Setting/Locations

For our final piece we have decided to film it within Jordan Gregson's house and inside and outside of our college as this fitted well within the codes and conventions of a rap music video.


Photographs of locations we filmed at:

Jordan Gregson's House
We are planning to film at Jordan's house because we want to create a house party look on our music video, as this would have a different spin compared to the original music video created by Eminem as his is showing scenes of his film and it is a large focus on him rapping. The photograph to the right shows the front of the house which we will be using within our music video.


This is going to be used to show the artist entering the party to show the transition between being out on the road with his partner to then being inside a party to ensure the story is told throughout the music video. The image to the left shows the location of where the argument will take place between the artist and his girlfriend.






We are also planning to film in the living room of Jordan's house because this would create the correct impression of a house party which we want to create for our music video. We want to have a few boys in these shots which will show that he does not want to be around woman at that moment in time so he is only with the 'lads'.  The two images show the main areas which we are planning on filming in the video as the entrance will be made through the white door in the left image and then the artist will poor himself and his friends a shot on the cupboard side which is shown to the right.

College
We want to film inside our college within our music video to add to the different locations in the video, in the image to the right you can see the toilets which we are planning on using within the music video these are our colleges disabled toilets, we want these toilets as it was easy accessible for the artist and we want to be able to take a long shot image of the artist with his head down the toilet and running back to the toilet after leaving. I believe that this will be a good shot as it will show the artist is an intoxicated state and that alcohol is not always alright when drinking as he will be showing signs of throwing up due to his alcohol intake.


Another location within our college we want to film at is the lift in the college building, this is because we want some shots of our artist in this lift rapping down into the camera and dancing a little to show a different vibe from the music video. The image to the left shows the inside of the lift which we will be using in the video, we want to include this shot in the music video as we used this for our preliminary music video and the audience said that they liked this shot so we wanted to include it again.


We also want to use our college common room for two different shots within the video. The image on the right shows the common room sofas which will show a few people from our college laid on the sofas in an intoxicated way which will match how the artist is throughout the music video.

This is the other section of the common room which we want to use in the music video, we want this shot to include a close up of alcohol which will be showing that the artist is drinking, we have chosen this location to film this shot because this is a quiet area of the college as we do not want to include anybody else but the artist within this shot and the drink will be able to be slammed on the table to the beat of the Eminem song as well which will be effective.

The top floor glass section which is shown on a photograph to the right is to be used at the beginning of the music video as the beat is kicking into it after the artist has seen his girlfriend in the street and had an argument. This will also be a shot of the artist rapping some of the lyrics for the first time in the video.



Outside College

We want to film on the college roof (shown to the left) because this will show the large flats which are in the distance and will also fit the codes and conventions of a rap music video as this will show an urban life surroundings which are shown in rap music videos. We want a lot of shots on this roof which will show the artist and the location.








We are going to film road area outside our sixth form which will have different shots of smoking and of the artist laying on the road as he is intoxicated and is unable to walk, this will also be the location where the artists girlfriend finds him and they make up by hugging each other.




We also want to film in the outside area of the school which is attached to the college, this is because we will be able to create some shots within this location which will fit the codes and conventions of a rap music video as we are able to have the artist standing on a table looking up at the eye looking thankful for everything which he has within his life.

When we are filming our sports hall will be undergoing construction which will enable us to get some shots of this which will be effective within our music video we want to include shots of the artist sitting on the stairs, walking up them and rapping in the bottom photo to the right as this will meet the codes and conventions of a rap music video.