Tracklist Ideas

Before we were told that we had to choose a track by an unknown artist our group came up with a good list of songs that we could do.
This list consisted of 'The Saturdays' and 'Ed Sheeran' as we thought they had songs that were easy to create music videos for as most of their songs had a story within the lyrics.

We were planning on doing 'Open Up' by 'The Saturdays' as its about an old relationship i think songs like these are the most easy to create as the lyrics can help choose the shot, and what is happening within that shot. For example we were going to have the performance of four/five girls sing in an open space as the song is called 'open up and have different shots to represent the visuals of the lyrics. For example, for the chorus when they sing 'oh baby open up the door' we thought of having one of the girls in the band lean againt a door as if she is at her ex's wanting to be let in and we shoot another shot of the ex on the other side listening but not opening the door. This song was a good song as straight away ideas came to us as the lyrics helped us imagine where a person would say these words etc.

Our other option was Ed Sheeran with either 'Lego House' or 'Small Bump' as the beat of both the songs were quite slow so the editing process would be easier. Our idea for 'Lego House' was simple as the most simple videos are seen as the most effective. For 'Lego House' was that a house made out of lego would get bigger and bigger. This would be a cut away as we are not showing the artist. This idea is the complete opposite to Ed's music video for this song as we see no visuals of a 'lego house' which i think makes the music video more interesting as he is suggesting its not about the visuals, but its about the lyrics and emotions within the song.

For 'Small Bump' its a more emotional song as its about a baby dying. Our main idea was that our artist was sitting around a fire or somewhere with dark lighting with just a candle or fire to represent how the artist is feeling and the fire representing the baby. This music video would of been a narrative of the months going by of the girlfriend being pregnant. We would of also used the black and white effect to show its a memory and the performance part would be in colour to show its now in the present what the artist is feeling.