Dress Down Everday- first Storyboard

What to Wear To A job Interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpUvygEgVk4

Here's what this man thinks you should wear, but why does it have to be like this? Should you be considered less apt for the position if you aren't wearing a suit? Society today certainly thinks so.

I’ve finished my first storyboard for an idea I had for the Say Something Political brief. My slogan is ‘Dress Down Everyday’. The first idea I had is meant to be a comedy sketch. A man has gone for an interview and is called back in for a talk with the boss of the firm. I have set this in a world where suits at work are inappropriate and have used my idea of what the reaction could be to a man turning up in a suit to an interview. The humour derives from the boss’s eccentricity and his rant at the man for wearing what he deems as inappropriate attire.

Protest, like profit, has been globalised...

I found a great article in the Independent today that is very relevant to our Say Something Political brief. It was about the recent ‘Occupy the World’ movements, and really made me think, to the credit of our lecturers, what a great time to be involving our selves in this kind of task at such a relevant time.
I think it’s great that the ’99 percent’ i.e. the majority not in control of the worlds assets and resources, have finally had enough of the faux form that democracy has now manifested itself into. After reading the article it made me think a lot about my own choice of political theme with which I plan to base my gust concept on, ‘Dress Down Everyday’. I have often wondered, since coming up with the slogan, if it was political enough for this project, and even more so since there are some great movements happening around the world at the moment; this had me feeling like it would be a shame not to involve myself in this in terms of my coursework.
When considering how political my topic really is I came to the realisation that my theme is in fact an example of the abuse of capitalism and stereotyping. Being undervalued and judged because of what you wear by those who believe expensive designer suits are imperative to a working environment is, in a sense, what all the occupiers stand for, in its most primal form.

However these people, as has become evident over the last decade, who hide behind the expensive suits are to blame for the awful state the global economy is in. So this does cause me to beg the question, do suits and formality in the workplace convey the traits of trustworthy, reliable, responsible people? Evidence so far would suggest not...

Here's the link for the article in the independant:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/after-the-demos-the-sitin-begins-ndash-in-london-and-beyond-2371589.html

Initial Idea's

As I'm not really sure what the Malak project is (i had to miss the first two lectures due to the dentist) I've spent my time today looking around gaining inspiration for our first term DP3 assignment.

On first sight, looking at the brief last night, I got the impression it was aiming to create an 'anti' message, and in a way it is. However i think i was way off the mark with my initial idea of 'anti drug addict parents' campaign video. In this I visualised a young boy going about his daily routine and it is not untill the end of the 30 second advert that he finds his mother dead from an overdose.

Maybe that's for another time, because now I've found some great inspiration and a new idea, which i am very passionate about. Here's my favourite advert/revolutionary mnessage so far:



This ad, literally gave me goosebumps and it does convey an important political message; something that Levi's have used in an ingenius way, to ingratiate the wearing of their jeans. But gosh, did it give me food for thought, it makes sense because life these days is so driven in the direction of success and relevant chronological measure of a person's success, I am definitely a victim of this! Although this concept definitely ticked all the boxes for me I knew i had to do something that was origional and it is something which i think and talk about a lot so i think it will work out well as a concept for my assignment. I want to make a campaign against wearing suits in the workplace.

Contacts In Multimedia

Here are some of the contacts I've made so far. i was going to title the post 'Contacts in The Film Industry' but i thought it would be better to use media as a whole as depending on what career choice i make people such as modelling agency owners or music artists could definitely prove useful to me.

Summer Internship

After completing my two weeks unpaid work i was asked to stay on for the rest of the summer to continue working for the firm onn some more music videos and their new feature film, 'Last Move'. Here are the music video's i filmed in which i made directorial decisions about the script and on set.. They also asked me to appear in one of the music video's, i could hardly say no could i?

Perfect Day



Inkling



What They Wanna Hear



Dreams



Starry



Hell Of A Life



Bring Me Down

Ember Phoenix Video Shoot

So I’ve just finished my first two days of work in the film industry. I can honestly say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself! The first two days were filmed against a green screen in Camberwell Studio’s. The team there were really helpful and I would recommend it to anyone, as nothing is too much trouble for them.

Working for Atori Van Der Puye films was excellent as they are a great team. My main tasks were the rigging and de-rigging of equipment but most importantly I got to spend valuable time watching and learning how the whole process of filming a music video. The second day saw me finding myself on playback for the majority. This was only a case of setting and resetting the relevant track for the artist to use as a guide to rap along to, I did enjoy this though as it was sure to keep me on my feet, having to be alert and aware of where the director wanted the track to be set to (not always the beginning).

Ember is a very talented artist and I do truly believe if there’s any kind of justice in this industry he is certainly one to look out for. His whole team, in fact, were a pleasure to work with, ensuring we were all integrated nicely and, most importantly, well feed with a constant supply of sandwiches and crisps and a hearty dish of jerk chicken and rice for lunch!

Check out some of the shots I took:

Work Experience

Last week I applied for a job as a runner through www.mandy.com for what I thought was 2 days. I went to Ealing Broadway for an interview and got the job helping film 10 music videos for a west London rapper- Ember Phoenix, spanning 7 days.



^^^Ember Phoenix

So after brushing up on some lighting knowledge I’m going to have to get an early night in anticipation for the 6am start tomorrow. The first 2 videos will be filmed at Camberwell Studios, South London with the following 8 videos on location around London (I guess). Here’s my first appearance on a call sheet: