college

1. Tell me in no more than20 words, what is your
FMP idea?
A journalistic videoessay that looksat corrupt
record labels and how they mistreat artists.
Why have youdecided to makeit? It’ssomethingthatI hear a lot about, being very
passionateabout music. I hear constantstory's
aboutartiststhat get worked nearly to deathby
some record labels, they don’tget paid, they get
overworked, somelabels even control artists
social media. And I think it’ssomethingthatmore
people need to knowaboutwhich is why I want to
go in depthand cover it.
What aboutyourproject makesit importantto
you?
It’simportanttome, because I knowof somany
goodartists, mainstreamor otherwise that get
completely connedoutof everythingby their
record labels, leaving them with basically nothing.
And there’ssome smaller artists outthere that
can’t get their voice to be heard, andI think it’s
somethingthatshouldbe called outmore.
Outline someof the initial influences onyour
idea/work and somepotential research targets
(remember, research isn’t justa paperbased
activity)
A bandthatI’mpersonally really into,
‘Waterparks’ havea few songsabouttheir
previousrecord label andhow badthey were
treated. The label in question was taking
advantageof their talent, andas a smaller band
there wasn’t muchthey could do at the time.
That gotme thinkingof how many otherartists
this couldbe happeningto, because I know
there's even worse instances of this happening.
Which is how I settled on thisidea.
What effect do youwant to haveon your
audience when they see yourproject?
I want themto be educated aboutthe subject in
question, andI want themto be more aware of
how badly their favourite artists couldbe being
treated from behindthe scenes, from the people
thatshouldbe helping them the most.
Describe the tone/mood/styleofyourproject
[which productiontechniques/characteristicsare
youemploying?]
I want the tone tobe pretty serious, butthat
doesn’tmeanI won’ttry and gowith a light-
hearted approachevery sooften, butbecause the
subject is pretty serious, I wantthe tone to reflect
that.

2. Why have youdecided to makeyour project in
this style?
I made a videoessay previously, soI already have
some experience with the format, I know what
kindof edits toinclude tomake it as interesting as
possible. Doingit in a journalistic approachmakes
more sense here, I'll be able to pull upmore
sources, evidence, andexperiences, andput them
all togetherto as clean of a conclusionas possible.