Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Song Choices

I want a song with a faster beat in the chorus than in the verses, but the vocals aren't to be too 'pop', with lots of ad libs. I want a song that people can dance to but not for sexual advantages, more contemporary and interpretive.

Songs I have in contention:



This song is electronic dance, although is a lot slower in the verses than in the chorus. The lyrics are very repetetive and isn't really looking for a video with an emotional narrative - but more open to interpretation and creativity. This would allow me to be imaginative and with my shots and angles, and then further with my editing - including pace and transitions - for artistic effect.
The song would also allow me to experiment with themes, either themes that fit with the lyrics or with the melody. I would also be able to use creative post production effects, because this genre of music would allow me to do this more openly and effectively.
The constant repetition in this song however, has led me to refuse it. I want a song that can keep the audience interested through lyrics as well as an interesting beat - and this song can't provide that for me.


Flume uses varying beats and pace to create the remixes that he does as a DJ, and this song has a lot of jerky beats as well as smooth ones - and this would allow me to come into my stylistic element and create a video that is much more imaginative and detailed - through post production effects.
The lyrics actually make sense in this song, and this would allow me to have a relatvely detailed narrative running along side the lyrics and music.
One of the issues I have with this song however, is that the lyrics contains a lot of bad language and glorifies drugs and violence - this isn't the kind of lyrics that I want to be exposing to my target audience but the song doesn't sound right when beeping out the strong language; because of this I am not going to use this song.



Disclosure are a lot like Flume and Nero in their style of songs, but disclosure have lyrics in their songs that not only make sense but are actual verses and choruses. Not only this, but this particular song has a section in the second verse that speeds up the beat and the bass becomes quicker too; this is exactly what I want.
This song doesn't have a music video of it's own and so I have to use my vision entirely inspired by other music videos to try and fit with this song - which is actually really beneficial because there is nothing to compare it to, and my idea for the video won't be copying anything so it will be completely new.
The post production effects for this song will be creative editing and the song has changing rhythms which would allow me to do this to greater effect. This will alow me to produce a video which is stylistic and creative, and will keep my target audience interested throughout.
Because of the reasons that I have stated above, I have decided to use this as my chosen song for my music video.




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