SCRIPT FINALE MAJOR PROJECT DAVID BOWIE PROJECT

TITLE: DAVID BOWIE AND THE IMPACT OF ZIGGY STARDUST

THIS BRAND-NEW CREATURE BEING BROUGHT UPON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY PUT ACROSS
ALL TELEVISIONS WAS SHOCKING A CROWD.

THIS ALIEN HAD BRIGHT RED HAIR AND AN UNEARTHLY SPACE SUIT SHOCKING THE WORLD
BUT THIS WOULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF MANY TEENAGERS' LIVES. BUT HOW AND WHY?

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THIS ON-STAGE CHARACTER ONLY STAYED FOR A YEAR BUT MADE AN IMPACT ON THE
NATION.

THIS CHARACTER WAS NAMED ZIGGY STARDUST.

BUT WHO IS ZIGGY STARDUST?

THE CHARACTER WAS PLAYED BY AN ARTIST TITLED DAVID BOWIE. HIS REAL NAME IS DAVID
ROBERT JONES

DAVID WAS BORN IN 1947 IN BRIXTON LONDON HE HAD THEN LATER ON ATTENDED
STOCKWELL INFANTS SCHOOL UP TILL THE AGE OF 6 AND HADN'T FOUND A PASSION FOR
MUSIC YET AS HE WAS STILL SO YOUNG. HE WAS CALLED A GIFTED AND SINGLE- MINDED
CHILD.

HE FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH MUSIC WHEN HE JOINED A BAND CALLED THE KONRADS WHEN
HE WAS ONLY 15.

HE LATER ON IN LIFE MOVED TO STUDY ART, MUSIC, AND DESIGN AT BROMLEY SCHOOL OF
ART, BEFORE EMBARKING ON HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN 1963 TO START OF HIS FIRST
PROJECT. HE WAS FOCUSED ON THIS ONE THING HE LOVED TO DO.
MUSIC AND MEDIA

WHEN EMBARKING ON HIS CAREER HE STARTED WITH HIS FIRST SELF-TITLED ALBUM
MOVING ALL THE WAY UP TO “THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS
FROM MARS” RELEASED ON JUNE 16TH 1972. IT TOOK 2 MONTHS TO PRODUCE AS A
WHOLE.

THIS ISNT NORMAL FOR MOST ARTISTS AS THEY TEND TO TAKE UP TO A YEAR OR 2 TO PUT
THEIR PROJECTS OUT.
 THE ALBUM BY BOWIE TELLS A STORY OF A DOOMED ALIEN WHO TAKES ON A HUMAN
FORM AS A ROCKSTAR. PEOPLE WERE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THIS WAS WHERE THE PERSONA OF ZIGGY STARDUST WAS BROUGHT ONTO STAGE AND THE
FANS FELL IN LOVE INSTANTLY. THEY LOVED HIS FLAMBOYANT UNIQUE STYLE AND THE WAY
HE SANG IN HIS OWN WAY, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY HAVE NOT HAD A GREAT VOICE.

THIS ALBUM SUITED THE PERIOD OF THE DYSTOPIAN BRITAIN WITH THE REMAINS OF THE
WORLD WAR 2 AND THE IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY STILL AFFECTING LONDON AT THE TIME

THE FIRST TRACK ON THIS ALBUM is TITLED “Five Years” IN THE LYRICS IT HAS ZIGGY
SINGING ABOUT HOW THERE IS ONLY 5 YEARS LEFT ON EARTH. PEOPLE TENDED TO BELIEVE
THIS AS THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED WW2 AND THEY WERE QUESTIONING THAT
SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WITH THE ALBUM AND THE PERSONA OF ZIGGY STARDUST TOGETHER IT ALL CAME TO
TOGETHER TO MAKE THE FANS AND VIEWERS AMAZED.

THE REBUILDING OF THE ECONOMY AFTER WW2 CLASHED WITH THE HATRED TOWARDS
THE LGBT AT THE TIME ASWELL. BOWIES CHARACTER ZIGGY WAS ALL ABOUT THESE BRIGHT
COLOURS AND FLASHY ITEMS.

SO, IT SHOCKED MANY PEOPLE, SOME WERE HATING TOWARDS HIM FOR THIS BUT OTHERS
WERE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HIS FLAMBOYANT STYLE OF FLAMING RED LOCKS. AND
SKINTIGHT BODYSUITS SPARKED THE WORLD.

HOW IN THE 1970S WHEN LGBT AND BEING GAY WAS NOT NORMALIZED. IT WAS STRIKING
PEOPLE DOWN MORE AND MAKING THEM CONFUSED WHEN THEY LOOKED AT BOWIE AND
WHAT HE WAS DOING.

DURING THE 1970S MORE GAY RIGHTS WERE BECOMING A THING. HE HAD MANAGED TO
MAKE AN IMPACT ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.

EVEN BEFORE HE HAD RELEASED THE ZIGGY ALBUM IN HIS HUNKY DORY ALBUM HE HAD
SAID IN ONE OF HIS SONGS “Look at them gay men walk” ON THE SONG “Life On Mars”.

ZIGGY WAS JUST THE FULL CHARACTER OF LGBT AND BEING WHO YOU WANT. YOU
COULDN’T SAY THAT BOWIE HAD ANY POLITICAL EFFECT ON THE LGBT BUT HE WAS
DEFINITELY A FACTOR OF WHAT WAS TO COME.

I HAD ALWAYS GROWN-UP LISTENING TO PLENTY OF DAVID BOWIE AT A YOUNG AGE DUE
TO MY DAD. I WOULD LISTEN TO A VARIOUS RANGE OF HIS MUSIC WHEN MY DAD WOULD
PUT HIM ON SOME SPEAKER OR ON THE TV. SO, I WAS CONSTANTLY SURROUNDED BY HIM.
 WITH MY DAD TALKING ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME AND HAVING HIM PLAY BOWIE ON
RECORD CONSTANTLY. IT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ME. AND UP TO TILL THIS DAY HE STILL
TALKS ABOUT HIM AND LETS ME JOIN IN NOW. THIS HAS LED ME TO LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC.

THIS WOULDN’T JUST BE FOR ME IN MY HOUSEHOLD. BUT OTHERS WOULD'VE GROWN UP

WITH DAVID BOWIE AROUND THEM TOO. THIS WOULDN’T JUST BE MY GENERATION BUT
ANY.

MY DAD HAD SAID THAT HE WAS A LEGEND OR THE BEST OF THE ERA. THAT MADE ME
WANT TO LISTEN TO HIM MORE AS MY DAD HAD HYPED HIM UP.

HAVING WORD FROM MY DAD THAT DAVID BOWIE WAS A LEGEND MADE ME THINK ABOUT
THE FACTOR OF THE WORDS SUCH AS “LEGEND” OR “BEST”.

HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE THIS FACTOR OF LEGEND OR THE BEST? THIS MAY BE DOWN TO
PERSONAL PREFERENCE OR SALE FACTORS TOWARDS MUSIC FOR BOWIE BUT THIS IS WHAT
IM GOING TO FIND OUT WHY AND HOW PEOPLE CALL SOMEONE A LEGEND OR THE BEST.
BOWIES MOST POPULAR PERSONA IS ZIGGY STARDUST. THIS IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE
REMEMBER HIM FOR HIS ORANGE HAIR.

WITH HIS IMPACT WITHIN THE MUSIC MOSTLY GLAM ROCK. IT HAS KEPT HIS NAME AFLOAT
AND BROUGHT OTHERS TO HIS MUSIC UP TILL NOW AND WILL CONTINUE TO. THIS WOULD
BE ANYONE AT ANY AGE.

CURRENT GENERATION

MY GERENATION INTERVIEWS 3 – 5 MINS?

NAME

AGE

WHAT MAKES SOMEONE ICONIC AS A WHOLE?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF ZIGGY STARDUST?

WOULD YOU SAY DAVID BOWIE WAS INFLUENTAL IN THE MUSICAL FIELD

WOULD YOU SAY ZIGGY STARDUST WAS INFLUENTAL?

DAVID BOWIE WAS DEFINED AS INFLUENTIAL IN MANY AREAS OF MEDIA INCLUDING

FASHION ART MUSIC AND MORE. BUT WERE FOCUSING ON THE MUSIC AND THE
CHARACTER OF ZIGGY STARDUST. ZIGGY STARDUST WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF BOWIES MOST
IMPORTANT CHARACTERS AS, MANY HAVE GOTTEN HIM MIXED UP WITH HIS NEXT
CHARACTER ALLADIN SANE WHO IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
WHEN TALKING ABOUT RELEVANCY. DAVID BOWIE HAS MANAGED TO KEEP HIS NAME AND
MUSIC AFLOAT AND STAY RELEVANT FROM THE START BECAUSE OF THE MAJOR IMPACT HE
HAS MADE.

FOR EXAMPLE, HE CURRENTLY HAS 16.6 MILLION MONTHLY LISTENERS ON SPOTIFY STILL
AND ALSO RE RELEASES OF RECORDS CDS AND OTHER FORMS OF MUSIC ARE STILL GETTING
SALES ASWELL.

THIS IS DOWN TO HIS INFLUENCE ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY WHICH HAS KEPT HIS NAME
AROUND. THIS IS FROM HIS DIVERSITY FROM OTHER ARTISTS AND THE UNIQUENESS OF HIS
MUSIC.

THIS IS ALSO BOWIE BEING ABLE TO MOVE AROUND DIFFERENT GENRES AND STILL BRING
HIS OWN SOUND WITH HIM ASWELL AND STAND OUT FROM OTHERS. BUT HE WAS MOSTLY
KNOWN WITHIN THE SUBGENRE GLAM ROCK.

THESE FACTORS TOGETHER HAVE KEPT HIS INFLUENCE RUNNING.

OLDER GENERATIONS

OLDER GENERATION INTERVIEWS 3 – 5 MINS

NAME

AGE

WHAT MAKES SOMEONE ICONIC AS A WHOLE?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF ZIGGY STARDUST?

WOULD YOU SAY DAVID BOWIE WAS INFLUENTAL IN HIS FIELD?

AS A WHOLE DAVID BOWIE HAD MADE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD. HE MANAGED TO

REDEFINE GENRES AND PUT HIS OWN TWIST ON THEM. HE HAS BEEN THROUGH MANY
AMAZING CHARACTERS AND ALBUMS. BUT ZIGGY STARDUST WAS HIS FIRST PUSH START
INTO THE MUSICAL FAME. HE HAD MADE AN IMPACT IN MANY AREAS.