Filming today

Today we filmed some footage of me playing bass in the old sixth form block. This is a great setting because the derelict setting is really eerie. We will be filming some footage of Lewis playing the keyboard in the hall tomorrow.

Permisssion to use the old 6th form block

Today we asked the headmaster of our school if we could film in the old 6th form block and he said we could. This would be an interesting location to film, as the school have been planning to knock the building down for a while. The derelict setting would be a great place to get some shots of the band playing.

Filming today

Today we planned to film some footage in the hall, however the year 11s had their mock GCSEs on so we couldn't film. Instead of doing nothing we went up to the music studio and got some footage of us playing up there, we might use this footage in-between other shots in our planned location.

music video ratings

It is important for us to consider age ratings when creating a music video, adding unsuitable themes could isolate our target audience. The song we have picked is clean and does not contain any bad language or themes. This means that we should create a music video that is also clean as not to stop young fans of the song from watching the music video.


This is becoming an increasingly important factor to remember as Youtube are starting to issue age ratings on their music videos.

BBFC Age Ratings

How do the British Board of Film Certificate rate films?

Films ratings are based on the content in the film. Material that shows

• Violence
• Nudity/Sex
• Drug use
• Blood/Gore
• Bad Language
• Discrimination
• Suggestible themes (these may be dangerous acts that children imitate)

How is 'Sense8' postmodern?

'Sense8' is an American science fiction drama, the plot revolves around 8 people from different walks of life who suddenly become mentally and emotionally linked. Sense8 aims to explore topics that are often ignored in other, more conventional sci fi shows such as: identity, sexuality,gender and religion.

One reason why Sense8 is so clearly postmodern is that the programme revolves around the blurring of reality. The characters have momentary experiences of each other’s lives. In the first 10 minutes this becomes apparent, when we see police officer Will gorski wake up from a nightmare and precede to go and complain about the loud music from the neighbouring apartment. He knocks on the door and we can hear the dance music coming from inside. When no one answers the door, Will kicks the door down and the music stops. He finds the apartment empty and there is no trace of anyone. We as the audience know that he is experiencing the sound of the nightclub from character Riley Blue, an Icelandic DJ living in London. This scene is cleverly edited as the music is represented as digetic sound, because it is not revealed that he is experiencing Riley’s hearing until he enters the empty apartment.

Another example of the blurring of fiction and reality is when we are presented with a scene in a church, where a man is approaching the alter wielding a gun. He holds the gun up to the priests head and is about to shoot when the director calls cut. We are then shown that this is just the set of a film and they are all actors. This scene would not have the same effect it does if it revealed this straight away. Instead we are made to feel uneasy with the intense non digetic music and the slow tracking shot of the feet walking along.

In the first episode of Sense8 we are introduced to the main 8 characters within the first 25 minutes. This Constant switching between each character’s experience creates a lack of clear metanarrative which makes us intrigued to discover their link to each other. This is also a feature of post modernism

The transgender character Nomi Marks is not immediately revealed as a trans man and instead is shown with her lesbian lover. This creates the feeling that transgendered people are just like anyone else (which they are). However other shows in the past have either not included trans people or included them as a token character which have no effect on the plot of the piece. This shift in attitudes towards sexuality and gender is an extremely current topic, this emphasised how up to date with modern life Sense8 is and is effective in its approach towards modern issues.

School Trip

Today we visited 'F.A.C.T' (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), we watched the film 'The Princess Bride', it was a good film and I couldn't help but try and analyse the postmodern aspects of it. An example of these postmodern features would be the fact that it is essentially a story within a story. The film cuts between the fairy tale and the young boy's reaction to the story.

 

 After watching the film we had a short talk from a member of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) He told us how films are rated and explained why 'The Princess Bride' is rated a PG (Parental Guidance). Here is the link to the BBFC Website

Here is a picture of FACT in Liverpool