GREAT NEWS!

hey everybody just to let you know ive just had a baby boy so i wont be able to help the group for a while, heres a picture of him

see you soon

Satvinder A.K.A Satti

Blog Comments

1. Wat do u think of our blog?

Wat do u particularly like about it? Wat's especially impressive?

Wat cud b improved? Wat's missing or cud b added?

2. Based on wat you've read on the blog (nd maybe seen in test screenings in class) what suggestions do you have regarding what we culd do 2 make our Practical Production really successful?

What other things could we include in the production?

How should we go about filming any remaining scenes or editing the footage during post-production (+ suggestions for music, etc.)??

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)

detailed progresss report

so far, we have most of our shooting footage such as, interview with a famous bhangra artist(DJ H) and footage on instruments used in the typical bhangra song as well as this we have footage of a bhangra gig(we have tooken various angle shots to use in our production). we have also record basic footage of the indian genre in Southall heart of bhngra music in england. we need to do more filming at people of diffrent backgrounds and get a view from their point of view, tis filming will hopefully happen by the end of this week. We also have yet to record more footage of bhangra fans and ask for their opinoins and ask verios questioins to a mass amount of people. All necassary footage will hopefully be completed by next week therefore we can start editing our recorded footage by next week.
Kaarandeep(jatt)

Progress report

We went to southall and got somebody to play the tumbi which is a famous instrument which is played in most of the bhangra tunes out there and we got some filming done on the 9th feb at sexy back of the crowed dancing around and also some of the djs dj'in and also we got a interview with the one and only DJ-H and theres also a few big ups for house of bhangra which will be at the end of the show, we was suposed 2 go and interview a dhol player on wedensday but he floped so we going to see him some time during this week.
This week daljit is going to cranford valentines gig on Tuesday prob take vivek or karandeep with him and also going monsoon on friday,it gunna be packed out bcoz of valentines also daljit gonna interview 1 of the founders of the PARAGON ROADSHOW (MR POPES U DUN NOOOO)LOL and hes gunna give some of the back ground info about how bhangra has changed as hes been in the industry for over 15 years.. but daljits going to have to go by himself as he might beat up the rest of the group lollll U DUN NOO!!!

DALJIT
PAWAGWANNNN

Plans for next week- Vivek Pun

For next week the group aims to get a substanial amount of footage, predominantly getting a range of interviews from non-asians to see what knowledge they have of the Genre. We also aim to get 1 or 2 interviews from older Indians who have knowledge on the history of Bhangra and its development. Daljit is also going to get footage of gigs and possibly some interviews with artists.

Progress Report- Vivek Pun

So far i have completed research and analysed a range of things relating to Bhangra and the groups next aim is to watch " I'm British But" as it is related to the Genre and aims to educated, inform and entertain its audience as we aim to do. We also went to Southall Broadway to get a few minutes of footage of cd covers, instruments, shops e.t.c. that we can use in our opening scene to combine a range of Montage Sequences.