Initial Music Video Ideas

Initially for our music video we wanted to use material that was very lyrical. The Goodwin theories seemed very exciting to our group, the idea of the visuals on screen being closely related to the lyrics of the song seemed very attractive. With this in mind we started to look at rap and hip hop songs because the lyrics are clear and generally quite simple, they talk a lot about material possessions such as money, clothes and girls, this would mean that it would be relatively easy to make the visuals of the video match the lyrics. The songs we considered were;

• Schoolboy Q ft. ASAP Rocky - Hands on the wheel
• ASAP Rocky - Goldie
• Lecs Luther - Luther

 After listening to a few tracks we decided to listen to some videos of different genres;

• The Vaccines - Wetsuit Instagram Video
• Tribes - Coming of age
• Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under the bridge

We decided finally on the song called; wildfire, by SBTRKT. This song, although heavily lyrical, has an interesting beat that would work well with a hard cut editing style. This combination of lyrics and the beat of the song creates a good starting point to begin a good music video.