It begins with the titles, but with interview audio playing over them. Then we see part of an interview taking place; an establishing shot of two men sat directly in front of the camera on a sofa. A guitar and a beer are also in shot, immediately establishing what the content of the documentary will be.
Next it cuts to another interview; this time of Noel Gallagher in a medium close up. He seems to be stood in a dark corridor, and is lit only from his left by a red light. The effect is dramatic and striking.
Now it returns to the two men on the sofa for another clip of their interview; then back to Noel in the corridor, then returns again to the sofa. The two men are revealed to be members of an Oasis tribute band called Wonderwall. Withholding the identity of the men until this point allowed the audience to listen to their opinions and then put them in context at this point.
The scene now cuts to a smooth pan down a staircase. An Oasis song intro can be heard (‘Rock and Roll Star’) and the camera, handheld, ascends the stairs and veers left, entering the room where the music is clearly coming from. The camera goes through another set of doors inside the room and we see a band performing in long shot, presumably the Oasis tribute who were being interviewed previously. The camera continues smoothly toward them, close up on the singer and then moves left for a close up of the guitarist.
It then cuts to a slightly high-angle shot looking up a space between two rows of buildings; the sound suddenly becomes tinny and quiet, so we assume that this is the outside of the place where the band are currently playing.
Next it cuts to another slightly high angle shot of a darkening road in Sheffield. Subtitles across the bottom clarify the place. Yet another high angle shot follows depicting a road and a pylon, and another similar shot showing a ro
w of warehouses. The music is sort of dark, it matches the pretty bleak images of Sheffield is showing. A sudden cut shows a shot of a colourful row of bungalows on a sunny day, and the music is bright and uplifting jazz. Subtitles across the bottom read “Colchester”. Two more shots follow showing more pleasant- even perfect- suburban houses and their respective flowery gardens.
It now cuts to a shot looking up a narrow alley between two rows of houses; subtitles read Manchester and Rock and Roll Star blasts back out. More shots follow of a similar typical working class industrial area- warehouses etc. The last one fades to white and the music fades into audio clips of several people talking at once, clearly parts taken from interviews and spliced together here. They mention drugs, Oasis song titles and festivals etc., and the effect of them all overlapping is really powerful. As they speak an all red Union Jack is shown on-screen, then an all blue one, with the letters spelling “Live Forever” flying across. The letters fly into the centre now and form LIVE FOREVER in the centre of the actual Union Jack. The image is simple but the effect is powerful.
The titles now cut to a black screen, then fade in to the Stone Roses’ Waterfall and a low shot, as though the camera is in the grass, of a beach stretching out and cooling towers can be seen in the background. Subtitles across the bottom read: Spike Island – Merseyside, and then: Stone Roses play Spike Island May 1990. Several aerial photographs follow, showing the area and the stage and huge crowd.
Someone narrates over the top about the day as the stills continue. We then see the man who is speaking. He is shown in a medium shot and slightly from the left- and similar to Noel Gallagher previously, the red theme continues; the curtains behind him and the chair he is sat in are both red. Plus, he also is lit from one side. His name and occupation are shown along the bottom. As he talks about the concert, stills from the day are shown to illustrate what he is talking about. This is something we hope to accommodate in our documentary, but with video rather than stills.
The opening five minutes of this documentary are very good in my opinion. They establish what it is going to be about well, make very good use of the music it involves, and the titles were quick and to the point but still effective. The three comparisons of the different cities were also particularly memorable, there was no voiceover but by the level of brightness, the music used etc., the differences were clear to see.
Source: http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v1273574EhKxxMqB
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