Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Location shots (Anglia Square)

We took these still shots in Anglia Square. We chose this location because it has a grim. dirty atmostphere. It hasnt been taken care of and seems quite forgotten by the city council. As you can tell a lot of the walls in that area have been defaced/enriched by graffitti. This suggests that it is a hang out point for youths, maybe even the forgotten youths who do not go to school and are unemployed or trouble makers.






The stacks of wooden fences just left careless outsode the empty building emphasize how nobody owns or looks to maintain the area, it is abandoned. The town government do not seem to care about this placea at all or want to invest money in its maintaining. Much like many of the young generation the punk/rock/metal genres represent feel like (unemployment, poverty, unsolved crime daily on the streets) which triggered their anger and inspired them to stand tall against the government, mainly the conservative governments (like for example Thatcher in the 70/80s and David Cameron nowadays).

This building looks like it used to be a block full of offices. The fact that it is now abandoned suggesting the people that used to work have now lost their jobs reflects the increase in the unemployment rate which leads to poverty and anger and does not inspire young adults to even both to try and get a job.


Smashed in windows reflect the anger from the unemployed misunderstood generation targeted by the metal/punk genres.



Car parks like these are seen as dodgy, dirty areas where at night one might come across these angry teenagers who find shelter in it.


The dirt once again shows how little the area is cared for.

2 comments:

  1. Excellent shots but you MUST explain how these photographs indicate genre and contemporary condition of England.

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  2. You could add another post identifying any inter textual links your photographs have to other music videos, this would strengthen your marks.
    You planning is behind Serena, could you try to add a story board even if you planning is difficult because it relies on live footage. Costume is also important.

    An interview with one of the artists in The Upgrade would be useful, particularly with regard to real artists that have inspired the band, and their ideology.

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