Homework Task | Due: 28th January

1. I plan on working individually for Assignment 3

2. Short-list of potential tracks to be used for music video 

• Bondax - Gold (Snakehips Remix)
• Joey Bada$$ - Unorthodox (Clean)
• Arctic Monkeys - One For The Road
• Klaxons - Golden Skans 
• Chase & Status, Tempa T - Hypest Hype 
• The Kooks - Matchbox 
• Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today 
• Coastal Cities - The Voyage
• Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks 

Music video analysis

The embedded video is the music video for Pro Era's tribute 'Like Water' to their friend 'Capital Steez' who has passed away. The music video is creative as it features relevantly effective concept and visual effects. The video begins with a view of a river besides Brooklyn - the birthplace of Steez. Also, the repeated shots of water, or water-like views are effective as it associates well with the lyrical content as well as the song title: 'Like Water'. Visual FX in the video include the apocalyptic representation of Brooklyn, which suggests the distraught brought from their companion's early-aged death. This is shown as the Barclays Center is seen sabotaged and isolated with the use of CC throughout the video to further reinforce this theme of isolation. These techniques of creative video production are a decent coalition as they are well integrated with the pace of the track as well as the lyrical content & context. 

Assignment 2 Production Work

Film pitch - 'Unauthorised personnel'

Unauthorised Personnel is a crime/action/drama story about 17 year old student Clyde Kennedy, the son of Gerald Kennedy - a middle-aged criminal mastermind and reputed member of anti-government organisation: 'RTTS'. Gerald discovers that type U-235 enriched uranium is securely cached at Clyde's college site, which leads to a high-priority stealth operation executed by the academically successful and socially-anxious teenager; alongside unexpected personnel. Unauthorised Personnel offers an all-action element to the film Spy Kids. The film provides appeal to late-teen audiences with an effective coalition of serious crime, teen drama and explosive action. 

Clyde Kennedy has an established reputation of being the son in a criminal family and is neglected among his social groups for his intellect and shady background. Clyde commits the mistake (which he very soon regrets) of informing his father regarding the storage of type U-235 enriched uranium at his college. This develops interest for Gerald and results into Clyde having to operate a series of tasks under the surveillance of RTTS to obtain intel of accessing the lethal substance - tasks which could not only sabotage his reputation but also kill the 17 year old.

"A brilliant addition to the Christmas watch-list for the stealthy action fanatics" - TIME 

"Ferociously suspenseful" - EMPIRE
"An ideal approach to the teenage mind" - The Telegraph 

Film trailer (storyboard)

Film poster