I made a slideshow of photographs from the filming day yesterday as evidence of being present during the filming and using the camera equipment.
Monday 28 October 2013
Photo Effects
Saturday 26 October 2013
Weather
I checked the weather for tomorrows filming and it looks positive. It should hold out well for the powder paint scene.
Friday 25 October 2013
Enigma: Proposal Outline
Proposal
The Proposal: To make a music video for a unsigned band
When: Sunday 27th October, All day
Where: Norwich
My proposal for my music video project is to film Taverham/Hellesdon band Enigma perform one of their songs. The song is self titled "Enigma" and I plan for the music video to be heavily performance based. The band will perform in a warehouse which they have already got for me to film in. Filming should only take one day, possibly two when considering contingency's. The aim is to film as much as possible in the time we have so then we have enough footage to work from, then not enough.
After the footage is filmed, editing will begin. A problem with performance based videos, is that the cuts needs to be quick and varied to avoid dullness. That is why we have decided to add the powder paint scenes, where the band are throwing it at one another. We can work with the powder paint, slow it down and put further effects into the video to make it more interesting for the audience.
As well as the music video, I will also be producing my own Digi-pak design and a magazine advertisement.
Deadline for Music Video: 20th December
After the footage is filmed, editing will begin. A problem with performance based videos, is that the cuts needs to be quick and varied to avoid dullness. That is why we have decided to add the powder paint scenes, where the band are throwing it at one another. We can work with the powder paint, slow it down and put further effects into the video to make it more interesting for the audience.
As well as the music video, I will also be producing my own Digi-pak design and a magazine advertisement.
Deadline for Music Video: 20th December
Enigma: Last Minute Schedule Planning
Because I am driving for the film shoot I have planned my route to and from, I have also worked out travel times and finalised the schedule of the day, there were little improvements.
Also, the second location is outside, so I checked the weather forecast. More accurate readings will come through at the weekend, but so far is looks promising. Hopefully there won't be any rain.
Enigma: Informing the Band of Developments
James got back to be regarding my concern of using their friends in the video, it is is resolved now.
I sent another email informing them of adjustments. The formality of the emails have gotten less serious, because we have kept in contact regularly.
I sent an Email to them on Friday 25th October (2 days before shoot) just to confirm everything is fine regarding the shoot.
Thursday 24 October 2013
Tuesday 22 October 2013
The Theories: Goth Subculture
The goth subculture has associated tastes in music, aesthetics and fashion. Goth is a very loose term and since its creation in the 1970's goths have involved into different types. 23 different types. The most common ones to branch from this sub-culture most recently is the Emo, Cyber and Steampunk . Music Types:
Gothic rock, death rock, post-punk, dark wave, dark ambient, ethereal wave, industrial music and neoclassical dark wave, with contemporary links to the heavy metal subculture.
Fashion:
Style range from death rock, punk and Victorian styles, combinations of them also, most often with dark attire, make-up and hair
The Effects Model:The effects model focuses on how the media can affect society and how society can effect the media. The theory also helps to explain moral panic in relation to sex, drugs, violence etc.
The article shown to the right does just that. It talks about how those who chose to be part of that subculture are being targeted and it is being labelled as a hate crime, not as the causes of the violence. Hate crime is a very strong label for the violence which occurred. Hate crime now also includes by subculture. The most recent story was in August of 2013, where 38 year old Goth, Alexys Becerra was attacked. News reports like these would cause a moral panic for parents who children dress this way or indeed Goths who feel concerned for their safety. Instead of them creating the violence and hurting other people, it is reversed, where they get the abuse from others for expressing themselves differently.
Definition: a crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudice, typically one involving violence.
Two-step Flow model:
The two-step flow model is when individuals look to opinion leaders to interpret the media for them and then from this they get their own opinion. When applying the Goth subculture to the model, the opinion leaders are most likely to be band artists of one of the music styles. For example, Black Veil Brides, My Chemical Romance, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson etc. Since the subculture is heavily influenced by clothing and music their opinion leaders are to be people of that industry, their idols who they want to be like as well being an individual. The most popular person in the group gets followed by the others in the group and they look to them in opinions to then expand on.
Each subculture in different groups in different places in the country will have some sort of leader, but it's not usually the case. They are usually part of a community; Goths don't really have a leader.
Uses and Gradifications Model:
This is when youth culture has used media for their own enjoyment, to fulfill a specfic need or/and to communicate with others.
Since the boost in technological advances social networking sight have become more common. The Goth subculture hasn't really been using the media to its advantage as their aren't any major stories in the news, but the two mentioned above. Out of all the subcultures Goths are fairly quiet. There are of course specific forums for the subculture to talk with others with the same interest and there are videos on YouTube.com, which from watching at aren't as arrogant as would be expected from a youth culture. From my searching on YouTube, I think the Goth Subculture is a very quiet one and is mainly recognised by their presentation.
One example is this video, which touches on the concerns for parents made by a member of the goth subculture. If anything this is a mature thing to do and show them as a polite, friendly, helpful group of individuals, unlike others they don't publicise any negative actions or thoughts. If anything they are understanding and try to clarify what a Goth actually is.
Youth subcultures use media to express themselves and share content with others of the same culture. It has become easy to communicate with others and that is what all young people do, no matter what culture you are a part of. It is the 'norm' for young people to use all sorts of media, predominantly online.
Friday 18 October 2013
The Selfish Giant UK
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| (From Wikipedia) |
The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British drama film directed by Clio Barnard. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Europa Cinemas award. It was also nominated for the 2013 Lux Prize.
Backed by the BFI Film Fund and Film4, and developed with support from both Film4 and the BFI, The Selfish Giant is a Moonspun Films production. After premiering at Cannes in the Director's Fortnight in May 2013, it will be released in the UK by Artificial Eye on November 15th.
Genre: British Social Realist Drama
Plot:
The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer, and begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. However, when Arbor begins to emulate Kitten by becoming greedy and exploitative, tensions soon start to build, leading to a tragic event which transforms them all.
Reviews:
The Guardian: "Robbie Collin applauds Clio Barnard's brilliant, sour-scouring fable about growing up in Britain today."
The MovieBox: "writer-director Clio Barnard is earning an impressive amount of accolades for turning Oscar Wilde's classic children fable into a "heart wrenching" slice-of-life drama"
Moral Panic! - Horse Meat Scandal
How did the scandal emerge?
Irish food inspectors announced in mid-January that they had found horsemeat in frozen beef burgers made by firms in the Irish Republic and the UK, and sold by a number of UK supermarket chains, including Tesco, Iceland, Aldi and Lidl. Since then, a growing number of stores and companies across Europe, including Findus and Nestle, have recalled beef ready meals, after tests found they contained horse DNA.
The article then goes on to state,
"Mafia gangs are suspected of orchestrating an ‘international criminal conspiracy’ worth millions of pounds by passing off horse meat as beef. Mobsters from Italy and Poland are believed to be behind the illegal trade which has led to British consumers eating horse when they believed they were buying beef," and that the meat was "deliberately contaminated".
After the panic, all supermarkets were tested for horse meat and came to this conclusion:
Some 2,501 tests were conducted but the results announced on 15 February showed that no products other than those already identified contained more than 1% horse meat and the 29 positive results were in seven products that had previously been identified and withdrawn. These included some Findus lasagna as well as some Aldi lasagna and spaghetti bolognese - all made by the Comigel food processing company in France. Some of the products were found to contain up to 100% horse meat.
The media used creative language to dramatise the news story and coming up with different ideas to why this occurred. The link to the mafia in particular sets off fear in many individuals with the idea that criminals are behind it, and if that is true, then we aren't safe. The language used when describing events are a key feature to most moral panics and public scares.
Irish food inspectors announced in mid-January that they had found horsemeat in frozen beef burgers made by firms in the Irish Republic and the UK, and sold by a number of UK supermarket chains, including Tesco, Iceland, Aldi and Lidl. Since then, a growing number of stores and companies across Europe, including Findus and Nestle, have recalled beef ready meals, after tests found they contained horse DNA.
How widespread is the problem?
Mislabelled processed meat products have so far been discovered in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, France, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Germany. In the UK, food retailers were told by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to examine processed beef products soon after the crisis emerged. The scandal affected numerous countries over the world.
Moral Panic
The horse meat scandal was a big news story and created moral panic in the media. Even though eating horse meat isn't bad for you the main issue is that the consumer was lied to and the producers of the products committed fraud. The media used this story, because it affected a large proportion of the worlds population and they were able to dramatize it for effect. Newspapers used language in their articles to make it seem worse than it actually was. For example, "Italian and Polish mafia gangs are blamed for horsemeat scandal as government warns MORE British products will be contaminated" and stating the scandal to be a "criminal conspiracy".
The article then goes on to state,
"Mafia gangs are suspected of orchestrating an ‘international criminal conspiracy’ worth millions of pounds by passing off horse meat as beef. Mobsters from Italy and Poland are believed to be behind the illegal trade which has led to British consumers eating horse when they believed they were buying beef," and that the meat was "deliberately contaminated".
After the panic, all supermarkets were tested for horse meat and came to this conclusion:
Some 2,501 tests were conducted but the results announced on 15 February showed that no products other than those already identified contained more than 1% horse meat and the 29 positive results were in seven products that had previously been identified and withdrawn. These included some Findus lasagna as well as some Aldi lasagna and spaghetti bolognese - all made by the Comigel food processing company in France. Some of the products were found to contain up to 100% horse meat.
The media used creative language to dramatise the news story and coming up with different ideas to why this occurred. The link to the mafia in particular sets off fear in many individuals with the idea that criminals are behind it, and if that is true, then we aren't safe. The language used when describing events are a key feature to most moral panics and public scares.
The Future:
In a more recent article published 4 days ago, it was stated by experts of it possibly happening again! [see full article]
"The FSA said reports of food fraud - which can include deliberately mislabelling products or selling food which is unfit for consumption - had risen from 899 in 2010 to 1,385 in 2012" and "early indications for the first six months of 2013, when the horsemeat scandal first emerged, show reports of fraud have risen by 28% compared with the same period the previous year". Because it is by the BBC and the scandal is no longer the major news story it is predominantly factual information and there is less dramatic emphasis on how terrible it is, because the hype of the story has ended and the media have moved on to another story to focus on.
Wednesday 16 October 2013
How are youth cultures represented in Quadrophenia?
Youth culture is defined by different social and cultural groups. In Quadrophenia, it focuses on the conflict between Mods and Rockers. Like most youth cultures teenagers are portrayed in a negative light. Mods and Rockers created public scares in the media for the bad publicity they were getting, even if the incidents reported were isolated and not as common as the media perceived it to be. Anything negative which happened between a few individuals then reflected on the whole group.
Quadrophenia is about a Mod called Jimmy, who tries to fit in with the rest of the Mod crowd. After some drama and adolescent issues Jimmy eventually becomes distant with his friends and quits his job as he is hitting rock bottom. Jimmy finally finds himself and ditches the Mod life.
The general idea of Quadrophenia is well established in the DVD cover artwork. Jimmy is in black print, causing him to stand out from the others, and he is in the foreground. This establishes him as the main character, but also signifies how Jimmy is separate from the group. The colour scheme of the cover (excluding Jimmy) consists mainly of red, blue and white. These colours represent the iconic Mod symbol, which is taken from the Royal Airforce Roundel. The tag line "A way of life" defines Quadrophenia and the Mod subculture as a way of life in a deeper meaning, like it being a religion. Also the quotation from Pete Townshend, "We've all been there", which suggests the audience was part of the culture at a point and we will able to relate. The other characters in the background are shown together with there style and posture being similar and away from Jimmy.
The title of the film is significant to the films plot and message. Quad means four, the four personalities of Jimmy. Jimmy is supposed to be four people: a tough guy, a romantic, a lunatic, and a hypocrite. Each side of Jimmy is brought out in the film in different scenarios from his love interest Steph to joining in with the riots in Brighton. Sometimes one could just as easily be another.
The film is based on the Who's album "Quadrophenia" which is a concept album. Each song follows on from one another, creating a narrative. The Who had a heavy influence on the film and their lyrics are very important. At the end of Quadrophenia the song "I've had enough" summarises what is going through Jimmy's head. The song and the actions in the sequence compliment each other The last verse hints at what Jimmy has decided to do, despite there is no dialogue the lyrics summarise the main features of being in that subculture. The film ends with Jimmy driving the Ace's scooter of the cliff and destroying it. It symbolises Jimmy's end of being a Mod and no longer belonging to that subculture. His actions are once again emphasised by the lyrics of the Who's song. In the last verse key words are mentioned, summing up a Mod's typical habits (in bold).
Jimmy rides the scooter along the road and then goes to the cliff edge. The shot is predominantly a tracking shot which become an aerial shot as he drives next to the cliff edge allowing us to follow Jimmy on his journey. The music follows along with the transitions and the little action happening in the shots, this makes you focus on the lyrics of the song. Jimmy stops by the edge and there is a quick cut transition to Jimmy's point of view of the sea. The sun reflects off the sea and the waves are still. This symbolises a sign of peace and tranquility, because the sea is supposed to be a calm landscape. Jimmy then continues to ride and the aerial shot moves further away, making him smaller. As Jimmy gets smaller it shows him to be isolated and alone. It conveys a message that even if you are in a subculture it doesn't mean that they are your friends. When he is alone about 2 minutes in there is a small instrumental interval. "Love reign o'er me" then breaks up the instrumental, and can be linked to Jimmy, with the idea that he is all alone and wants it to be that way. "Reign" implying he wants to lead his own life and be his own man.
Quadrophenia shows the subculture in two ways. The first idea as a small community
or as something violent and negative. Jimmy shows both sides, and shows more confusion about himself. Jimmy is trying to create a identity for himself, but at the same time he wants to belong to a group of people. He wants to be needed. Jimmy and others in subcultures are there to fill a void in their life. They are at the point of change from child to adult, which is daunting and they turn to a group for comfort and to fit in.
Quadrophenia is about a Mod called Jimmy, who tries to fit in with the rest of the Mod crowd. After some drama and adolescent issues Jimmy eventually becomes distant with his friends and quits his job as he is hitting rock bottom. Jimmy finally finds himself and ditches the Mod life.
The general idea of Quadrophenia is well established in the DVD cover artwork. Jimmy is in black print, causing him to stand out from the others, and he is in the foreground. This establishes him as the main character, but also signifies how Jimmy is separate from the group. The colour scheme of the cover (excluding Jimmy) consists mainly of red, blue and white. These colours represent the iconic Mod symbol, which is taken from the Royal Airforce Roundel. The tag line "A way of life" defines Quadrophenia and the Mod subculture as a way of life in a deeper meaning, like it being a religion. Also the quotation from Pete Townshend, "We've all been there", which suggests the audience was part of the culture at a point and we will able to relate. The other characters in the background are shown together with there style and posture being similar and away from Jimmy.
The title of the film is significant to the films plot and message. Quad means four, the four personalities of Jimmy. Jimmy is supposed to be four people: a tough guy, a romantic, a lunatic, and a hypocrite. Each side of Jimmy is brought out in the film in different scenarios from his love interest Steph to joining in with the riots in Brighton. Sometimes one could just as easily be another.
The film is based on the Who's album "Quadrophenia" which is a concept album. Each song follows on from one another, creating a narrative. The Who had a heavy influence on the film and their lyrics are very important. At the end of Quadrophenia the song "I've had enough" summarises what is going through Jimmy's head. The song and the actions in the sequence compliment each other The last verse hints at what Jimmy has decided to do, despite there is no dialogue the lyrics summarise the main features of being in that subculture. The film ends with Jimmy driving the Ace's scooter of the cliff and destroying it. It symbolises Jimmy's end of being a Mod and no longer belonging to that subculture. His actions are once again emphasised by the lyrics of the Who's song. In the last verse key words are mentioned, summing up a Mod's typical habits (in bold).
"I've had enough of dancehalls,
I've had enough of pills,
I've had enough of streetfights,
I've seen my share of kills,
I'm finished with the fashions,
And acting like I'm tough,
I'm bored with hate and passion,
I've had enough of crime and love."
I've had enough of pills,
I've had enough of streetfights,
I've seen my share of kills,
I'm finished with the fashions,
And acting like I'm tough,
I'm bored with hate and passion,
I've had enough of crime and love."
The camera angles in that same clip is mainly a close up of Jimmy and wide tracking shots of him riding the scooter. Within the first 2 minutes of the clips there is very little cut transitions between shots. The mid shot as he shouts, "bellboy", which makes him very distant from the audience as if he is shouting at us. It then cuts to him turning around in a close up. Your attention is brought to his eyes, which is blackened with eyeliner. His eyes seem to bulge and fixate on something in the distance, his facial expression implies he is "lunatic" Jimmy. As he moves, half of his face is cut out of shot and then comes back into shot, this suggest instability of the characters mental/emotional state. Jimmy then nicks Ace's scooter, as one last act of rebellion. There is a low angle as he fiddles with trying to find the key, suggesting it is a spear of the moment decision and he is rushing/panicking. Diegetic sound is present and the noise of the keys is evident. When Jimmy staggers on the path over to the scooter, his footsteps are very loud to put emphasis on the way he is running. The running is wobbly suggesting insecurity and shock, from the Ace's revelation of being a bell boy, because he was his idol and Jimmy is devastated to find out he is just a like any normal young man. Therefore questioning the identity of being a Mod.
Jimmy rides the scooter along the road and then goes to the cliff edge. The shot is predominantly a tracking shot which become an aerial shot as he drives next to the cliff edge allowing us to follow Jimmy on his journey. The music follows along with the transitions and the little action happening in the shots, this makes you focus on the lyrics of the song. Jimmy stops by the edge and there is a quick cut transition to Jimmy's point of view of the sea. The sun reflects off the sea and the waves are still. This symbolises a sign of peace and tranquility, because the sea is supposed to be a calm landscape. Jimmy then continues to ride and the aerial shot moves further away, making him smaller. As Jimmy gets smaller it shows him to be isolated and alone. It conveys a message that even if you are in a subculture it doesn't mean that they are your friends. When he is alone about 2 minutes in there is a small instrumental interval. "Love reign o'er me" then breaks up the instrumental, and can be linked to Jimmy, with the idea that he is all alone and wants it to be that way. "Reign" implying he wants to lead his own life and be his own man.
Quadrophenia shows the subculture in two ways. The first idea as a small community
or as something violent and negative. Jimmy shows both sides, and shows more confusion about himself. Jimmy is trying to create a identity for himself, but at the same time he wants to belong to a group of people. He wants to be needed. Jimmy and others in subcultures are there to fill a void in their life. They are at the point of change from child to adult, which is daunting and they turn to a group for comfort and to fit in.
Tuesday 15 October 2013
Enigma: Shot Storyboard Board
I drew out some shot types that I think are very important in our music video and make the video interesting. It also allows me to look at visual evidence of my ideas of shots and angles.I didn't create a full story board, because it would have been very time consuming and when filming a performance video a lot will change in editing. The beginning which was a sequence of actions happening to build up to the song is in a story board form shown at the bottom left.
Continued...
Schedule: Email & Version 1
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| In the email above, I have contacted the band with an update and a couple of the schedule. I have also shared a issue with them, but it is easily resolved as explained in the email. |
I have created a rough schedule on the idea that we will be filming it all on the same day. If we take another day to film, another schedule will be created to focus on what there is left to film.
Schedule:
| Filming Schedule Verison 1 | ||||
| Location: | Technology House, Rhombus Park | Date: | 27th October | |
| 8:30am | Arrive on location | People Involved: | Ryan Aldred | |
| 8:40am | Set up equipment. Camera, Instruments, Lights | James Vivian | ||
| 9:00am | A rehearsal | Jordan Groves | ||
| 9:15am | Start Filming | Jack Wright | ||
| 10:45am | Small Break | |||
| 11:00am | Resume Filming | Crew: | Alice Denmark | |
| 12:30am | Lunch | Becky Wade | ||
| 1:00pm | Any last shots needed for the warehouse | Sophie Jarvis | ||
| Drive to next location (Travel Time: Approx. 15 minutes) | ||||
| Location: | B1149, Cawston | |||
| 2:00pm | Arrive at location for Powder Paint | **Extras: | Friends of band | |
| 2:10pm | Set up and organize the shot | |||
| 2:30pm | Start filming | Contigency dates: | November | |
| 3:00pm | Finish filming | |||
| 3:15pm | Pack up equipment and prepare to leave | |||
| 3:30pm | Departure | |||
| *Allow over time till 4:30pm | ||||
Problems and Solutions:
Since our main location won't allow us to do the messier part of the video. I emailed Norwich City Council, in whether we could use a local park. I was sceptical to them accepting, because powder paint creates a far bit of mess. I sent them an email on Monday 7th and got a reply on Thursday 10th,
"I am afraid that we not allow this in a city centre park as paint would be left on the grass, paths etc. May I suggest that you request your college grounds for this activity..."
Currently we do not have a location for the powder paint, however, I contacted Becky, because she hasn't been in all week. She said her Grandparents have a possible location we could use and she will confirm it on Saturday if we can use it.
Also, if the weather is bad we have contingency days of when the band are free for us to film which is any weekend in November, excluding the 16th to 19th.
To help out on the filming day my friend Sophie, who did Media at AS said she would help out, which is very helpful.
October 14th - Becky has confirmed that we have the location.
Also, if the weather is bad we have contingency days of when the band are free for us to film which is any weekend in November, excluding the 16th to 19th.
To help out on the filming day my friend Sophie, who did Media at AS said she would help out, which is very helpful.
October 14th - Becky has confirmed that we have the location.
Tuesday 8 October 2013
Risk Assessment
Additional Risk: Confetti Cannon - burning from being too close to cannon when set off. Solution: Stand well back.
Monday 7 October 2013
Email: Music Video Developments
Me and Becky sent an email to James regarding a few question that we needed to be answered. He sent us a few details of our main filming location, which I have highlighted in the email screen shot above. We are able to use the site as long as possible, but we aren't allowed to film the paint fight outside in the car-park. James was kind enough to let give us some thoughts on where to film it. The next stage is to find a location for the powder paint fight, create a health and safety sheet and produce a filming schedule.
Friday 4 October 2013
Powder Paint: "Up in the Air" Comparison
The powder paint arrived on Sunday. 2.5kg in each tub. This is ready for the scene of our music video where there is going to be a fight with powder paint. This should be enough powder paint for our video.
"Up in the Air" Powder Paint Scene Analysis
In the video the music has slowed down in pace and the slow motion works with the music. The transitions flow with the music and footage. The smoothness of the transitions and overall editing is something I hope to achieve in my music video.
Experiment
Took a sample from Miss Lee in Art and tested it on my sister. The slo-mo was very effective, but I threw it directly at her and not on the side, so the effect isn't good as good as wanted, but it was still very useful and fun to do.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Mods and Rockers
Mods and Rockers were glamorised for their violent aggressive towards each other. The isolated incidents were used to public scare civilians in the media. In a recent article in 2004, it was debated and the truth came to light. Photographers and reporters paid youths to stage a chase or a fight. In the media the images came across more violent then they actually were. According to Howard Bake (1964 Mod) the incident at "Margate some photographs were definitely staged".
The reality is that, Mods and Rockers spent most of the time insulting each other than resulting to physical violence. Phil Bradley stated, "the press hyped it right up. There were only isolated incidents. There weren't riots like in that film Quadrophenia...we certainly didn't go chasing after old people, ever us Rockers." The talk in the press of drugs being a menace facing Britain's Youth's in 1964, is also another false glamorisation. Amphetamines, were described as the Mods pill of choice, which according to the press caused them to become terribly aggressive.
There was real fighting as well as fake fighting however, not all the photographs were staged. The violence was present in Brighton, but the use of guns is false information. Isolated outbreaks of violence did continue in the 60's. 'The Battle of Hastings' about 1965, was the biggest one. Rather than the Rockers Vs Mods, that the press focused on David Cooke, explained that it was actually Mods Vs Mods. "Mods were fighting each other. The North London hated the South London. South London Mods hated the North London Mods, and East London Mods hated everybody, and everybody hated them." In the end, the Mod movement mutated and disappeared.
The reality is that, Mods and Rockers spent most of the time insulting each other than resulting to physical violence. Phil Bradley stated, "the press hyped it right up. There were only isolated incidents. There weren't riots like in that film Quadrophenia...we certainly didn't go chasing after old people, ever us Rockers." The talk in the press of drugs being a menace facing Britain's Youth's in 1964, is also another false glamorisation. Amphetamines, were described as the Mods pill of choice, which according to the press caused them to become terribly aggressive. There was real fighting as well as fake fighting however, not all the photographs were staged. The violence was present in Brighton, but the use of guns is false information. Isolated outbreaks of violence did continue in the 60's. 'The Battle of Hastings' about 1965, was the biggest one. Rather than the Rockers Vs Mods, that the press focused on David Cooke, explained that it was actually Mods Vs Mods. "Mods were fighting each other. The North London hated the South London. South London Mods hated the North London Mods, and East London Mods hated everybody, and everybody hated them." In the end, the Mod movement mutated and disappeared.
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