Thursday, 23 September 2010



This is one of out actors Isobel bailey, she is also the the same actor who stared in out AS thriller, so we know she is a good actress and will work well. She also has a keen fashion sense will which will again help with costumes.


This is one of our actors Jack Sauverin, he is a big Ska fan so this will help his ethusiasim in his perfomence on our music video. This also helps us to get costume for the video. Costume: Black suit, black skinnt tie and a trilbe hat.


This is our costume ideas for the music video, these costumes are what the audience of ska music are most likely to wear according to our research.






This is us attempting the maddness walk as seen
on the music video "one step beyond by the maddness"

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

This is the music video for one step beyond by the madness. The Madness is an iconic ska band which triggered a new generation of Ska music. We plan to use the walk they do in this video and also the one when they are sitting in a line on the stairs. We also plan to use urban backrounds in our music video and may get some idea from the many shots in this video.

History of Ska

The Ska music genre originated in jamaica in the late 1950 's . And was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements Caribbean mento calypso with american jazz and rhythm blues. In the early 1960 's it was the dominant music genre of jamaica and was popular british mods. Later it became popular with skinheads.
Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English two tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s.