PHOTOS 2: Make-up, Boudoir. Mercado and Southall

AND FINALLY....

yes the fab costume pics are finalllllyy on blogger! they helped us in our decision process back in the day so i thought it'd still be good to put them up!
aren't they GORGEOUS..:

reply to nina's question

its basically the same. i wrote a plot description in the press release which i told people to look at - i dont no if anyone has though? for the essay i just wrote like two sentences, but for the press release i wrote the following...

The story i made up was:

"Born and raised in the Venezuelan city of Maracaribo, new star to hit the spotlight, ‘someone’ plays Golnessa, a girl who rises from a life of unattainable ambitions and distant dreams, to the world of stardom, glamour and fame. As dancers, Golnessa and her friends form the Gina Girls, and perform nightly at their local bar Mercado. After being spotted by British Producer Marcus (Williams) the girls are dramatically whirled into planet ‘celeb’ and find themselves dancing in full view of the world, performing at huge venues and attending a-list soirees. But does the rollercoaster of fame prove too much for Golnessa, and do the melodious sounds of South America seem far sweeter than the loud, harsh and claustrophobic bubble of London?"

and while we're at it, here's the rest of the press release, so people please please go onto the m drive and change it and make it better...

‘Mercado, the soundtrack from the original motion picture’ is an eclectic collection of sound. Intertwining Latin-infused tracks with new, gritty, London-based bands, the music makes ‘Mercado’ the spectacular film it has become. Dance is a major motif in the film, and the soundtrack totally reflects this...headlined by Papi Cazo’s ‘Takin’ it Over’, the album uses manic beats, riotous trumpets, and flamboyant melodies, to inspire listeners to get up on their feet and salsa like Golnessa.

"In collaboration with the film, ‘someone’ will be making special guest appearances on MTV’s ‘TRL’, BBC’s ‘Friday Night with Jonathon Ross’, and Channel 4’s Saturday morning show ‘T4’, performing the film’s most spectacular dance routine, to the headlining single ‘Takin’ it Over’. Golnessa and the Gina Girls are also scheduled to tour next March with a multitude of artists from the soundtrack to truly show the world their stuff, and a dance along DVD to the film will be available to buy from December 10th, so those at home can learn the real dance moves from the experts.

Mercado is to be premiered on the 1st of December, and will be let loose to the public on the 5th. This is to be followed closely by the sublime soundtrack on the 10th of December. Find out more about the film online at www.mercado.com, and the soundtrack will be downloadable there from the 15th of December onwards."

i hope all your essays are going well!

THE MOVIE

hai girls -

I realised we hadn't actually thought about what the film was about, and at which point in the film the music video would be focusing on. We have discussed vaguly that it is about Golnessa's 'rise to fame' but (unless I wasn't in the room while we were talking about it) we haven't really taken it any further.
It's not THAT essential but I want to put it in my essay. So here's what I've written:

Our music video would therefore consist entirely of shots taken from the Motion Picture ‘Mercado’, focusing heavily on the main character within the film, Golnessa. This gives our project an original twist on the brief. His song ‘Takin’ It Over’ is the audio hook of the film: a story about a young, talented and ambitious dancer (Golnessa) who rose to fame through her weekly appearances at Mercado, her local bar and cantina, and then went on to tour around the world. Our three-minute music video would focus on Golnessa’s success as she returns to her hometown, along with her newly formed international entourage of five female dancers, enjoying her popularity and fame. It would show her getting ready to go out with her friends, travelling to Mercado and partying within Mercado.

Is that okay? Does that fit with what the rest of you were thinkin?
Reply back with comments here & I'll check again later

OR if Ms B's reading, do you think that this needs to go in our essays? Ours differs slightly from the conventional structure because of it being from a film soundtrack doesn't it..?

Nina x x x x

reply to papi cazo post

hahahhaaa gee i love it!! hides his face under a mexican wrestling mask - HAHAHA. truly inspirational geebies. fabtastic. and i like the name of the record label.

ALEJO DE SANCHA ISSSSSS PAPI CAZO!

ALEJO DE SANCHA: PAPI CAZO

Alejo de Sancha was born and brought up in Spain which is clear through his musical influences and style, but has been based in London as a musician, DJ and record producer for 15 years.

Over this time Alejo has created his records under a variety of different disguises but is most famous as Papi Cazo, and has grown to be highly recognised and respected amongst music fanatics and around the independent music industry.

His musical influences are mainly drawn from his Spanish background of salsa, Latino blended with soul, funk and jazz giving his work a modern twist.

Alejo de Sancha is a multi-talented musician and when recording swaps between playing the main musical parts (e.g. the drums, guitar, piano, trumpet, double bass and saxophone). But when playing live he is always surrounded by a large band with a variety of instruments creating different sounds and styles. This produces a unique and intense live musical experience in which he always hides his true identity by wearing a Mexican wrestling mask.

Under the name of Papi Cazo, de Sancha has previously been known only for his one off tracks and mixes on compilation albums and mysterious sets at clubs, festivals and gigs. But on the set up of his own label Rhythms and Feels (R&F), Alejo has had the opportunity to launch Papi Cazo as a big name in the music industry and is releasing his first ever solo album of purely his own material. He is also planning to release his debut single alongside the new independent Film Mercado.

SIMILAR TO…
Fat Boy Slim –dj/musician, rarely appears in videos
Gnarls Barkley? –constant change of character /clothing –no fixed identity, large variety of instruments used in tracks, perform large dynamic sets, focus not on the artists, had previously been behind scenes of the music industry

FINISHED MUSIC VIDEO

Spanish Latino Album Covers

Published By Clare

Inspirational album covers

Here are a collection of album covers which could be used as inspiration for our own cover. Our music video is meant to be a track from the film (which will probably be called Mercado). The star of the film is Golnessa, a fun and sexy character who enjoys spending time with her friends, performing and dancing. The film will probably have a love interest and is very inspired by the latin and south american genres - hence the music and much of our iconography. Our album, as the film's soundtrack needs to portray all the different themes of both the film and the music video and should star Golnessa, the main character, as a promotion tool for the film. The first album covers are real movie soundtracks which are very useful in terms of institutional information such as credits, film companies, various artists and so on.

This Chicago soundtrack successfully conveys the 1950s period as well as the musical film genre with the dance costumes and the title being in the same font as broadway shows. We liked the use of the extreme long shot as it makes the characters seem much more dominating and attractive, and the 3 characters shown are the film's headliners, actors we quickly recognise. We also liked the background of the big glowing letter, however this is very broadway, and may not fit with our latino theme.

This soundtrack is from a spanish/south american film and the warm colours and dark skin tones are very similar to our music video. We particularly liked the central female character surrounded by the two males as it clearly suggests a story or a plot central the film. The title faded over the top of the image is very effective as it is big and bold but doesn't take away from the main image. We also liked the linear block down the side of the cover with the name of the artists.

Once again all of the soundtracks have the star as the dominating image. Jessica Alba in 'Honey' is dancing to convey the main theme of the film, and the direct address to the camera which Rachel Weisz and Susan Lynch draws our attention to the cover and anchors the title 'beautiful creatures'. The black white and red effect used in 'el cantante' makes the film look very sophisticated, arty and beautiful which is quite a contrast to most of Jennifer Lopez' films.

These covers are from real albums and I chose them as inspiration as they are all very feminine, very much like our video. These covers are particularly aspirational for girls for example the bright pibk feathers in the Garbage album and the very pretty and innocent close up of Christina Aguilera. Thse covers also offer great appeal to the boy audience, especially Christina who is directly addressing the audience whilst lying in a bed. I thought the middle cover was great because it uses a group of girls - like our vid - standing in a kind of dancy pose (one of our main themes) and are wearing 40s/50s costumes, a period which we have drawn from with our moulin rouge inspired costumes and our 50s boudoir. The garbage cover is great with the feathers as we also used lots of silks and feathery materials in our video. I think this cover and the 'It girls' cover would be really useful for our back covers which we could fade and put the track names over the top.

And very quickly, i thought the special effect on the iggy pop album cover with the bright clashing colours could look really good on our album, thought a font similar to 'heavy soul' could look very spanish/latino if spelling 'Mercado', and liked the central image as it reminded me of Gee's chair!