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Baby boomers in the whole wide web are clamoring for best vinyl buys. These discs that they are searching about are memorable ones that they wanted to have as of now because they can relate to its old melodies. There is truth behind their searches because they want to satisfy their affinity to the music of their youth. It simply brings back all the memories. As far as we are concern we can see that the whole demand would simply uplift the sales of vinyl records.

In their generation, vinyl discs are really popular. These vinyl records have been the most used vintage material for old Hollywood flicks. Right now, they begin to raise awareness not only to baby boomers but also to those young people who are not yet born on that era.

The nostalgic moments that enamored vinyl records to be the most sought after of all vintage materials had been enjoyed in these past few years. People contemplate on their past lives while listening to old vinyl music while young teens try to discover how was living on those days like, especially on those days of cold war between the US and former Soviet Union. Those golden days of huge transistors, black and white television sets, the Beatles mania, hair gels, ugly Betty-like shades, and a whole lot more.

Teens yearn to be living in those times and wanted to feel the paranoia where John F. Kennedy was a fair haired politician who paraded the nation against Cuba’s missile crisis. Americans at that time were building underground bunkers that are still present in old houses. James Bond sequels had been a blockbuster and Batman was just a blue colored masked crusader with small bat ears protruding on its head.

War movies and cowboy themed films are most sought after by the public. These things were common in the past. Modern times change everything. Everybody wishes to have a time machine. The spinning vinyl discs had been through with the test of times and they are still be staying here for good.

Before we begin, I would advice you to use a professional music video production company. There are many services that would give you the quality you need at low price. Some might actually save you time and money.

Shooting yourself, however, may actually be quite fun and an exciting experience. Let’s get to the good stuff then!

1) Preparation is King!

In all film and video production planning is what saves you time and money. How much you prepare can make the difference between success and failure.

One of the first things we were taught in film school was Murphy’s law - “Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong!”

Just make sure you go down this list and make sure you plan ahead of time.

2) Your concept and script

You need to first know what you are going to shoot. Brainstorm ideas and see what you want to go with.

This is going to form the basics of your planning. You may choose to ignore this step, at your peril.

3) Choose your director and crew

Somebody must take the responsibility for the production. As much as everybody would like to have a go, it’s not really a good approach. Let one person take charge.

A full crew listing is beyond the scope of this article but for a basic production have at least one person on the camera. I wouldn’t advice you to rent professional lights if you are inexperienced get one person to be in charge of that.

If you have someone who is good with design and make up, that’s great a s well

A runner is someone who basically does everything else as required at a given time.

In Part 2 we will go into some of the stuff that goes into the actual shooting.

If hiring a professional music video production company is not an option, you obviously want to do it on your own.

In the second part of this series we take a look at what we need to do on the actual shoot.

4) Location! Location! Location!

Where you choose to shoot the video amounts to more than 50% of how your video is going to look. Some of the factors to consider are:

* are you getting it for free?

* how long the will location be available to you?

* whether or not you will need lights

* the overall appearance of the location - it doesn’t have to be “nice” in the traditional sense of the word but it has to be interesting.

Location is so important that on professional shoots a location scout is paid just to find the right places for filming.

5) Getting the shots

It is always best to plan your shots ahead of time or even make a storyboard. A storyboard is simple a group of drawings that represent what shots and camera angles you will be using.

They can be simple stick drawings, just to guide the director and the lights/camera crew.

One of the best ways you can shoot is;

* get a “wide shot” of the whole scene, first;

* and then move in closer and closer with your camera for the other shots.

Afterwards you can also get little details such as the drummer’s hands with the sticks or the guitar pick against the strings.

6) Working together

Shooting a music video can be really intensive. Often conflicts may arise.

It is important that everybody knows what their job is on the set. It is always best not to interfere with others’ work. Even if you think they are not doing things the way you believe they should.

When everybody is having fun and enjoying themselves it will show in the final product. And your fans will enjoy it even more.

7) Editing your video

Many people advocate using free software like Windows Movie Maker. Personally, I think you would find it a very painful process.

I use Edius or Final Cut Pro in my music video production. However if you want free software for your editing needs, a lot of people recommend a program called Wax. You can download it from http://www.debugmode.com/wax/.

Man, it has been a long time since I last watched Rockers, but I decided to watch it again recently and it reigns supreme as the BEST movie to learn Jamaican Slang and Patois. It stands out among the other Jamaican films produced before or after.

Rockers is the 1977 film by Greek Director, Theodoros Bafaloukos filmed in Jamaica about a band of Rastas that love reggae, having fun and fighting the forces of Babylon aka the “uptown top rankings”. The movie follows drummer Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace as he gets into different adventures everyday with his rasta friends. Some of his friends are reggae legends such as Jacob Miller, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Lee Scratch Perry and many more greats. Any movie with such legends would not be complete if it didn’t performances by some of these artists. Both Lee Scratch Perry and Jacob Miller do performances that are brief, but invaluable. The soundtrack alone makes the movie worth watching.

Although the movie is fun and has great music, there are several other reasons why its a shining star among Jamaican Movies. The introduction is classic. The movie starts out with a scene of Nyabinghi Drumming, one of the foundations of Rastafari Culture and Reggae. From there, the movie gets started and one of the things that people learning jamaican slang and patois will like is that the entire movie is in Jamaican Patois. Not only do you get the accent, pronunciation and words, you also get the body language and context of certain things. Now, the movie was filmed over 25 years ago, so some of the words are dated, but the essence of patois and rasta is still well captured in the movie.

This is the type of movie you watch every day or two to get familiar with the sound of Patois and some of the expressions. For example, CHA Mon…you can read that in a book, but to see the context in which that phrase is used can only be capture in person or on film.

This is the best movie to watch if you want to have a good time, learn Jamaican Slang, see rastas and hear classic reggae.