Review

I worked in a group of four and produced the opening to a documentary which is called ‘Sound of the Underdogs’ which followed upcoming and well known artists who struggled to make it into the music industry. This documentary gave young and upcoming artists a voice to say how they felt about what they were doing but also to help others who wish to aspire to become budding artists. It was great fun working together although we did struggle at times with lack of communication. The documentary's main aim is to try and show how hard it is to break into the music industry but also try to show some ways in which to overcome this difficulty. Its main points focus on the struggles artists have faced in getting where they are and advice to others whilst showing vast improvements over the years to help people breakthrough. With special guest appearances from 29^th chapter (well known Christian hip-hop group) and Sunit and Raxtar (hip-hop and RnB group), ‘Sound of the Underdogs’ fuses different music genres together to provide something for everyone. Overall although we had our ups and downs, we worked well as a group and overcame obstacles to produce ‘Sound of the Underdogs’ which fulfilled its purpose of being informative whilst entertaining but also original and creative.

Rosanne

Voiceovers

Music industry/how hard to break through voiceover

Thousands of people try to break into the music industry each year however very few ever make it. Artists and Repertoire (A&R) is the division of a record label company that is responsible for scouting and artist development. A&R departments at major labels typically only accept solicited demos, or ones from business contacts with which they are familiar. However, some major labels and many independent labels still accept unsolicited demos.

Myspace/other help voiveover

Created in July 2003, Myspace is a popular social networking website which offers users a place to express themselves. With roughly 43,000,000 users, myspace is the world’s fifth most popular website. However it is not the only way in which has helped youth break into the music industry. Programmes such as x factor and Pop idol have also helped youth to fulfill thier dreams. They may not be the best way to fulfil your dreams but they are ways of helping.
Following the lives of some upcoming artists will show their dedication and the struggles they face in breaking through to the music industry along with advice for other budding artists.

Rosanne

Basic script

Location shots
Jump cuts between posh areas
Jump cuts between shots of graff, Acton, Northolt......etc
'Classical grime' instrumental

Production title
Graff style title
360° turn and zoom on title

Vox pops
'Who do u admire in the music industry' on screen
Jump cuts of different people's favourite artists

Voice over
Image of a studio with words popping on screen
'Just a rascal' instrumental-Dizzee Rascal
Clips from videos:

• Ciara - That's right
• Kanye west - Stronger
• Kano - P's + Q's
• Jay Sean - Ride it
• Estelle - American boy

Dhillon: Many young people today aspire to break into the music industry as an artist or even behind the scenes as a producer or songwriter, however it's not as easy as it seems to breakthrough.
Youth today idolise artists such as Ciara and Kanye West but the youth fail to realise that they didn't get where they are today just by luck. Popular homegrown artists such as Kano, Jay Sean and Estelle put the work, effort and time in to achieving the goals they strived for.

Introduction to artists
Split screen with all artists images with captions of their names, age + group if part of one. Basic info
Dhillon: Following the lives of these artists will show the dedication, struggles and achievements in breaking through to the music industry along with advice for other budding artists.

Interviews

• Struggles
  Quick clip from artists stating thier personal experience
• Advice
  Quick clip from artists stating thier personal advice to any buding artists

Freeze frames
Frozen images/pictures of artists with caption stating current situations

• Prince- 29th chapter: currently working to next album and touring in the UK and USA
• Rasheeda: working hard to complete her BTEC National Diploma in performing arts
• Matthew: releasing his second album and looking for a job
• Beatrice and Stitch: currently working hard t make it, making tracks and trying to release a music video in the near future.

End credits
Images of artists happy and jamming fade out to music
'Dreams'-Ashanti

Rosanne

Archive

Title of production/ opening shots

Graffiti





Simliary to the videos above, in our opening shot, we would like to get someone to graff our tilte and then in ending speed it up similar to this but ahve our oringinal as it will wipe onto the screen.

Rough idea for sketch of graff



Rosanne

Day 1 of filming: interview montage of favourite artists

On day 1, Me, Avneet and Vipesh filmed many clips similar to the one below asking people to state their favourite arist/ who they admire in the music industry. We had alot of fun whilst filming but also it was our first time working together in the group filming and we all got used to the roles we played and shared the jobs eually. Everyone had a go at filming. Overall we got quite a few clips but also sum good footage for outtakes. We wanna take everyone who agreed to help us.

Rosanne

Day 3 of filming: Inspirational moment

On our way home from a very long and tiring day of filming, Vipesh started playing music on his phone on the bus. This triggered an idea for the production. We decided to use the song he was playing (The streets) as a piece of non-diegetic sound and play over our montage of different location in the opening shots. We also decided that the order for the montage as a time continuum. As the day goes by, the shot reflect this in a change of lighting started with our bright early morning/ afternoon shots to dark late night shots.

Rosanne

Day 3 of filming: Location shots

Today, Me, Avneet + Vipesh met up and started filming some of the location shots 4 a montage at the beginning of the documentary. Overall, we're quite pleased with today as we got alot done and the shots we got were quite nice. We also had an inspirational moment on d bus home and we had fun together whilst filming. Here is a couple os stills from the day.



























Rosanne

Sound of the Underdogs

‘Sound of the Underdogs’ aims to target both male and females between the ages of 13-30, however it will have a secondary audience of anyone with a passion or interest in the music industry. ‘Sound of the Underdogs’ will follow the lives of young upcoming and well known artists, showing an insight of what really goes on behind the scenes and the drive and determination they have in trying to achieve their dreams.

We thought the title was appropriate because the word ‘Sound’ connotes music and ‘Underdogs’ mirrors the fact that they have not made it yet, which reflects the documentary as it will be following upcoming and well known artists who struggled to make it into the music industry, to provide information and advice to a young target audience who have an interest in music and aspire to break into the music industry.m

As it is produced and presented by young people, it should appeal more to the target audience because we have a better understaning about thier interests. We aim to target a good range in music genre however it will mainly target Grime, Hip-hop and RnB. These are some of the artists we wish to feature in our documentary.

Finally ‘Sound of the Underdogs’ will be entertaining whilst informative.

Rosanne