Characters

Protagonist - Drug dealer, he owes a local mobb boss money/gear, reason why hes kidnapped. He wears tatty clothes and looks a mess; uses the drugs himself

Girlfriend - In a relationship with the protagonist, has a great deal of love for him, wants out of the drug trade, will do anything for him, hence her revenge on the kidnapping. Has had a career as a prostitute before.

Antagonist - Evil mobb boss who opperates from a local public house, protagonist owes him money, he has controll over many people/hitmen. wears chef whites, as he cooks at the public house.

Hitmen/kidnappers - dressed all in balck, they do anything the antagonist says, loyal are working class.

Locations

Streets corners, under bridge:



Home:

The pub (nagshead, askham bryan, permission granted):

These are the three locations I shall be using, and in the order they shall be shown.

Props list/costumes

PROPS:

white powder

firearm, handgun

car

chair

rope

bags

cigarettes

COSTUMES:

fur hooded coat, trackie bottoms, trainers - boyfriend

jeans, suit coat, scarf, trainers/heels, leggings, revealing bra- girlfriend

black trousers, coats- hit men

chef whites-mobb bos

Plot summary

A drug dealer and his girlfriend are seen bagging up there gear, ready to go into the night and sell it. As they are selling the gear a car parks up next to the male, jumps out knocking him out, and forcing him into the car. As they drive off, his girlfriend runs home and gets changed, knowing who captured him she grabs her boyfriend’s gun, and sets off for him. getting to the bosses home ( a pub), she lures one of the hit men out of the back cellar, forces her way into it and holds them at gun point. Her boyfriend is badly beaten and she makes one of them untie hi hands. As they do the mob boss goes to grab her and she shoots. They both run off into the night.

Spider diagram of video ideas

After creating this diagram, I decided to create a video that revolves around the idea of a drug dealer being kidnapped by a mob boss he owes.

Questionairre posted on surveymonkey.com/ interviews on genre.

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Prodigy - Spitfire digipak

Spitfire

This is the single spitfire from The Prodigy; it is a four sided cardboard Digipak complete with the CD itself.

The bands artwork has always been out of the ordinary through the texts and images, photos or created shapes, and has accompanied the huge reputation they have today. With this particular piece they have created something that has a lot more colour than usual, this may be to extend their audiences, or because this is by far one of the most powerful songs in their collection to date. The front cover consists of a peculiar image; its many shapes that are put together include a crown, petals and what seems to be the front of a plane or skycraft. The band generally like to input a their British inheritance within their music and artwork, and the crown here is no exception, because it is placed on some kind of aircraft it gives the viewer the idea of how the band are taking over, that its a symbol of today’s royal family leaving their posts and the band taking them up. It’s also as if the crown is being placed upon madness and insanity, that the world is in time going to be chaos, all connotations of the bands music, lyrics and general appeal.

The colours of this image (mainly sky blue/yellow) have a certain light feeling, unlike the many reds, blacks, purples and browns  the band tend to use, this has a strange juxtaposition, mocking vibe. It puts the song in a different sense and has an immense energetic aura; this made to stand out furthermore with the black background. These colours and expelled onto the CD and back cover, keeping the general theme of the piece. In the back cover we see the tracks listed, a small amount of copyright credits and the bar code, as well as a faded grey background image similar to the petals upon the front cover. The style of text looks almost fairytale like, that they have tried to immerse their style of music into another kind of universe, where of course it wouldn’t be the normal expectancies. It also has a fiery feel to it, like the blue bottom of a flame, almost dragon styled, which in turn represents power and destruction.

As for the CD itself, apart from looking like a giant golf ball, it has to be the most interesting disc I’ve seen. The pattern images of a hexagon have a beehive like feel, and the way the shapes thin out from the centre creates a strange hallucinogenic output that sucks you in. The extremely off toned yellow has a warm and sun/ star vibe that expresses the energy and power of the sun, it also gives off the appeal of being whole in the sense that the single is a complete and pure creation by the band. Another way of looking at it is that you will never forget the bright yellow Prodigy CD, pushing you to use the product.

Gorillaz - Demon Days digipak

This Digipak is different to usual products because of the way it folds together, instead of just folding from the sides, it folds from all four corners with the disk in the middle, the only thing missing from this picture is the case it fits in if there is one.

On each of the  four sides we see a picture of one band member in their Japanese styled cartoon alter ego, from the top going clockwise we have 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel, all of which counterpart for the bands real personas respectively. On each side of the card there are two different pictures of the member, all of which are facing right. These images, especially with the white background, make this piece look extremely professional and portrait like, showing the common status of the band as a unique addition to music. Also with each of the characters sides being different it’s as if they are opening up to the real, darker side of their personality, revealed through their music.

Because this is to date the bands best selling album, this digipak emphasises the jump from being cult, alternative option to music, to becoming one of Britain’s most iconic artists. The delicate and precise style of animation expresses how the band grew up in a sense, that after they experimented on the album Gorillaz, they knew what they wanted to create and did so. The absence of a booklet makes it look like a display case rather than an on sale CD case, and the plain CD emphasises this further.

Advert for a Dum and Bass compilation.

I saw this magazine advert and was immediately interested. unlike most other adverts that are based on the drum and bass genre, this one takes a different approach, instead of having fancy colours, bold text and dynamic images it puts the genre in a more respectable context. The black and white colour scheme adds age to the genre, and that it has been recognised as its own style. It also puts the genre into a new level of professionalism, a lot like a classical album or greatest hits compilation, the tone to the advert is representing the art and realism within the music.

The main image of what seems to be a mechanical device, also black and white, is a signature type of image. It aids the look and style of the advert, giving it a creative layout and that it’s an inside, personal look into the genre. because the main image is atop the page and takes up more room than many of the texts and other images, it takes the place of what would usually be a masthead, creating a meaningful, deep look into the art of the genre.

The text in the advert is either white on black or the reverse, with certain parts bolder than others. In the titles text we see a sub headed tagline that adds information to the main title. This enables the title itself to look more impor6tant and emphasises the pieces general appearance. this use of fonts and text styles aren’t common in the genre, but this is the beginning of its creation, in the 1990's bands such as the Prodigy came to fame through the drum and bass genre, and it had a reputation the collided with drugs and raving. This advert looks back on that and makes it seem artistic and thought through, it also marks itself as a sort of official documentation rather than an advert.