Music Video: Track Research

As we've currently decided on the particular genre we are focusing on the next step was to choose a song we'd like to produce a music video for. We looked at several different songs and briefly analysed them as a group.

The songs we looked at were:

Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk


(Fast, lively & upbeat song as well as a fast paced video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJDCMth8poM

You Me At Six - Jealous Minds Think Alike


(Fast, upbeat song with the artists performing using their instruments with reasonably quick cuts throughout)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuiY6jsOPEY

General Fiasco - Ever So Shy

(Moderately paced song but video contains lots of fast cuts corresponding with the instruments)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As-Rulo-E4g

Paramore - Misery Business

(Fast song but video is more of a performance as opposed to a story within the video and doesn't seem as fast)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCyGvGEtOwc

The Maccabees - X-ray

(Fast & upbeat song but artists haven't made a video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cylaos-yhyM

When choosing our song for our music video we felt it was essential that we chose one that we all enjoy listening to; after looking at a variety of indie bands and tracks we came to the conclusion that we didn't want to make our whole video based upon a live performance but instead use a variety of locations producing a story out of the lyrics we would have. Also we decided that we'd use an upbeat and fast paced song so we'd be able to use different edits and camera angles to make our video look more professional and interesting to our audience.

CONCLUSION
We decided to use the track X-ray by The Maccabees, the main reason for this was because we couldn't find an official video for the track and we could therefore make it our own without getting any ideas from the artists themselves and it wouldn't be replicated from the official video.