This information will be used in my voice over when talking about the music culture of the city and how it helped Liverpool claim fame, speaking about different successful artists from the past and the present and the success it has brought to the city. I think I might interview a musician from Liverpool today and talk about the culture as a whole and how it has affected them and their influences from the city.

Liverpool is well known for its famous music scene. There are many successful musicians that come from Liverpool including The Beatles, Cilla Black, Billy Fury, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The La’s, The Searchers and many more.

In the 1950s, there weren’t many musicians on the scene apart from Billy Fury, The Searchers, The Quarrymen, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes – these bands were known as skiffle groups.

Music began to get more popular in the 1960s in Liverpool because after the city had been refurbished after the second world war in the 1950s, migrants came over from Ireland and overseas and the music was represented by the mix of cultures in the city.

The city is famous for being the home to The Beatles who are known to be one of the best bands ever. They formed in 1958 and claimed their fame in 1963 up until 1970. Their first album, Please Please Me, sold more than 800 million records around the world, more than any other group ever has.

Alongside the Beatles, Cilla Black was a female singer who was also topping the charts in the 60s who also performed in clubs around Liverpool like the Beatles before she was managed by Brian Epstein who also managed the Beatles. She had eleven top ten hits throughout the 1960s including two number one singles and sold more records than any other British female artist. She went on to become the nation’s most popular television presenters. Her statue is on Matthew Street where she and many famous musicians performed in her early life.

Gerry and the Pacemakers released one of the most famous songs about Liverpool, Ferry Across the Mersey, which was released in 1965 which did not reach number one. The group had other successful singles and the first musical act to reach number one with the firs three singles they first released.

Deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk. (2019). Music in Liverpool in the 1960s – Dead Good Poets Society. [online] Available at: https://deadgoodpoetssociety.co.uk/music-in-liverpool-in-the-1960s/ [Accessed 29 Mar. 2019].

In the 1970s, music was getting more popular and more musicians were joining the music scene such as Echo and the Bunnymen, Deaf School and more. In this decade, there was a range of sub cultures but the punk, rockabilly, new romantic and emerging goth scenes were the main looks of the decade. They were musical followers who wore clothes to match their music taste.

Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. (2019). Fashion and music in Liverpool, Liverpool museums. [online] Available at: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation/exhibitions/mellina/fashion/ [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

Echo and the Bunnymen were a rock band that formed in 1978 in Liverpool. They released many hit sngles including The Killing Moon, Seven Seas and Lips Like Sugar. They are still together and are continuing to play at festivals and touring as well as releasing new music.

Discogs. (2019). Echo & The Bunnymen. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/45115-Echo-The-Bunnymen [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

In the 1980s, the music was the same and more musicians from Liverpool were coming to the scene like The La’s, The Farm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and more.

The La’s were a rock band formed in the 1980s in Liverpool until 1992 and released their biggest single called ‘There She Goes.’ Discogs. (2019).

The La’s. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/107074-The-Las [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

Frankie Goes to Hollywood was an 8 piece band, formed in Liverpool in 1980. They were a dance rock, dance pop, synth band. They’re known for releasing two very famous songs – Relax and The Power of Love.

Discogs.com. (2019). Searching for “frankie goes to hollywood”on Discogs. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/search/?q=frankie+goes+to+hollywood&type=all [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

In the 1990s, there weren’t as many bands and musicians that appeared on the scene but not as many as there were in the 80s. There were Cast, Ladytron, Space, The Coral etc.

Cast were a britpop band formed in 1993 by John Power from the La’s and Peter Wilkinson. They released 4 albums between 1993 and 2002 before splitting. Their albums feature some of their most successful songs – Walkaway and Alright.

Discogs. (2019). Cast. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/7215-Cast [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

Atomic Kitten was a pop group formed by three women in 1998. They released three albums before splitting in 2004 and had some well known singles called The Tide is High and Whole Again.

Discogs. (2019). Atomic Kitten. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/165419-Atomic-Kitten [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

In the 2000s, there once again weren’t as famous many bands and musicians that came to the scene until later on after 2010.

The Wombats are an indie rock, indie pop band that formed in 2003 in Liverpool and are still making music today. They have released five albums and have all been successful, they each include some of their most famous singles – Moving to New York, Lets Dance to Joy Division and Turn. They have done many tours and they usually do worldwide tours.

Spotify. (2019). The Wombats. [online] Available at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Ya43ZKWHTKkAbkoJJkwIB [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

Another band formed in Liverpool in 2002 were The Zutons who are an indie rock band. They released three debut albums that featured all their most famous singles – Valerie and Fever.

Discogs. (2019). The Zutons. [online] Available at: https://www.discogs.com/artist/266713-The-Zutons [Accessed 2 Apr. 2019].

 

In the 1990s, Liverpool was the neglected city in the North West whilst Manchester was in the process of being invested whilst Liverpool was getting ignored and the reputation was submerged in instability and strikes. In 2004, that has changed with new leadership and a developer was willing to invest £1 billion into getting it regenerated and was awarded the 2008 Capital of Culture that was when Liverpool began to get regenerated and change forever.

Liverpool is an Economic Development Company that is based in Liverpool and introduced many urban regeneration projects in the city that are based in such as the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool ONE and the Echo Arena.

The aim of the redevelopment scheme in the Liverpool One project was to regenerate 42 acres of under-utilised land in Liverpool city centre. The Liverpool One scheme was led by big retails, Debenhams and John Lewis incorporating retail spaces, leisure facilities, office blocks and the Odeon Cinema. The majority of the complex was opened in phases during 2008.

Once Liverpool One was completed, it took Liverpool into the top five most popular shopping locations in the UK. New businesses were springing up and over 40% of Liverpool One’s retailers are new to the area. Liverpool finally managed to establish itself as a huge shopping destination in the UK. The Albert Dock had also seen an increase of around 100000 visitors per week, up 46% overall.

The £39 million scheme of Liverpool Lime Street involved the creation of 412 bedroom student block, over 30,000 square feet of commercial space and 101 bedroom hotel. SAVE Britain’s Heritage was against the demolition stating that to was an inappropriate action, but the court found that the building was structurally unsafe and barely anything could be done to stabilise it so demolition was not an unreasonable step to take.

Liverpool Waters is a £5.5 billion project that aimed to regenerate Liverpool’s docklands that will extend 2km along the River Mersey ran by the Peel Group. It offers attractive incentives to business to invest there, including business rates discounts, super fast broadband and flexibility in terms of use of floor space. The other aim is to build a new cruise terminal in on 60 acres to derelict dock lands but include the construction of over 9000 flats, offices, hotels and bars.

The aim is to not just increase housing stock but also to encourage new businesses and art as an extension of the commercial and business districts within Liverpool’s city centre. After this is completed, Liverpool will be able to compete with other cities such as Boston, Barcelona, Toronto and Hamburg in terms of its waterfront offerings and economy.

The Anfield project is a redevelopment plan led by Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Football Club and Your Housing Group. It started in 2013 and the aim was to improve the existing strengths in the Anfield area. There are many developments included in the project that have began like, new and refurbished housing, new street lighting, parks ands alleyways, the expansion of Liverpool Club’s Anfield Stadium, Anfield Square which will include commercial and retail space and a new hotel and new retail premises including a new Liverpool FC superstore and cafe.

This project has hailed a huge success and has helped those who lived in the prior neglected area of Liverpool. The expansion of the main stand at Liverpool Football club’s stadium has created over 1000 new match day roles including catering, retail, hospitality and more.

One Touch Property Investment. (2019). Regeneration of Liverpool – The City’s Changing Skyline. [online] Available at: https://www.onetouchinvestment.co.uk/news/advice/why-invest-in-property/regeneration-liverpool-citys-changing-skyline/ [Accessed 28 Mar. 2019].

I will use this information in the voice over and how Liverpool has changed and different parts of the city have been regenerated and all the benefits to it. The interviewee will speak about it but then I will also use this information in the voice over if certain parts aren’t mentioned. I will put my own footage of the shots I get when I go out and film all around Liverpool and some archive to give the audience more of a visual idea on what they are talking about.

Liverpool has the most museums and galleries out of all the cities in the UK. It has many famous galleries and paintings all around the city.

The Liverpool Wings by Paul Curtis in the Baltic Triangle became the most popular street art in Liverpool. This was created by a local artist and the artwork allows people to transform themselves into an iconic Liver Bird. The Wings symbolised the start of a street art trend in the area which is surrounded by start up businesses, warehouses and bars. I will have this spoken about in the documentary either by the artist I interview if when I ask about influences and street art but also I will get my own footage of the wings so I can show the audience what is being spoke about. I will be getting different shots of the wings from different angles so its not just the same image.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). the Liverpool Wings by Paul Curtis – Sub-Attraction in Liverpool, City – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/the-liverpool-wings-by-paul-curtis-p448021 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

Liverpool Biennial is a platform for research, presenting and commissioning international art, education and debate. The Biennial exhibition brings an international focus to our work every two years. It is when the world comes go Liverpool and engages with their thinking and they present their art to the world.

It was founded in 1998 by James Moores and since then, Liverpool Biennial has commissioned 305 new artwork from 444 artists around the world. It has had an economic impact of £119.6 million. I will also get some footage of the Liverpool Biennial after I get permission to film there.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Liverpool Biennial – Business Institution in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/liverpool-biennial-p105951 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

The SuperLamBanana was commissioned in 1998 for Britain’s Art Transpennine exhibition, SuperLamBanana is one of the most popular and instantly recognisable pieces of public sculpture in Liverpool.

It was created by Japanese artist Taro Chiezo. It is now based in Manhattan, Taro is one of Japan’s most successful visual artists of the past fifteen years. Tairo aimed to represent a sense of humour alongside the serious contemporary issue of genetic engineering through this work of art. I will travel to this sculpture and get some footage of it to use in the documentary, this will show the audience what is being spoken about as it is very famous and will be mentioned in my project.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Superlambanana – Sightseeing in Liverpool, City – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/superlambanana-p18309 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

The Walker Art Gallery is part of National Museums Liverpool and contains the best collection of historic art outside of London. it holds a collection of paintings, sculpture and decorative arts spanning over six hundred years. The Walker is one of the finest art galleries in Europe and is home to outstanding works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin and Gainsborough.

In the Walker, you will find Tudor portraits and a large collection Victorian works including Dante’s Dream by Rossetti alongside work from other famous artists like Millais etc.

The decorative arts gallery contains more than 500 pieces of glass, pottery, fashion and furniture from the ancient world to the 20th century.

I will get some footage from the outside and the inside of the museum if I get permission so the audience know what and where is being spoken about. I want to interview a local artist who might have a painting or something in the gallery and I could interview them in front of it so the audience can see their work. The camera will cut back and forth between the interviewee and the what they are talking about which could be art around the city, inspirations and locations and galleries.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Walker Art Gallery – Gallery in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/walker-art-gallery-p8490 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

Tate is the home of British and International modern and contemporary art in the North. Tate has become one of the most visited galleries outside of London.

Tate brings together artworks from all over the world, it prides itself on staging an ever evolving programme of unique collection. With past artists featured including Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol etc.

Tate gallery offers large displays of work from the National collection which features work of artists including L.S. Lowry, Cindy Sherman and more which made Tate Liverpool the perfect place for the public to visit their favourite artworks and discovering something new.

This art gallery holds special events frequently like talks and workshops for the public to take part in as well as family activities like creating their own comics.

I hope to do some vox pops either inside the Tate or outside of it and ask 6-8 different people what they find interesting about the art in the city and why they like it, I will need to get the Tate’s permission but also get permission off the people who I will be asking. I will do this to get different opinions on one topic which may encourage my audience to go to Liverpool and visit these places.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Tate Liverpool – Gallery in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/tate-liverpool-p17814 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

The Victoria Gallery is a renovated gothic building houses there university of Liverpool’s collection of art, silver, furniture sculpture, ceramics, fossils and more.

Spanning the 16th to the 21st centuries, the art collection comprises more that 6500 items of art, sculpture furniture, glass and silverware.

Visitliverpool.com. (2019). Victoria Gallery & Museum – Gallery in Liverpool, Liverpool – Visit Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://www.visitliverpool.com/things-to-do/victoria-gallery-and-museum-p164291 [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

I will use this information when I get the voice over to speak about the arts and culture in Liverpool including some of Liverpool’s most famous street art and the famous art galleries and museums because they are huge part of the city. Anything the historian doesn’t mention, I will put it in the script and this information will be used. I will put footage that I have taken myself and put it under the voice over and under what the historian says.

 

The Liverpool docks dominated global trade in the 19th century. It opened in 1846, it changed the way the docks were worked here forever. The traders could do their deals before their import taxes were due, cranes hauled heavy cargoes across the flagstones. After the introduction, the interviewee will be seen on screen and will begin with talking about the docks and the history which is this part and he will continue to talk about the docks and the development of them. The docks are one of the most important and famous places in Liverpool so there will be a lot to discuss. I will have archive of the docks in the 19th century after we have seen the interviewee so the audience know who is talking and they have an idea of what the docks looked like back then.

The waters were stretched the size of three football pitches and the construction cost the equivalent of £41 million today. The Mersey has always played central role in the city’s cultural life and Dock’s size marked its imprint on the waterfront.

In 1846, 40% of the of global trade passes through Liverpool’s Docks. Jesse Hartley, engineer and architect, built vast warehouses on its quaysides to store goods from across the globe and officially opened on the 30th July by HRH Prince Albert.

In the war years, the coming of steamships means that they are too big to sail in and out of the Albert Dock. During the WWII, the Dock became a hive of activity again on the river. Hundreds of small warships, submarines, landing craft and merchant ships were all teemed up in the Docks. The Albert Dock had never been so full with so many ships. I will once again have archive over this part when it is being spoken about because it was a big part in the history of the docks so it will cut back from the interviewee to the archive footage.

In 1941, the May Blitz was when the docks and cargoes became a target for German bombers, which would drop mines into the water then onto the roofs. Liverpool was the headquarters by this time of the Admiralty’s Atlantic campaign. The bombs raze the warehouses day and night during this time, causing a lot of damage. Archive will be shown in this part of the documentary so the audience will know what damage was caused during the May Blitz and they can see how it has changed over the years after it had been redeveloped.

In 1976, the Liverpool City Council decrees the Albert Dock a Conservative area to preserve its unique architectural. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board has thought about demolishing the Albert Dock in 1960 and 1966.

In 1981, the Albert Dock complex became abandoned. The Merseyside Development Corporation wanted to regenerate Liverpool’s waterfront and made it their mission. It created over 22000 new jobs and brought nearly £700 million of private finance during its 10 year life span. Archival footage will be shown of the empty, abandoned docks and no one around it which will help show the audience what it looked like so they can keep the emptiness in their mind to when they compare it to the docks today.

In 1986, Merseyside Maritime Museum opened. The museum was the first public building to open at the Dock. It celebrates the city’s rich maritime history, including the relationship with the Titanic. Archival footage of the Maritime Museum being built and then what it looked like after being built and I will also have what it looked like when people began visiting there and when people began visiting the Docks again after it being abandoned.

In 2013, it had been 25 years since the Dock’s regeneration and it sits at the forefront of Liverpool’s cultural consciousness again. It is the home of the cultural giants like Tate Liverpool, The Beatles Story, Merseyside Maritime Museum and International slavery museum alongside bars, shops and restaurants. During this part, I will have my own footage that I took of these locations such as The Tate, Maritime Museum The Beatles Story and more and then put it as a montage when being said either by the interviewee or the voiceover so the audience can see the difference over the years and the modern day docks.

In 2018, the Dock seals Royal status in recognition of its role in the city’s fortunes. It is ready for a year of celebration in 2021, marking 175 years since its opening, Peter Woods, high sheriff of Merseyside, hands over official notice of its royal status. It is be tribute to Jesse Hartley, the original dock designer and the people who helped reshape the dock again in the 1980s.

I got this information from the Royal Albert Dock wesbite:

Albertdock.com. (2019). History – Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. [online] Available at: https://albertdock.com/history [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019].

I will be using this information after I have had the interview with the historian who will give all the information he knows and it will be put into the voice over when the topic of the Docks comes up. I will get archive to put over when talking about the history but when it is the information about the modern days of the Docks I will put my own footage I got of the docks over it.