, the tune was well produced and the group well established with music videos already aired on Channel U.

I was interested in getting involved with this project straight away as I my main interest when I started this course was to get a job in the music video industry after graduating. So I offered my skills to Kiran and Gareth suggesting myself to edit and help out with shooting the video if needed. Kiran said she knew a guy called John who worked ITV that would do the editing for her but she was in need of an extra camera man.

This was never intended to be my Final Major Project proposal because to me it was just going to a bit of part time filming, however a few weeks later Kiran asked me if I would like to edit this video. As my role changed to a much more influential part in the finished piece I decided to propose this idea to the three tutors. I got a resounding response, basically saying that's good but not enough work for two people for a Final Major Project. I will keep you posted about more work as it comes my way.