We came up with a list of 4 songs;
19 again - Shiners
Tidal wave - Tempesst (NEW chosen song)
Sometimes - Family friends
If the birds wish to fly, let them fly - Corey Bowen (our chosen song, until he deleted all copies of it from the internet and shut down all of his social media pages without explanation)
Each song had strengths and weaknesses to them and we decided in the end to go with Corey Bowens song.
Strengths
- Distinct lyric "You make me feel 19 again"
- Professional recording quality
- Change in intensity, although not for very long
Weaknesses
- Whole song is one chapter, no significant changes, makes it hard to introduce new elements into the music video.
-Beat is good but not very distinct, hard to find a place to cut on.
-Not a broad genre
Strengths
- Unique genre and sound, very psychedelic.
- Professional high recording quality.
- Distinct lyric "Riding on a tidal wave, floating in from out of space"
- Different chapters, song intensity slows at a later stage in the song which could be used to progress the music video, it then picks up intensity again as the guitar rifts begin, this also acts as a different chapter, along with the chorus the song has 4 different chapters.
Weaknesses
- Hard to find a distinct beat which could be cut on.
Strengths
- Distinct part of beat which could be used effectively for cutting.
-Style of song changes throughout, different sections are very useful for adding in new elements.
- Professional recording quality.
- Hybrid of genres, more able to be creative with ideas
Weakness
- Lack of a distinct lyric
- Hard to make a music video for, not much to focus on and pick out from the song.
Strengths
-Distinct lyric, "If the birds wish to fly, you should let them fly"
-Changes in the dynamic of the song, easy to identify chapters. One of the reasons we chose this song is that it has many changes in the dynamic which help to create chapters and this makes it easier to introduce new elements to the music video.
- Not the most distinct beat I have ever heard but there is a part of it which will work well to cut to.
- Most hybrid genre out of the shortlist, mixes indie/rock/psychedelic & even a bit of electronic into one.
- Professional recording quality
Weaknesses
- Could possibly have more lyrics to help create the video around.
