Jewish Boyz: Shooting Schedule DAY 4

Jewish Boyz: Shooting Schedule DAY 3

Jewish Boyz: Shooting Schedule DAY 2

Jewish Boyz: Shooting Schedule DAY 1

Jewish Boyz: Location and Setting

INITIAL IDEA: I wanted to film most of the video in the streets of Golders Green, Hendon (and other Jewish areas etc.) so that the video would be more humorous with the inclusion of public reaction...

HOWEVER, After a few attempts at filming in the streets, I started to notice that lots of different groups of people were alerted by what I was filming. 
I had groups of other Jewish people in the area coming up to me asking what the video was for, and showing their interest and enthusiasm with my idea. 
I also had groups of Hasidic Jews (the look I was parodying) shaking their heads in disapproval, as well as non-Jewish people looking concerned with what I was doing.

Because of this, I decided to film the majority of the video in parks in those areas (as they are mostly occupied by Jews) and when filming there, I would film in the most recognisable areas of the park so that the audience could be familiar with the relation to Jewish stereotypes. 

These parks were:



Sunny Hill Park
Hendon




















Edgwarebury Park
Edgware

Oak Hill Park
Barnet

DEVELOPED IDEA: Due to audience feedback, I learnt that having footage from the parks only was boring and not creative enough, so I had to devise other locations to film in with purpose to make the video more entertaining.

I did film many shots of ABOUDY inside his car, either driving, parked or as he is about to drive:

I filmed shots of ABOUDY outside areas that provide Jewish-based services, e.g. a Synagogue, bakery and deli:

I also filmed in Elior's house because it was free and was big enough to create all the scenes I needed:

I finally filmed using a green screen, in order to simulate locations that weren't accessible and to simulate interesting animations and images:

Jewish Boyz: Props

Prop design was very simple from the get-go because I had to gather props based on the lyrics I wrote. Without these props, the lyrics wouldn't have been perfectly executed in the video and they needed the props to come across as humorous as possible. 

Props, like costumes and location, are an important factor of Mise-En-Scene and in order to make the video seem as professional as possible, they were needed when relevant.

These are the props used in the video:

CUE CARDS

CHALLAH LOAF

TEN COMMANDMENTS

TABLE

DESK, PAPER AND PENCIL

REMOTE AND CHAIR

DREIDELS AND CHOCOLATE COINS

MILA KUNIS CUTOUT

Jewish Boyz: Costumes

When it came to costume design, I had already had an idea of what I wanted it to be from the initial music video idea. It had to be a bunch of casual looking Jews, who also had that Orthodox element and look about them, as this was part of the parody. My inspirations came from Holy Rollers and Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob on how they could look to dress, with a Hasidic fedora and payot coming down from the sides, because my cast do not have natural payot. Here is the link to where I bought these hats from:

HATS

I then had to get shirts for the cast to wear in order to match the look of a Hasidic Jew. I also wanted to relate the costume to We Dem Boyz as much as possible, so I decided that I would copy the design of his t-shirts in his video, but with a difference. The shirt that Wiz Khalifa wears in his video says (on both sides) "Dem Boyz 93" and I am unaware if the number 93 has a specific meaning or not, however that isn't relevant to the parody:

The variation I made with my shirt was by writing on the back "Jewish Boyz 613" in the same calligraphy: 

The reason for this is because it was the name of the song on the back, just like Khalifa's, and the number 613 means the number of good deeds that can be done by a Jewish person in Judaism. I thought this was a significant number and a number that the Jewish section of the audience would be able to figure out. 

As I mentioned already, the front of Wiz's shirt is exactly the same. However, I didn't want to make mine the same because it would lack creativity if I imitated it exactly, as well as being an indication of complete plagiarism. Therefore, I decided to have ABOUDY written in Hebrew on the front, along with a Star of David and a pair of Shabbat candles as an extra design:

I also created shirts for the extra cast members so that theirs would also look different compared to the star's shirt. The design below features a name in Hebrew (didn't matter what name in particular), a smaller Star of David, a Menorah, and a dreidel:

I already had these shirts at home and they weren't being used, so it was cost-effective because I didn't have to pay for any extra. I also had enough for the whole cast which was useful. 

Those were the main parts of the costume that were needed throughout the entire video. However I also needed some extra costumes to cover some lines of the song.

For example, the beard was an added feature only meant for the star. The reason for this was because it was a prop/costume piece that would make him stand out and be noticeable. I also only had one fake beard so I was only able to give it to the star. Giving it to the star only was ultimately a better decision because if the entire cast had had one, it would have been slightly more confusing to understand who the star is:

The next example is the Sombrero and moustache, and the reason for the inclusion of these costumes is because of the line "Challah, challah, you drive me crazy (loco loco)". In Spanish, the word 'loco' means crazy, and because Mexicans speak Spanish, I decided to use a Sombrero and moustache to make the image iconic to the lyric (as the Sombrero/moustache look is iconic of Mexican culture, could also be seen as parodying Mexican culture briefly):

The final example is the baby hat and bib, and the reason for the inclusion of these costumes if because of the line "We Jews are famous, making loads of babies (here comes another one)". The idea was to parody the stereotype that Jews have multiple children, which tends to be true, however I wanted a baby costume on one of my cast members in order to add humour to the video: