I think I'd like to narrow my many ideas and concepts down into a video. Focusing on possibly slowing things down, considering that 180 bpm masks some of the lyrics, slowing things down would uncover some of the sexist/ violent lyrics. So challenging this writing my own feminist lyrics over the top of a slow motion video montage of classic elements for a jump up rave, the outfits, jaws, pupils and x-stepping.
I have a vision of shots transitioning from an empty warehouse to split screen videos of people 'gurning' (chewing their mouth up on drugs), the same split screen but with widened pupils, and possibly crowd shots of events. I found this really fascinating way of split screening (in this case just ripped the in a non conventional way which may help mirror this idea of exclusivity amongst the Jump Up scene, playing also on the idea everything is 'not as it seems'.
Slowed down I feel the scene will look less glamourised (if it ever was), and enable me to write some more precise meaningful lyrics.
Research- Jump Up Event
Furthering research and gathering clips I went to a Jump up night this weekend, I recorded footage showing people moshpitting- a new thing to the DnB scene which has been publicly shunned by MC Eksman, pioneer of the scene who runs multiple leading nights including Next Hype:
Other clips include someone filming me 'skanking', silhouette's of DJ's with visual projections and the lights on the ceiling of Mint Club, which work well illuminating an otherwise dark room, meaning I don't have to use flash which I feel would've ruined the aesthetic, taking away from the subtle hues created by the lighting effects. I wanted it to be more of an immersive thing rather than it look like a film crew going round with flashlights, ruining other people's nights.
This is just an initial experiment for what the outcome would look like:
I want to add more split screens from different events, have different people 'skanking and x-stepping' and include MC's as I feel this is such a large part of Jump Up and essential for my project as I aim to expose the misogyny.
Feedback
"I like how it's so hectic, very reminiscent of Jump Up nights"
"I have no idea what Jump Up is but this makes it look very stressful"
"Too dark"
Things I can work on include taking more videos with better lighting which I will have to work out doing, this all seems a little difficult bearing in mind I cannot really afford to go to many night out and often Jump Up nights are quite infrequent. I will have to consider wether this is feasible to produce.
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