Monday 12 February 2007

Vivek Pun- Progress Report

So far i have completed a high amount of research and analysed a range of media texts relating to our documentary. I have also aided the group in filming footage that we can use in our opening scene to combine a range of Montage sequences. For example we went to Southall Broadway and filmed a range of things such as instruments and shops which are either key to the Genre, or in the cases of the shops highly influential in the development of Bhangra as a Westernised music genre.We also got footage of someone playing the dhol which is a Key drum in the Bhangra Genre providing the beat almost all the time, and we also filmed someone playing the Tumbi which is a stringed instrument also highly used in many Bhangra tracks. Along with the group i have also planned what we are going to be filming throughout the course of the week and we have also started to discuss and plan in detail how everything will be edited and put together. For example this week we will be interviewing our secondary audience the white middle and working classes to ask them what they know about the Bhangra Genre and their views on its development as a Westernised Genre.I also along with Daljit will be going to one of the gigs on tuesday or friday to get some footage of a lively audience and potential interviews with artists. Our group will also get an interview with a well known Mc in the Paragon Roadshow Gurpz(g-Man) who is an example of the collaboration of bhangra with a western genre (Drum and bass)
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Introduction to our production- House of Bhangra- Vivek Pun

In this documentary i will be working in a group of 5, including, Satvinder, Daljit, Karandeep , Anamul and myself. We aim to provide the audience with information about the development of Bhangra, from merely being sung in the villages of Punjab India into becoming a mainstream Genre with rising popularity amongst a broader Western Audience. We aim to give a greater insight into the genre, through showing exclusive interviews with reknown artist aswell as providing inside information into Bhangra Gigs, aswell as interviews with DJ'S. The history of Bhangra will be covered ranging to the modern increase in popularity in Bhangra, examples include collaborations from PMC with Jayz. Most of the places where these interviews and the Gig footage, will be shot will be at Clubs entitled, New Light and Zoo Bar. Potentional Artists to be interviewed will include, Bobby Friction, Juggy D and DJ H from the Caliber Roadshow. All of the artists listed above are fairly well known to Bhangra listeners and Juggy D in particular is known across a more broader western audience. We also aim to interview Artists who have been involved in the Bhangra Movement from the start of its popularisation in the Western Area, such as DJ's in the Paragon Roadshow. Along with this interviews will be conducted with farily well known Dhol players as this is one of the most Key and well known instruments, associated with the Bhangra Genre.