This is the day we filmed the rapping scene and as you can see on the pictures, we found a “rough” area where there are graffiti on the walls and looks kind of empty and where “gangsters” are more likely to hang out. This will add to the realism of the film and will make more sense.
On this picture I’m doing a panning shot of the 3 criminals as they take their masks off and because I wanted to have a steady shot I put the camera on the bike and used it as a tracking device.
Rather than have Joe wear the common uniform for British police, we decided his clothing to be in the style of those worn in cop films/tv shows (such as Miami Vice) - this included the use of aviators and smarter clothing.
We modelled Joe's appearance on this kind of policeman look
rather than this one
Our actor Joe He was involved in acting out the rapping part of our song which was given as a speech to the criminals showing them the errors of their ways.
For this scene we took a variety of angles to make it more arresting. I think that Joe did a good job of imitating a policeman and also learning the verse to a good standard on such short notice. For the policeman costume we had him wear quite typical things such as aviators and smart casual clothes which take reference from such films as "Heat" and "Miami Vice". During the speech which is being rapped the criminal characters start to feel remorse and they begin to stop their ways. this is shown by them first removing their hoods and then throwing their masks away. And we used his hand movements to fit the words and look like what he is rapping.
To show the process of the characters' understanding, we first take off our hoods (towards the end of the rap verse) and once the policeman finishes the lecture, we go all the way and throw away our masks. Because there is still a minute left of the song after the rap, we thought we would fill some of the time by having Joe give a thumbs-up to the camera after he sees us take off the masks (as if he was saying "mission achieved"), this is a post-modern element as the character breaks the fourth wall by doing this. The three 'cured' youths then start dancing briefly as a way to represent their transition from anti-social actions to starting a pleasant lifestyle, as well as a way to inject some silly humour into an otherwise somewhat depressing video.
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