Final 5 Song Choices

Emma and I have been searching through possible songs which we could choose for our music video and have narrowed it down to these songs, some we just liked the sound of and some had other reasons such as us having ideas for a narrative or concept for the video we could possible create for it, below I'm listing my opinions on the songs.

Let It Die by Three Days Grace

Let It Die was a song which I liked the sound of and could see us making a video for, however the music is very much based around the guitars and other instruments which would be difficult for us to include within the video. It's also very fast paced and features a singer with a mature voice, for us to have an aspect of performance within the video (the artist lip-syncing to the song) we would need someone who could fit the vocalist's voice which isn't something I think we would be able to do.

Let It Die by Foo Fighters

Let It Die (again) was another song which I enjoyed listening to and could see us making a video for, this song is initially quite slow and simple but as the song progresses it speeds up and ends up being fast paced and instrumentally heavy. This could make for some interesting concepts for the video with things initially being simple and ending up being more intricate, however it runs into a similar issue as the song by Three Days Grace that the vocalist's voice is mature (also towards the end the vocalist is screaming) and we may not be able to find an actor capable of fitting the voice and style of the band. There are also some parts of this song where it is just instruments playing where we would perhaps need to feature someone playing the instrument (guitar) which again would not be easy to find.

Home by Foo Fighters

Again by the Foo Fighters, but this time a lot more of a simpler song as it is just a piano and strings with vocals singing along. This song would be a stronger pick in my opinion to the other two that have been mentioned as I think we could find an actor capable of fitting the artist's voice as despite the fact that it is the same vocalist as the last song (Let It Die) he is singing a lot more quietly and not screaming.

Beautiful Goodbye by Maroon 5

Beautiful Goodbye is a song which both me and Emma liked the sound of as soon as we listened to it and straight away had ideas for what we could do within the video. It features a simple instrumental with equally simple lyrics and vocals which would mean for a balance between the focus being on the song and the video (if a lot is going on within the song the viewer may be more focused on the song than they are the video.) Adam Levine (the vocalist in this song) has a voice which sounds young and we already have some ideas of who we can use as an actor for the video, so we should be able to easily find an actor who could believably lip-sync his singing as we have quite a few options.

Happy Ending by Mika

Happy Ending by Mika is another simple song which we are considering to make a music video. There would be some complications with making this video such as the fact that there are both female and male vocals within the song, we would need to find actors for both of those. Although there were a few ideas I had for this song there weren't any strong narratives that I could imagine us doing for this song and for that reason I'm not sure it's one that will end up being our final choice.