Introduction

This year I will be creating my own music video to a song of my own choice, my chosen genre is Indie (either pop or rock depending on the song), so something with an edge with strong beats, but not too loud and aggressive to the point that people can not enjoy the music. I have also thought of ideas on what I want on my music video, such as some sort of reversing shot, overlaying text at the beginning showing the artists name, a push or kick to the camera to use as a wipe, bright lighting in the studio and if I chose a strong song to perhaps have something smashed. My top 3 songs so far are OneRepublic- Dream, Imagine Dragons- Amsterdam and The Neighbourhood- Sweater Weather. After listening to the lyrics I have thought of narratives for each song that I am interested in right now. Dream to me has a narrative around wanting to become successful, learning from your mistakes and wanting to be some sort of artist. Amsterdam to me has a narrative around going through a break up and getting away from the partner. Sweater Weather does also seem like a break up song but quite sad and slow so you could put in a strong emotional narrative to it.