BUSKING DOCUMENTARY
Brief Overview
To allow the audience to contemplate the social construct of how street performers are viewed using the legislation proposed on charging buskers as an issue that will affect all buskers. We are trying to capture a more human side to the busking community by recognising them as individuals. We will do this by focusing on a specific individual called Jonny Walker, a Liverpool busker who has had a certain amount of commercial success. We will further shoot an interview with a councillor called Steve Munby who will discuss the legislation and his opinions on what effect this will have on the busking community.
Narrative development
Opening Scene: FADE IN- Publics view on buskers without disclosing subject matter of buskers immediately then introducing subject matter with
cutaways to buskers performing and back to the public disclosing the word busker in an answer.
Buskers view on their own community.
Cutaways of Buskers within the Liverpool high street
Narrator says statistics about how many buskers there are in the UK and how much income is made in a year by the busking community over the top of the buskers on the high street.
CUT TO: high street time lapse shot with Jonny Walker walking into centre frame setting up and starting to busk. Cut to Jonny discussing 'What is in the Street Performing community?' and 'Why do people chose to busk?'
CUT TO: Jonny Walker being interviewed about himself as a busker. Asking why he became a busker, what his favourite location is and how the legislation will affect him as a busker.
CUT TO: Cutaways of Beatles museum- Narrator talks about how famous celebrities have busked and the opportunities that have raised for bands such as the Beatles.
CUT TO: Steve Munby's interview about the council's legislation plans. Ending with how he thinks it will affect buskers CUT TO: Jonny Walker's interview, how he thinks it will affect him personally.
CUT TO: Jonny Walker on the street performing a song of his own toward the end of his interview. (Juxtapose)
END
Style
The documentary will be a hybrid approach of educational/informative and investigative as we are looking at the busking community in detail but taking a journalistic approach by interviewing the local council for views and information on the legislation that poses a threat on the busking community.
We will give a sense of vibrant activity by using brightly lit shots and time lapse shots within the piece to further exaggerate the similar activity the buskers give in this area. We will also use this when focusing on Jonny Walker as he is the main individual in this piece so this technique will help to create a more interesting visual. Furthermore we will use Jonny Walkers own music to centre the documentary more around him than other issues that are raised.
Audience
We will have a broad demographic range in this piece however it will mostly be based on middle class people of any age who have an interest in their community or political interests. As a journalistic approach we aim to please the widest range of people we can within this genre.
MAIN ARTICLE FOR DOCUMENTARY http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/11/19/liverpool-city-council-planning-to-charge-buskers-100252-29801770/
JONNY WALKER
www.jonnywalker.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/jonnywalkermusic
BUSKING INFO:
http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/02/i-was-walking-through-town.html http://www.myspace.com/campaignforrealbusking/blog/485053106
LOCATION INFO FOR BUSKING: http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/nerve7/licence_to_busk.html
To allow the audience to contemplate the social construct of how street performers are viewed using the legislation proposed on charging buskers as an issue that will affect all buskers. We are trying to capture a more human side to the busking community by recognising them as individuals. We will do this by focusing on a specific individual called Jonny Walker, a Liverpool busker who has had a certain amount of commercial success. We will further shoot an interview with a councillor called Steve Munby who will discuss the legislation and his opinions on what effect this will have on the busking community.
Narrative development
Opening Scene: FADE IN- Publics view on buskers without disclosing subject matter of buskers immediately then introducing subject matter with
cutaways to buskers performing and back to the public disclosing the word busker in an answer.
Buskers view on their own community.
Cutaways of Buskers within the Liverpool high street
Narrator says statistics about how many buskers there are in the UK and how much income is made in a year by the busking community over the top of the buskers on the high street.
CUT TO: high street time lapse shot with Jonny Walker walking into centre frame setting up and starting to busk. Cut to Jonny discussing 'What is in the Street Performing community?' and 'Why do people chose to busk?'
CUT TO: Jonny Walker being interviewed about himself as a busker. Asking why he became a busker, what his favourite location is and how the legislation will affect him as a busker.
CUT TO: Cutaways of Beatles museum- Narrator talks about how famous celebrities have busked and the opportunities that have raised for bands such as the Beatles.
CUT TO: Steve Munby's interview about the council's legislation plans. Ending with how he thinks it will affect buskers CUT TO: Jonny Walker's interview, how he thinks it will affect him personally.
CUT TO: Jonny Walker on the street performing a song of his own toward the end of his interview. (Juxtapose)
END
Style
The documentary will be a hybrid approach of educational/informative and investigative as we are looking at the busking community in detail but taking a journalistic approach by interviewing the local council for views and information on the legislation that poses a threat on the busking community.
We will give a sense of vibrant activity by using brightly lit shots and time lapse shots within the piece to further exaggerate the similar activity the buskers give in this area. We will also use this when focusing on Jonny Walker as he is the main individual in this piece so this technique will help to create a more interesting visual. Furthermore we will use Jonny Walkers own music to centre the documentary more around him than other issues that are raised.
Audience
We will have a broad demographic range in this piece however it will mostly be based on middle class people of any age who have an interest in their community or political interests. As a journalistic approach we aim to please the widest range of people we can within this genre.
MAIN ARTICLE FOR DOCUMENTARY http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/11/19/liverpool-city-council-planning-to-charge-buskers-100252-29801770/
JONNY WALKER
www.jonnywalker.co.uk/ http://www.myspace.com/jonnywalkermusic
BUSKING INFO:
http://musicblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/02/i-was-walking-through-town.html http://www.myspace.com/campaignforrealbusking/blog/485053106
LOCATION INFO FOR BUSKING: http://www.catalystmedia.org.uk/issues/nerve7/licence_to_busk.html
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