Starting to edit...

By Jasmine

This is an image of us starting to edit some clips on the software 'Final Cut Express'. It takes a while to get used to but hopefully we should create quite a successful video........=)

Here is the editing a few days later:

Beat sheet

By Jasmine
Here is a beat sheet showing the timings of the song. I have timed the beat of the song when each lyric is played in the song. This is so that we can figure out what can go in between the beats of the lyrics, and when the musician can sing in this song. The timeline shows when the music starts and when it finishes.
The image below shows the beat sheet, but it was disappointing as it appeared to be too small for it.

Plot and Storyboard - bit for bit

Black and white

Music has not started yet and the following is to set up the story

Establishing sot of car (morris minor) pulling up

Musician gets out of car carrying guitar perhaps)

Musician walks into theatre/entertainment building

Cut to musician walking on stage with band and audience ready/already set up

"I couldn't reach you..." close up/mid close up of singing into microphone

"Do you run, do you run" shot of band playing together

Colour

"I couldn't reach..." Musician in old red telephone booth

"Do you run..." A shot of old 60's phone in a flat surrounded by people, no one answers/it gets knocked over - reverse shot to musician slamming the phone down

Instrumental (Different beat)

Musician opens door looking down at something

Close up of photo/phone number in hand

Scrumbles it up and throws it onto the ground (Walks away possibly stepping on it)

Close up of it on the floor, shows Edie's face and focuses on it

Instrumental - the regular beat

opening of doors to Andy Warhol's factory

Establishing shot of the Factory (art work, Andy painting, people being social having a laugh)

Fast spinning of camera to represent the quickpace in which things move in this world and slowly goes darker until it comes to a halt at which the scenary has changed, it is now a night scene in the Factory - people dancing, partying, Edie is the obvious centre of attention

"I couldn't see... lights"

Shot of the musician stood outside looking through a window

Eye view of Edie getting ready

Shot from indoor of the musician looking besotted

(shot reverse shot)

Another eyeview shot of Edie only man/her friends enter and drag her with them - lights go out

From outdoor - a hand on the musicians shoulder

A bodyguard has the musician and drags him away

"I couldn't... right"

Musician and Edie arguing, Edie is stood up against a wall, crossed arms and a cigaret in her right hand, view from the back of musician - arm gestures suggesting his frustration and anger

Close up of musician still shouting, he goes to grab Edie by the shoulders

Close up of Edie pushing him away and aggressively arguing back for the first time (over shoulder shot)

Shot from the side of both of them, he walks off

Back shot of him opening the door but he turns to see if she follows

Edie walks into the distance to Warhol's factory and the members, she fades away whereas musician stays in focus

Instrumental break

Shot of musician again in black and white with band

Edie's photoshoot (+ Andy and different costumes)

Restaurant scene (Edie, Warhol, Factory members)

Edie on her own, smoking and drawing in her notebook

5th lyric

Close up of musician singing into his microphone passionately

Edie stumbling drunkenly up stairs and falling over

landlord/lady tells her off alas Edie laughs drunkenly at her

6th lyric

Image of Edie posing for Warhol (Camera moves around her in a semi circle)

B&W - Edie snorting coke

posing

B&W - Edie going paraletic and losing it

People starring at her, cross armed, looking disaprovingly

(Tune lapse) Edie is out of it

Still shot of Edie starring into the camera, rapid zoom into her face (Still shot is of pop art quality)

Instrumental

Close up of bassist and guitarist

Close up shot of drummer

Shot of musician playing his guitar and jamming with the band

7th lyric

Edie walking by the train station under disguise

Musician walking across bridge casually, goes to lean on the bridge & spots something

Long distance shot from the bridge of Edie sitting on the bench, smoking

Front shot of musician on bridge half running and half trying to get a letter out

Low angle shot of him on top of the steps, still running but he stops after a few steps, looking disappointed and annoyed

Clip of fans surrounding Edie, asking for her autograph (Big fuss!)

Instrumental

(Edie not present) Split screen shot - Andy's world and musician playing

Edie walking around, a bit rough, down alleyway, with drink in hand

Warhol in his factory - someone produces a picture of him and Edie together and Andy brushes it away

Back of Warhol sat on chair looking at projection of Edie on wall

A shot of Warhol from the side of his face - camera turns to his front

Eight lyric

Edie stumbles against a wall (looking even rougher)

She pulls out a cigarette and even though it has broken she attempts to light it.

Shot of her in an elevator (People in there with her)

Ninth lyric

Back shot of Edie walking in seeing Andy Warhol enjoying himself with the Factory people and a new girl

Close up of people's faces as they awkwardly realise who it is

Edie walks over to Andy, tries to be charming and friendly - goes to hug him. Warhol just sits there and does not respond but keeps talking to other people

New girl walks in front of crowd, posing and showing off, they all applaud her and laugh. Andy walks over to her and hugs her whilst someone takes pictures of them

Edie goes to walk to the door, looks back

Clip of Andy with girl - still posing, suddenly Edie attacks Warhol - screaming and shouting. 2 people take her by the arms and drag her out

Cuts to outside, security/factory members telling Edie to not come back! (Maybe she gets thrown in the gutter)

Instrumental

Last shot of band together - close up of musician(playing his guitar), he stares at something in the crowd

Cuts to copycat of Edie in the crowd

Reverse shot back to musician, shakes his head and turns around to jam with the band

Edie sprawled on bed "naked", clutching a bottle of vodka, pills on the side - close up of bottle dropping to the floor

Andy sat in the dark, lantern light on him, he plays with his catholic necklace, his sunglasses have been taken off, he looks sad but shows hardly any emotion (a tear roll's down his cheek)

A very low angle shot of the musician walking across a path

high angle shot from behind grave, musician kneeling down

Close-up of photo of Edie and a rose propped up against the grave (Fade out)

*lenght - 3.25 min
*Starts to fade out - 3.15

Emma green, Jasmine Underhill and Kathrine Nielsen


Storyboard-By Jasmine

Location shots

By Jasmine

I have taken a selection of photographs showing where we will probably record our video or what props we may use. This is so that we have a clear guideline of the locations we are going to use for our video. These are the following:

Ludlow Train Station:

We may decide to use Ludlow train station in our 60's music video as it is will give an old rustic feel to it, which is most suitable. This location will be used in the scene where the musician (aka Mat) will be looking down at Edie when he notices her. He will probably then try and run towards her to try and tell her something.

I have took a range of photos so we know exactly what sort of angles work best for this scene.

Telephone box:

I have taken a photo of the telephone box as we will probably be using this in the scene where the musician is trying to get in contact with Edie. However, Edie will not pick up as this scene we will take inbetween these clips is of her being dragged away by loads of friends. She will not hear the phone and it will be dropped on the floor.

Ludlow Assembly Rooms:

The reason why I have taken a photo of the Ludlow Assembly rooms is because we will most probably hire one of the rooms for a scene where the factory is exposed in our video. This is where Warhol will be analysing his art work and others during the video. We may also use this location for the entrance doors for the musicians performance.

The Ok Diner:

This location would be an ideal place to film part of our music video, as it contains many elements from the 60's. Especially the American feel towards it as inside this restaraunt their contains jukeboxes, 60 music, and overall the interior design is set to create this 60's feel towards it.
However, as this location is quite far away from us and that we may not be able to have permission to film here is disappointing. If we were to use this in the future it would be a great idea.

I have taken this photo as we will probably use this room for the scene where the musicians band starts playing. This room would be ideal as it is spacious and it is a basic structural room.

Risk Assessment

By Jasmine Underhill

As we are designing and making a music video, we need to consider the dangers of producing it. So, we have come up with an idea to create a risk assessment so that we are not harmed whilst producing our music video.

The following shows dangers that may occur, and how harmful out of 10 we believe it is:


*Cables-We are most probably going to use many sources of technical equipment during the duration of the music video. Cables can be seen as a danger as people could trip on them and hurt themselves....Ouch! Rating: 6/10

*Clothing/shoes-If the clothing is too long for the cast member, they may trip on the material. Also if Jodie (who plays Edie) wears high heels she could also trip over or even sprain her ankle. Rating: 5/10

*Weather- As we are taking a small clip from outside (actually quite a few clips), we need to consider the weather as it may harm the cast member. Such as, if it is snowing or if there is ice on the pavement, the cast member may harm themselves and seriously injure themselves if they slip. Rating: 4/10 (depending on the weather)

*Stage- If the cast member does not look where they are going on the stage, they may fall off the stage and hurt themselves badly as the stage is quite high. Plus, they may also trip on the stairs on the stage. Rating: 6/10

* Instruments-As we are most likely using instruments in our video,we may encounter problems with getting them to the stage area. This is because we may have to carry heavy equipment up the stairs to the stage. This could harm us and cast members as it could fall back onto us or others. Rating: 8/10

*Costs/travelling- If we were to video scenes from different places, we would have to know how much it would cost to get there and back. If a member from the group did not have enough money to get back, or have an emergency contact number, they could put themselves into danger. Rating:9/10


We now need to consider resolving the problem. This is so that we can make sure that everyone is safe, and that we can work in a safe friendly environment:

*Cables- We could make sure that the cables are securely tucked away from the stage area so that the cast members are less likely to trip. Rating now: 2/10

*Clothing/Shoes-We will consider making the outfits shorter so that the cast members do not fall or trip over. However, it is likely that we will use high heels for Jodies character as Edie used to wear them a lot so we will have to be careful. Rating now: 3/10

*Weather- As we obviously cannot control the weather, we have decided to make sure that the cast knows to try their best to be aware of the ice if there is any at all. This will hopefully make them feel more safe and secure. Rating now:3/10

*Stage- We could possibly put a row of white tape a few inches from the edge of the stage and stairsThis is so that the cast member knows exactly where they should not cross as they could injure themselves. Rating now: 2/10

*Instruments-We could possibly ask members of staff from the Assembly Rooms if they could carry the equipment for us. Or we may even be able to take them in the lift so there is no hassle getting up the stairs. Rating now: 4/10

*Costs/travelling- To resolve this problem all we have to do is take extra money with us and make sure that we all have our mobile phones with us. This is so that we know exactly where everyone is and if they are safe or not. Rating now: 2/10

Hair & Make up - our Warhol

By Kathrine Nielsen

The first scene we shot was the one near the end of our video in which Warhol secretly is grieving Edie Sedwicks death in the darkness. So I brought in a fragment of my make up kit - 3 waterbased face/body paints (Green, Red and white) Andy Warhol had a skin condition making it go blotchy for which he always used to cover it up with tonnes of make up (Foundations) Naturally our actor Owen Lewis does not suffer from this so what I did was I prepared a base of a fine - very weak watery, layer of white face paint, applied to his face and neck. After this I gently dotted with a large brush a few brown marks around his mouth, reaching his eyes and on the side of his chin, after this I applied a slightly thicker layer of white, making it much more subtle and creating the effect of 'sore' skin - basically making it look unhealthy. After this, around Owens eyes I applied a fine pink layer and a second layer in which I had mixed some brown in, yet the second layer was right under his eyes making them look sore and swollen - As if he just cried. The pictures show myself working with Owen and were taken mainly by Jasmine, yet there is one in which I asked Jasmine to help me by doing Owens hair (Straightening it) due to time constrictions. The picture showing both me and Jasmine was taken by our teacher Caroline.

Above - Jasmine, Owen and Kat

The final result - Owen Lewis

Ideas for Music Video

*Have musician get out of a Moris Minor at the beginning, before the music begins, and have him walking into concert area

*Have old-classic film countdown at beginning

*He enters into a theatre/arena and it cuts to stage, with a band and audience already set up. (This is all happening when the music starts playing before the singing)

*Musician could be in black and white to represent time and the contrast between his world and Andy and Edie's colourful world.

* He should be performing when the first lyric "I couldn't reach you when you set it to the ground" is being sung.

*The shot then cuts to Edie, walking barefoot around the street, partying with Warhol in the Factory, in studio being shot and eating in a restaurant with the Factory members.

*When the lyric "I couldn't reach you when you said you were hanging around" is playing, he could try to ring her in a red telephone box and it cuts to a phone in a flat which is surrounded by people but noone can hear it.

*When the lyric "I couldn't see you when you said turn off the lights" is playing, the musician could be watching Edie through her flat window, or peeking behind a door while she gets dressed, relaxes, hangs round with other men etc. but then she switches off the lights and so he can no longer see.

*When the lyric "I couldn't see you when you said "I'm sure I'm right" is playing, it could be Edie arguing with the musician who is trying to persuade her to leave Andy's world and come with him, but she resists, walks off and fades out with the rest of the Factory.

*When the lyrics "Life thrust down into a rush, nothing else matters much" and "Sometimes makes me lose my mind, yeah it does, it make me lose my mind", there could be more shots of Edie having fun in the factory but contrasted with dark, shaky clips of her doing drugs, shaking, looking dis-orientated along with shots of a more sinister side to the Factory and Warhol.

* When the lyric "I couldn't hear you when you said turn out the sound" is playing, Edie is walking around perhaps a trainstation under disguise (sunglasses and scarf aka Grace Kelly) and musician spots her and just before he runs over to give her a letter or say hello, papazarri and fans also spot her and he is pushed back by the crowds.

*At the end, the performer could either spot Edie in the crowd but it is a copycat wannabe OR the camera draws back from the TV, to show Edie sprawled over the floor in her now empty flat, obviously drunk or passed out.

The Andy Warhol Story

By Emma Green
Andrew Warhola was born February 6th 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania. His parents were migrants from north-eastern Slovakia, which at the time, had been under Austro-Hungarian rule. Warhol's father was a coal miner, and the family were brought up as Catholics.
As a youngster, Andy got chorea; a nervous system disease which caused involuntary movements of the extremities and skin pigmentation blotchiness. Often bed-ridden as a child, he became an outcast with his peers, so developed a strong bond with his mother. Because of his lack of freedom, he would either draw in bed, listen to the radio or collect pictures of celebrities. Warhol later believe this period helped to build his personality, his skills, and preferences.
Warhol went on to study commercial art at Pittsburgh School of Fine Arts, and in 1949, he moved to New York where he began a career in magazine illustration and advertising. His work was first praised in the 1950s, when he gained fame for his ink drawings of shoe advertisements. RCA records then decided to employ Warhol to design album covers and promotional material.
It was in the early 1960s when Andy had his first one-man art gallery exhibition as a fine artist. It was also when Warhol began to start making his paintings of iconic American products such as Campbell Soup and CocaCola as well as famous celebrities like Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Muhammad Ali and Elizabeth Taylor. His work was both popular and controversial. Furthermore, he founded his "Factory", the studio in which he worked during this period, and the people which gathered in there. These included a wide range of artists, musicians, writers, and underground celebrities.

Among the imagery tackled by Warhol were dollar bills, celebrities and brand name products. He also used as imagery for his paintings newspaper headlines or photographs of mushroom clouds, electric chairs, and police dogs attacking civil rights protesters. Warhol also used Coca Cola bottles as subject matter for paintings. He had this to say about Coca Cola:

"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coca Cola, Liz Taylor drinks Coca Cola, and just think, you can drink Coca Cola, too. A coke is a coke and no amount of money can get you a better coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it. "
Warhol were attacked for "capitulating" to consumerism. Critics were scandalized by Warhol's open embrace of market culture. Throughout the decade it became more and more clear that there had been a profound change in the culture of the art world, and that Warhol was at the center of that shift. Andy's work challenged the question of what really was art and how it is created.
Because Andy was an advertisement illustrator in the 1950s, Warhol used to use assistants to help with productivity. Collaboration would remain a defining (and controversial) aspect of his working methods throughout his career; in the 1960s, this was particularly true. One of the most important collaborators during this period was Gerard Malanga. Malanga assisted the artist with producing silkscreens, films, sculpture, and other works at "The Factory", Warhol's aluminum foil-and-silver-paint-lined studio. Other members of Warhol's Factory crowd included Freddie Herko, Ondine, Ronald Tavel, Mary Woronov, Billy Name, and Brigid Berlin (from whom he apparently got the idea to tape record his phone conversations).
During the 60s, Warhol also groomed a retinue of bohemian eccentrics upon whom he bestowed the designation "Superstars", including Edie Sedgwick, Viva, Ultra Violet, and Candy Darling. These people all participated in the Factory films, and some, like Berlin, remained friends with Warhol until his death. Important figures in the New York underground art/cinema world, such as writer John Giorno and film-maker Jack Smith, also appear in Warhol films of the 1960s, revealing Warhol's connections to a diverse range of artistic scenes during this period.
When Andy was shot by an art critic and Factory figure, Mario Amaya in 1968, for "having too much control over life", this signalled the end of the "Great Factory 60's". Warhol nearly died in the attempted assasination and he suffered physical effects from it for the rest of his life. The shooting inspired much of his later life and art.
The 1970's was a much quiter decade for Warhol after the success and scandal of the 1960s. He spent most of this time looking for new, rich patrons for portrait commissions. These people included Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Bridgette Bardot. He also founded "Interview" Magazine and published "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol". He also would socialise at clubs such as Studio 54 but he was described as quiet, shy and an observer. In the 1980's, he re-emerged with critical and financial success, due to his new-found friendships with young artists who were dominating the world of Art at the time with their neo-expressionist and transavantgarde work. However, Warhol was starting to become critisised for being a "business artist". His portraits of celebrities and famous personalities were called superficial and commercial with no depth or significance to the subjects themselves.
Two significant things about Andy was his sexuality and his religious beliefs. Many people thought of Warhol as "asexual", but it was well established he was a homosexual. His sexuality can be seen in work through his erotic photography, drawings of male nudes and films such as "Blow Job" and "Lonesome Cowboys". His work was drawn from the gay underground culture and many of his films were shown in gay porn theatres. At the beginning of his career, his work was rejected from galleries for being too "openly gay". His camp personality also made it difficult for him to fit in in social situations, but he refused to change his attitude.
Warhol was a practicing Byzantine Catholic. He regularly volunteered at homeless shelters in New York, particularly during the busier times of the year, and described himself as a religious person. Several of Warhol's later works depicted religious subjects, including two series, Details of Renaissance Paintings and The Last Supper. In addition, a body of religious-themed works was found posthumously in his estate. During his life, Warhol regularly attended Mass, and the priest at Warhol's church, Saint Vincent's, said that the artist went there almost daily. His art is noticeably influenced by the eastern Christian iconographic tradition which was so evident in his places of worship.
Warhol died in New York City at on February 22, 1987. According to news reports, he had been making good recovery from a routine gallbladder surgery at New York Hospital before dying in his sleep from a sudden post-operative cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beats and electric impulses in the heart). Prior to his diagnosis and operation, Warhol delayed having his recurring gallbladder problems checked, as he was afraid to enter hospitals and see doctors. His family sued the hospital for inadequate care, saying that the arrhythmia was caused by improper care and hyperhydration.

The coffin was a solid bronze casket with gold plated rails and white upholstery. Warhol was dressed in a black cashmere suit, a paisley tie, a platinum wig, and sunglasses. He was posed holding a small prayer book and a red rose.

Music genres

By Jasmine

Music is seen as very popular all around the world and can be classed as different genres. These genres are all a way of placing different music tastes into different group categories. For example the following:

Rock music- Otherwise known as 'Rock'n' Roll', mainly contains instruments such as, drums,guitars,guitar acoustics, electric guitars etc. It is also known to be split up into several different sub-genres such as indie rock, punk rock, emo rock and so on......

Rock music had first originated in the late 1940's to early 1950's in the US and was first started as a mixture of genres which was the blues and jazz music.

The king of Rock 'n' Roll, aka Elvis Presley, was one of the most famous legends of our time. His most famous song which had became very popular in 1957 and still popular now, is called the 'Jailhouse Rock'. He had released this specific song as Elvis was introducing the film he had starred in so that he could persuade more viewers to watch the film. He had also included other songs from the film itself, such as 'Don't leave me now' and '(You're so square) Baby i dont care'. This had topped the charts and many of his songs became number one for a number of weeks due to people purchasing his album.
Elvis sadly passed away in 1977 from a cardiac arrhythmia and his music and features are missed by many millions. Elvis is still even more popular now as many people see him as a role model in society today. Elvis's songs have also been used as a way of remembering the king himself. Such as his famous song,'A little less conversation', but in 2002 remixed by Dj junkie DXL. Even though this famous song was released it sadly only got to the 31st position in the UK charts. However, we still see the king as being one of our most missed artists in the world.

Here is the music video I have downloaded from Youtube of Elvis presley performing "A little less conversation":


Whereas, 2002's 'A little less conversation' is some what different...:

Rock Fashion- Fashion has been seen as a huge craze throughout most of our history, and it creates personality's towards each individual.

Gothic subcultures

Gothics are people who wear dark, mysterious clothing to show their emotions of their lifestyle and culture. Famous rock bands such as Marilyn Manson, Evanesense and Black Sabbath all have these features to their clothing. The darkness of their clothing also shows a rebellious side towards them as black may symbolise death.The image shown on the right is of a woman wearing a skull and bones jumper,fish net tights, netted skirt and bright red short hair. This is all so that she can create a powerful statement that she simply 'does not care' about what people think of her even though her image is quite strong to create a rebellious side to her.

The main idea behind gothic clothing lines is to re-create the clothing from the gothic era (16th century), which was also about arcitechture (Pointy arches - Notre Dame in Paris for example) and religon/folklore. The simple misunderstanding is that Marilyn Manson indeed is a 'goth' when he is actually an 'acid metaller' and the goth's usually are seen wearing vampiristic almost majestic clothes, usually in silver, blue, pink, red, purple, green and black. Vampires were seen as neat, clean tidy and perfect creatures and this is the idea the Goths are trying to obtain with lacey corsages, long gowns and robes - which can be related to the Japanese Lolita trend. Artists dressing like the classical Goth you see artists such as Evanesence, Siouxie and the Banshees and Bauhaus, classic gothic looking bands although Evanesence only look the part yet do not participate in the musical category. Goth music of the 70's to present usually consists of a steady drum beat, bass and keyboard music. The lyrics are almost like poetry.

Marilyn Manson

Evanescence

Punk rock-Usually contains instruments such as: vocals, electric guitar, bass and drums

Punk rock had first became a hit in the late 70's in the U.S and Australia. They had consisted of garage rock and other types of protopunk music so that it could combine and create the mainstream of rock music. Punk rock music is also known to be fast paced and strong to create the rebellious side of rock itself. Bands such as "Green Day" and "the Offspring" had created a phenomenon, as most people had become hooked to this new punk rock music and had widespread its popularity all over the world.

Punk Fashion

To belong in the punk subculture you must have the following variables:
*Clothing

-Usually T-shirt, Jeans and leather jacket

-They believed that second hand clothing seemed far better than expensive colourful clothing in the disco scene.

-Offensive T-shirts became very popular in the early punk scene.

-Ripped or torn clothing was seen as fashionable in the punk subculture.

-Clothing is often used to create a statement

-Fishnet stockings (sometimes torn)

*Hairstyles

-Usually long and spiked up to create a mohican

-Often dyed in outrageous colours

*Jewellery

-Spike bands or other types of studs are used commonly

-Safety pins used to hold ripped pieces of material together purposely

-Body piercings
-Silver bracelets

*Cosemetics
-Dark eyeliner is often used, particularly on women as they would often rebel about society sterotyping women. As they would stereotype them as the average women who would wear "pretty delicate clothing".

Some celebrities have influenced the punk subculture and has taught society that everyone is different, such as:

*Pink

As you can see in this picture, Pink (the singer) has got a striking attitude and has produced a statement that she simply 'does not care'. Her hair is dyed pink to represent her stage name and has been spiked up a bit to show the punk side of her.

*Kelly Osbourne

This picture on the right is of Kelly Osbourne, otherwise known as Ozzy Osbournes daughter (the lead singer off Black Sabbath). Kelly had succeeded in many areas such as becoming a successful fashion designer, singer, actress and model. I believe that Kelly's fashion is quite sinister and creates strong references of rebellion. This is because she has been known to mainly wear dark clothing. However, she may have been brought up to dress like she does as her father is 'The Prince Of Darkness'. Her punk subculture and her characteristics show that she is a tough cookie and will not let anyone get in the way, this is most common for a typical punk, as many of the females believe that they should not be stereotyped as the typical woman.

The Ramones- The Ramones along with 'The Sex Pistols' and 'The Clash', were the first ever band to be recognised as 'Punk Rock'. This had created a new musical movement in the late 70's.

Folk- Usually contains instruments such as, acoustics guitars, percussion instruments etc.

Folk music had first originated in the 19th century and was better known as 'Folklore'. A band which had first became a hit with folk music was a group called 'The Almanac Singers'. Most of their songs had linked to the labour government to promote debates around the world. This is so that people from all over the world could see what they believe what is happening in society today. In some cases they would write songs about promoting racial and religious inclusiveness and workers rights. This is due to them feeling strongly about this and they would produce songs in order to achieve their goals.
I have uploaded a video via youtube so that you can see what their song is like, enjoy :) ....: