I have been asked to do a music for local hip-hop stars Dubbul 0, Sparks & Ellis Meade, for their recent side project 'Voodoo Black'. The trio are a big part of the Manchester hip-hop scene, and have collaborated numerous times with the likes of Mouse Outfit, Black Josh, Dr. Syntax etc.
The video came about through a friend who works for a Manchester based Hip-hop magazine called Urban Kingdom, who have a good relationship with the rappers, therefore putting them onto my friend Alex Choi, who then asked me to be the Director Of Photography on the project. We are not getting paid for this video, but treat it as a big opportunity to get ourselves known in the music world for being able to create good, professional music videos, with virtually no budget, as Voodoo Black are friendly with the majority of the Manchester Hip-hop scene, and their video's can get over 100,000 views on youtube. Initially they said that there was no budget what so ever, but after some negotiating and filling them with confidence that the product would be worth the little money they would have to put in, they agreed to pay for a location.
The location we have chosen is the bottom floor warehouse space at AWOL studio's, which is perfect for the idea we have. The video will consist of this room being neon lit, with one of the rappers stood in in it, the other rappers will be projected onto one of the walls in this space, as if they are rap battling. As DOP on the project, I have a spefic lighting style that I want to be very present in the film. This lighting plan consists of a neon colour palette, using bright greens, pinks, blues, reds and purples, that will be used to contast each other in the shoot. The projection parts will be shot on location in a studio, and will be projected in monochrome, which is a complete contrast to the neon projection room.
This neon lighting style that I am going for is largely inspired by Larry Smith's work on 'Only God Forgives
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