A Collaboration between up and coming bands, emerging film makers, and GPS devices with software developed by Hewlett Packard! Who would have thought it possible?
Our City, Our Music will be a location-based album on the streets. Its first project will be realised in Leeds and experienced using Global Positioning enabled handheld devices. It uses mscape software developed by Hewlett-Packard, which packs up audio and media files with GPS into one platform. Therefore it provides the opportunity for located experiences, in our case music videos filmed on location, re-experienced in situ using a handheld device.
Having been selected as one of the emerging film makers in January the project finally kicked off in March, the vision was to create a music video in one single shot in a location of the band's choice. With a limited budget I wanted to make the set look as down to earth as possible and not go too overboard with what would happen. After seeing the band rehearse in their basement we found all these interesting left overs from previous tenants and so as a concept I planned to bring the band's living room to the Brudenell social club using a one take shot. So after getting a group of willing volunteers together we all went to the Brudenell Social Club to take on the iconic music venue and turn it's gaudy performance area into the YonderBoy's living room and make them look as though they are moving through the streets of Leeds!
Click on the video below to check out the Band in Action! and have a listen to more of their music on their myspace link. For more info about the OCOM project click here. Thanks to all those who have helped out; Simon, Kate, Jess, Steph, Layla and Rachel & James Russell for the Set Photography. 
Photography by James Russell Photography http://www.ja-russell.com
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