Location Shots

Lyrics Annotation

Shooting Schedule

Monday 11th October

· Take pictures of locations/ Look for locations to use for filming.

Thursday 14th October

· Plan filming times in lesson

Shooting:

Castlefields: (Night Time/Dark)
· Sky tilting down to performer
· Zoom into performer for first verse
· Film 2nd verse (in tunnel)
· Film 4th verse
· Film 6th verse (with spin for explosion)
· Film dances for guitar solo
· Film last verse of the song
· Take picture for side slide/moonwalk
· (take pictures for CD cover/poster)
· (film shooting with digital camera)

Arndale Car Park: (Night Time/Dark)
· Film 3rd verse
· Film 5th verse
· Film dances for guitar solo
· Film 7th verse
· Film a dance move for the end of the song
· Film voice over’s
· Take picture for side slide/moonwalk
· (take pictures for CD cover/poster)
· (film shooting with digital camera)

Market street: (Night Time/Dark)
· Film shots of remote areas
· Film homeless people

Monday 18th October

Shooting:

Victoria Station: (Early Morning)
· Film business people coming off train

Initial Ideas

The intention of our video is to spread the message to our viewers and the government 'They Don't Care About Us. ''They'' refers to the same people Michael Jackson talks about in his video in which our concept is to pass on the same message. We have decided that to do this, we will use a contrast of shots from homeless people on the streets with nothing to do, to business people rushing to work. Filming in the dark will add to the isolated effect that some of the unfortunate people people in the country feel when everyone else is at home, and who is left in the streets at night, with noone to care for them. Using different locations adds to the narrative of the song which is following Lucas around the city expressing the anger and fustration through the aggressive performance and the mise en scene of the city centre with the Manchester wheel, showing it occurs in the most industrial city's in the country, as in this case, in Manchester. The video will show remote areas of the city centre at night time including Market Street showing the homeless people left there when everyone is gone. We have also planned, as mentioned before, that we will be highlighting some the words used in the lyrics which emphasizes the meaning of the song, we will either use green screen to prtray this, or add titles to the editing. We also had an idea of using one of Michael Jackon's techniques of using children at the start of the video, however we have changed our minds and have decided to start with titles for the dialogue at the beginning. Through editing, we will use sharp transitions which will match the upbeat theme to the song as each verse will begin. We decided to use Castlefields and the Arndale car park as these are examples of remote areas which we can use these locations to express the meaning of the song. Using Michael Jackson style dance moves will create the same effect as the original video as well as the upeat mood to the song. During the guitar solo, we will use a variety of camera angles and editing to show the different dance moves occuring from the different locations within the video. The added footage of Martin Luther King and Franklin Delano Roosevelt through editing will link with the lyrics 'If Roosevelt was livin, he wouldn't let this be' and 'If Martin Luther was livin, he wouldn't let this be'.

The making of 'They Don't Care About Us'

Lyrics - They Don't Care About Us

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Situation, aggravation

Everybody, allegation

In the suite, on the news

Everybody, dogfood

Bang bang, shot dead

Everybody gone mad

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Beat me, hate me

You can never break me

Will me, thrill me

You can never kill me

Jew me, sue me

Everybody do me

Kick me, kike me

Don't you black or white me

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my life

I have a wife and two children who love me

I am the victim of police brutality, no

I'm tired of bein a victim of hate

You're rapin me of my pride

Oh for God's sake

I look to heaven to fulfil this prophecy

Set me free

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Trepidation, speculation

Everybody, allegation

In the suite, on the news

Everybody, dogfood

Black man, black mail

Throw your brother in jail

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become of my rights

Am I invisible cause you ignore me

Your proclamation promised me free liberty, no

I'm tired of bein a victim of shame

You're throwin me in a class with a bad name

I can't believe this is the land from which I came

You know I really do hate to say it

The government don't wanna see

But if Roosevelt was livin

He wouldn't let this be, no no

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Situation, speculation

Everybody, litigation

Beat me, bash me

You can never trash me

Hit me, kick me

You can never get me

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

(Guitar solo)

Some things in life they just don't wanna see

But if Martin Luther was livin

He wouldn't let this be, no no

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Situation, segregation

Everybody, allegation

In the suite, on the news

Everybody dogfood

Kick me, kike me

Don't you wrong or right me

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Video Plan Drawn 1