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well erm, i dont know that beeen happening here now with out filiming, we have two days until we have to give the camera back and we aint finishedd =|, well lets see.. Friday was meant to be filming day but out main artist couldnt be bothered to get out of his house and he lives in slough grrr so we didn film den.. then saturday i had things to do and toilets to fix (dont ask why) so no filming on saturday, and then yday we decided to do all the scenes we had to do b4 we finished.... but then again, it floppedddd!!! grrr boiz if ur reading this, we need a group discussion ifu know what i mean, we have groups like rajan, simmren and nafisa who have nearly finished and they where flopping before =| c'monnn boizz lets sort it outttttttt but yeh all in good time we only have 2 or 3 scenes to film, and whoooooooooooooooosh, we're off to the editing stage so Avi, Amit, Ajitpal... its time to pull our socks up and show everyone why our group is going to win best production.. till then god bless ur souls and we need to add music to this blog man its so quiet :| but yehh blessssssssssssssssssss

NabiiiLLLL

Progress part 3

Here's another progress report just updating you on the latest installments in A Rappers Ambition. On monday we filmed some more intruiging shots, however there were not shots of our male protagonist but there were shots of the protagonists enemy (Lanzel). Firstly we shots some scenes of the enemy answering a call from the protagonist who failed to get some money which results in some serious consequences. We took roughly about 5-10 shots of that scene (my hand was cold, it was freezing that day). We shot these scenes in a car however to get the angle right we had to shoot from an awkward angle but it's all good because the shots came out perfect with the brilliant acting and emotion shown on screen.

Anyway after we got that scene perfectly done we then went around the corner to cranleigh park where we had the enemy running for the chasing scene and me and Amit and Hamsa took some handheld camera work going along with the enemy as he ran outside the gates. In these shots we got some good mise en scene with the estates being caught in the background and we varied the shots with on eof the shots being a pan sideways and the other shot being a still frame shots catching a glimpse of the enemy.

Well progress is going good so far so more brilliant shots will be on their way shortly.

Ajitpal

Progress part 2

well heres antother report, we filmed on monday and yesterday. on Monday we filmed both artists having a showdown, we used a pan movement to show their expression and their facial looks towards each other. we must have taken 25 shots for this as both artists could not stop laughing at each other when they were having the staredown which was pretty funny but in the end we got it done and we got good shots and angles of this. Next we had Avinash stand on top of his dad's prized BMW (haha) with the camera and filmed the asian artist coming out of his house and following him with the camera and then we had the black artist walking near his house and as they past each other, we got a good shots of them looking back at each other so this would build tension, then we zoomed out so we can see both of the artists looking back.

On wednesday's filming, it was pretty straight forward, slough missions we did with the asian artist. we filmed the asian artist in the train writing lyrics and 'spitting' the lines himself and we also got a shot of his notepad and the written lyrics, also in the background there was some graffiti so its creates a good image of what kinda conventin a rap film would bring. we still have to film that scene again because now we have to film more graffiti and more trains going passed. this should be hopefully done tomorrow night down central london (dont ask, i didnt wanna argue) so at the moment.. once again SO FAR SO GOOD and our rhythm is smoooth and going well. safeeeee


Nableeeeee (Nabil)

Progress in our production

well at the moment we have made a good start to our production. we have filmed our location for the film, we have filmed good shots of the black artist rapping and good shots of the male protagonist (who cares if i spelt it wrong im tired here). also we filmed some ducks aswell in the canal on spikes bridge, your probably thinking why are we doing this and whats this got to do in relation with a rap film, but you will see as i am not givng out any 'BAIT' ideas here. there is still alot to do as we have more scenes to film and bring the story together. one of my group members will post up some of the footage im hoping because i dont have it but overall, we are making good progress with our production and are close to making the BEST production. 65/65 all the wayyyyy !!!! peace.



Nableeeee (Nabil)

Past Students Production Analysis

Kabhi Socha Na Tha


Media Language-

• The setting of the trailer is mainly in a park. The park signifies peace and equality which goes we with the music in the production as it portray's romance within the film.
• As all of the trailer is filmed outdoor; in daylight, I'm assuming that they were using natural lighting to make their production look more authentic.
• The sound that has been used in this Bollywood trailer is non-digetic as they have used the movie's soundtrack over their editing.
• In the trailer the female protaganist is wearing traditional indian clothing to give the trailer a greater sense of realism.
• Close ups have been used on the protangist when crying, to show the audience her facial expressions which the audience will then question why is he crying?
• They used dissovles to blur scenes from one another.This was goos as it made the trailer look soft and subtle which gave the trailer that calmness and romance.

Institution-

• The films distributor in the trailer is the famous bollwood Yash Raj Films.
• Yash Raj Films are the second largest film industry in the world.
• The company started out as a film making company in 1970 and has grown from strength to strength over the last three decades.
• In 2004, Hollywood repoter carried a survey on the "Biggest Film Distribution Houses" in the world, in which Yash Raj Film was listed as the 27th in the world, making it thereby the number 1 film distribution house in India.

Genre-

• The genre of this Bollywood film trailer is a stereotypical romantic love triangle were the female protaganist has to choose her love.

Representation-

• The representation of the trailer shows a typical Asian girl in a love triangle, were she then has to choose which boy she wants; her best friend or the one she loves.

Audience-

• The target audience for this traile i would believe is for an older Asian generation. Mums and Dads who enjoy the romance and love.
• The secondary audience for the trailer would be people who like a bit of drama and are constantly involved in realtionship.

Avinash

Rap music (good or bad?)

There are many different views of rap music and the main views of rap music are that rap music is mysoganistic and degrading towards women and the other view of rap music is that it a form of expression however there are two particular groups of people who have these two separate views, one is the parents and the politicians and the other is the people who are involved in rap music, the artists.

"The world of hip hop would have you believe that rap is a very poetic way of expressing yourself through music".

This is one of the sides that i was talking about, this side being the music enthusiasts who are into music and the other side: "Eighty percent of the rap music in the top ten charts contains violence. They glorify acts of beating up another person or even worse shooting them".

This is a typical view of a politician or a person who is just not involved with the music scene so has to find room to critisize.
These are the two main views of rap music, do you believe in any of them, you decide.
Laters.

Ajitpal

Overview of 'A Rapper's Ambition'

Our production 'A Rappers Ambition' will challenge the typical stereotype of our main genre RAP. the typical conventions of a rap genre are drugs, sex, money and crime. our production will be based on an upcoming indian artist whose AMBITION is to make it to the top of the rap industry but struggles as he faces many obstacles which lead to blood, courage and the creation of a rep. the reason we have chosen an indian artist is because we wanted to challenge the stereotype of a rapper and we will challenge this by having a typical black artist challenge the upcoming indian artist and from there his journey begins to become the absolute best. another reason why we chose to do this is because we wanted to show someone who lives in a poor background, earn himself a reputation by competing with the 'big boys' of rap. we were inspired by Bullet Boy (2004) for this location of an urbanized area and the poor background. We were also inspired by films such as 8 Mile (2002) and Get Rich or Die Trying (2005) because they were successful formats and we felt that these two films suited our production as they have similar storylines and conventions. By doing this and meeting our objectives, i feel that we can produce a successful production and with the knowledge i posess from GCSE media i can teach my fellow partner Avi who is new to this some new skills. Our camera shots are important because different shots create different impacts, shots like close ups create impact in relation to emotion and sympathy and shots such as low angle create power and a 'king' We hope that we can put all this together and create a successful production as our aim is to win the best production so fingers crossed.

Here is a short piece of 'MIGRAIN' analysis of our film explaining what intended meanings will be created:

M - the shots used will create impact and power and a sense of sympathy as we have included scenes such as the obstacles he has to overcome. this relates to the audience as they can feel sympathy

I - MTV - a popular company which will attract audience

G - a new convention will be challengd as an indian artist has a desire for rap and is challenged by a stereotype black rap artist so this will bring something new to the audience.

R - the indian artist will be represented in the film as an underdog and he will challenge the typical convetion of a rapper.

A - seeing this new challenge, the audience will feel willing to see this as the stereotype is challenged.

I - that we are not going to follow out typical stereotype and how a new stereotype will be conveyed in the production.

N - A use of Todorov's theory? probably but maybe Propp. it wil be structured in a unique way with the rapper becoming sucessful over the stereotype and a new one is born



Nabil