Song choice

I have chosen to do the song 'Young fire old flame' by Wretch 32 for my music video. (I have attached the link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9nK2ZZkVs

I have reached this decision due to the fact that this song has an ideal beat, previous to the other songs I was looking at. This is as it starts off slow and gets faster and faster as the song goes on. In this sense, I will be able to create a diverse music video with various elements to develop the effect and impact. Moreover, I believe this song will fit the type of cast, costume, location and themes that I discussed in my production power point.

As I have now chosen the song I wish to do, my aim for the next few weeks is to plan my actual music video. I aim to come up with a camera shot list and a storyboard in order to begin developing my original idea. As I am doing a music video I need to ensure that the image being put across links to the lyrics of the soundtrack and is in time as well as creating the right amount of tension I want.

For example, at the beginning of the track the beat is quite slow and so I may show some simple shots of a the sun going down over the location I wish to use and my main character looking out over a rooftop or in an underground tunnel. By doing this, I will be able to set the scene and tone of my music video for the audience watching before the tension builds up in the song as the beat and lyrics become faster and more emotional.

Moreover, some of my ideas for camera shots further into the song when it becomes faster is to switch very quickly between a fire burning, the main character and other cast members in their different settings of on a rooftop or underground tunnel. This will build suspense through the video and the fire will be a metaphor for how they are actually feeling while linking to the lyrics and actual name of the song.

In conclusion, by choosing the song for my music video I can now move on to actually planning what I want to do and developing my idea further. In this sense, I have moved much further along the pre-production line and can now begin thinking about the production stage and all the details I need to ensure are correct. From this, I will be able to create the certain type of impact and effect I aim my music video to have on the viewer.