Therefore , as heavy metal was founded in a highly industrial urban area , we would like to incorporate this into our video...
The metal genre also reflects the anger of young men
possible locations are as follows...
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Outside Anglia square in Norwich,there is a large urban rundown area with walls plastered in graffiti ,this give the video an edgy feel ,as well has conforming to the metal genre of music. This little area of flats down Earlham Road sprung to mind as they have a resemblance to a set of flats I have seen in another music video, Animal Nitrate by Suede. All though the song isn't of the metal genre,the video is in an urban setting.
Due to the track having a political message , and the seriousness of the lyrics,I would like the mood to be somewhat sinister .Therefore i have decided to shoot the video in black and white or very low colour saturation, to give it a cold feel.The use of low colour saturation to make the video sinister is established in the music video by Sweedish metal band Amon Amarth .
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To quote Woody Allen (Manhatten), bands like this look as though they're going to eat their grandmothers"!!!!
ReplyDeleteAn area you may wish to research re this genre is the racism associated with metal music.
The two locations you've identified look promising. If you get round to analysing Africa Shox (due 9 July!!!) you could represent contemporary Britain as a kind of dystopia (clips from "Blade Runner" (youtube) would inspire. Thus noir lighting and possibly a black and white pallet may be appropriate. Flyovers, under passes, juggernauts, disused factory sites, empty office blocks or boarded up shops (evidence of recession) and any newspaper headlines which indicate tough macho blustering inhumane government decisions re austerity!! Notwithstanding that Britain is one of the richest econmies in the world!!! The latter points would give your music video a political context and communicate the rage associated with the genre.
Social realist British films (or kitchen sink dramas as they're also called) may inspire camera work and locations. Look at clips from Look Back in Anger, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, This Sporting Life..all these films are about "angry young working class white men". You could google information about this theatrical genre which translated into some brilliant British films. The film "Control" (biopic about Ian Curtis of Joy Divison) is strongly influenced by the cinematic style of British social realist films. And of course The Sex Pistols and the arrival of Punk is another aspect of the crisis of masculinity associated with British drama and film.