Artefact 1 - Final Artefact

Artefact 1 - preparation

After watching them all I chose to use Department of Eagles video for "No One Does it Like You". This was due to the fact i thought it was the video i could do the most with and started editing it. Originally I was going to use the edited version compared to the real version but after putting them together and watching them there wasn't enough difference between them for anyone to really tell the difference. Instead, I decided to use some live performance footage I had from my client project and make a very basic/ old style of a music video which basically just consists of live performance footage. such as in the first ever music video "Travelin' man" by Ricky Nelson:

Ricky Nelson's "Travelin' Man":

Client Project - Documentary Proposal

I completed my proposal in the past few days and and prepared my presentation. There were a few changes during the writing of the proposal as we had originally planned on making the documentary based on the man behind the music but after having meetings with him we realised that he didn't feel comfortable talking about his life. So we changed it so that it was based on his life in music which probably suits his personality better.

Here is my half of the Proposal Presentation Chase and I gave:

Client Project - Documentary visualisation

The visualisation is a mix of shots from Frameforge and actual pictures.

Client Project - Documentary Script/ Questions

I looked into documentary scripts but was not too successful. As we were doing the interview soon we came up with some questions that we were going to ask Lenroy at his house which were as follows:

1. Where were you born, when and why did you move to Nottingham and what was it like for you growing up?
2. When did you start playing the bass and what drew you to it?
3. What was the first band you played with and how was the group formed?
4. What was the band’s style and what were other bands like on the scene at the time?
5. From Positive vibes, How did you come to be a member of the “Realistics” and how did it feel?
6. What was the meaning of the name “Natural Ites”?
7. Was there a key factor in the success of “picture on the wall” and was it hard to meet the high expectations that followed?
8. What were the most memorable moments with the natural Ites?
9. What was it like touring w/ the Realistics and do you miss it?
10. What was life like outside the band and what was going through your head at the time?
11. What was the cause of the “Natural Ites” splitting and what did you do after?
12. What have you done musically since then?
13. What have you done outside of music since the natural Ites Split and what were the main occurrences in your life during this time?
14. What are you currently doing as a solo artist and what are your influences?
15. What are your priorities in your life at this time and what does your daily routine consist of?
16. What is the goal of Leva Works and why did you decide to start it up?
17. How do you see yourself progressing in the future musically and in your life?
18. Hobbies outside of music?
19. What do you like to do in your free time?
20. What is the theme and style of “Roots, Rock, Dub”?
21. What are your thoughts on Nottingham?
22. What was your job as a social worker and what sort of people did you meet?
23. Is there a particular song that really means the most to you and what do you feel when you listen to it?

The questions in red are ones that he was not happy to answer or we left out for other reasons.

Client Project - Talk With Debs

Chase and I went and discussed what exactly we should do about the proposal as we weren't sure what to do as he was going to do most of the directing and i was going to be the producer and editor.

Debs said to us that we should each do a proposal (one for the documentary and one for the music video) and we should take out the live performance section.

I was to do the documentary and chase was going to do the music video.

Client Project - Research

I researched a variety of things,

I first researched Lenroy Guiste to see if i can find out anything people may not know about him and found that he was part of the Porcelain Dolls, Royal Roots band, and that he toured with Macka B.

http://www.ukscreen.com/band/josieakers

• Porcelain Dolls - Josie Akers Lead singer/songwriter, Lenroy Guiste Bass Player, Tony Smith Lead Guitar, Edmund Keanan Drums
• Together for 2 years as of 2006

As i couldnt find much about just him I started researching more about The Natural Ites and found out the following from: http://andybrouwer.co.uk/nites.html

· Started in 1982, “Called it a day” 1990

· First Break when appeared on Rockers Roadshow w/ Jamaican DJ Mikey Dread

· First single 1983 “Picture On the Wall” on own Realistics label.

· Went to top of reggae charts

· Airplay on BBC Radio 1 in particular, widened the band's appeal and fan-base,

· television appearances on Channel 4's The Tube, constant gigging around the country, helped the single to enter the mainstream British singles chart, no mean feat for an independent reggae outfit

· First album 1985 “Picture On the Wall” Lead Vocals: Ossie Samms, Percy 'JP' McLeod and Neil Foster. Musicians by The Realistics

· The Picture album, released on the CSA label and produced by Johnny White.

· Recording took place in London and Nottingham, mixing at the Aquarius Studios in Jamaica.

· second single, Lion Inna Jungle, quickly followed their initial successful release

· Within a year, a third single, Lately, was making an even bigger impact and remained at the number one spot in the UK Reggae charts for six weeks

· second album, Marvellous, released in 1987 by this time, Neil Foster had departed leaving Samms and McLeod as the main pairing.

· The Marcus Garvey Studio in Nottingham was home to the recording, again under the control of producer Johnny White, with the album released on the Realistics Record label.

· Another single, Cry For You was released, followed up by a Temptations cover version, I Wish It Would Rain and Happen All Over Again.

· final album, Naturalites in Ites, was released in 1989

· failed to make the same impact as their previous releases and marked the beginning of the end for Nottingham's finest

· Within a year the band's members had gone their separate ways and the British and worldwide reggae fraternity had lost one of its finest exponents.

· Percy solo album, Upside Downside, produced by his former Realistics compatriot Lenroy Guiste

· Guiste himself is the bassist with the Royal Roots and Porcelain Dolls bands

I then looked more into different Documentary Styles: http://www.fromtheheartproductions.com/interview10.shtml

The Expository Style (Direct Address Documentary Voice): The expository (or Griersonian) style addresses the audience directly, usually through a narrator. The narrator is separated from the subject of the documentary and is making verbal commentary on it. This style tends to rely on the narration to tell the story rather than continuous visual images. Expository films usually seek to inform or instruct, are very pointed and leave little room for interpretation. Interviews, voice-over, and archival images are often combined as in Ken Burns' popular Civil War (1990).

The Impressionistic Style: The impressionistic style is more artistic than real. It seeks to create the art and impression to convey a story, rather than using a hard-hitting, objective lens. A film made in this style may take on the production qualities of a fictional film (reenactments) utilizing actors, stages, and art direction.

The Observational Direct Style (Direct Address to Viewer Documentary Voice): This style tries to mirror the world, rather than create a specific argument. Often this style of film is a series of vignettes. The direct observational style is noninterventionist and focuses on the immediate time.

The Observational Verité Style (Cinema Verité Documentary Voice): Observational Verité recognizes it’s very difficult to achieve the goal of nonintervention in the direct observational style, because once the subject is aware of the camera, the subject will modify his or her behavior. Thus verité uses the camera to invoke an interaction or response with the subject.

The Reflexive Style (Self-Reflexive Documentary Voice/Cinematic Essay): The reflexive style also recognized the difficulties of the observational direct style, and overcomes this by involving the filmmakers in the film itself. For example, a film that shows the documentarians filming the film utilizes a reflexive style