This task was a very useful way of looking at song choices in an objective and detailed way before eliminating choices to use as our music video song due to pros and cons that we listed. It forced me to think in a deeper and more detailed way, analysing songs to determine their effectiveness and suitability. In the end we have decided to go with Rachel Plattens' song 'Fight Song'. This is down to several reasons; the lyrics offer a strong narrative and the opportunity to produce an original and creative video for the song. It also has a strong and distinct beat that would make editing easier and more effective. Timing in the editing of a video is crucial to maintaining an audiences engagement and interest. Finally, 'Fight Song' is a fairly well-known song but not modern or recognisable enough that everyone who hears it instantly has a prior image or judgement about what story the lyrics tell or how it should be represented. Most people haven't even seen the music video for it which is good as that means they wouldn't be biased to comparing our music video to the original. The only concerns we had about this song is that the lyrics direct you down a quite obvious narrative route and we want to create an entirely unique plot and video, it may share similarities with the original music video but that would be totally un-intentional and tried to be avoided.
Friday, 23 September 2016
Thinking of a concept/song
This task was a very useful way of looking at song choices in an objective and detailed way before eliminating choices to use as our music video song due to pros and cons that we listed. It forced me to think in a deeper and more detailed way, analysing songs to determine their effectiveness and suitability. In the end we have decided to go with Rachel Plattens' song 'Fight Song'. This is down to several reasons; the lyrics offer a strong narrative and the opportunity to produce an original and creative video for the song. It also has a strong and distinct beat that would make editing easier and more effective. Timing in the editing of a video is crucial to maintaining an audiences engagement and interest. Finally, 'Fight Song' is a fairly well-known song but not modern or recognisable enough that everyone who hears it instantly has a prior image or judgement about what story the lyrics tell or how it should be represented. Most people haven't even seen the music video for it which is good as that means they wouldn't be biased to comparing our music video to the original. The only concerns we had about this song is that the lyrics direct you down a quite obvious narrative route and we want to create an entirely unique plot and video, it may share similarities with the original music video but that would be totally un-intentional and tried to be avoided.
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