Research: Idea for Good Charlotte's "I Don't Wanna Be In Love" Music Video

The lyrics tell of two people, a boy and a girl, who have just got out of a relationship. This makes me think I could show the story of two different people, their break-up with their partner, and at the end of each story, they could be making their way to the venue at which "Good Charlotte" are playing. During the last verse and chorus, the two could meet each other at the venue, as the lyrics talk about finding someone new.

Research: Ideas For Music Video

At this moment in time, I am thinking I will more than likely create a music video using a song by the band Good Charlotte, Lostprophets or The Pretty Reckless, as both bands have narrative qualities, i.e. their songs contain some sort of story behind them. This would allow me to film a narrative video, with elements of performance as both of these bands are from the rock genre, so a sense of performance will be required. Currently I am leaning towards a video using a Good Charlotte song, and have therefore looked at a couple of their songs. In particular, I am interested in "Where Would We Be Now" and "I Don't Wanna Be In Love" and have already started to visualise potential scenes if I was to make a video for each song. The lyrics in both of these songs tell a story, which could be portrayed in various ways in a video, thus allowing me to be creative in what I could place on the screen. Songs by The Pretty Reckless that I am considering are "Goin' Down", "Make Me Wanna Die" and "You," as I believe I could creeate a believable narrative for each of these songs. If I was to choose Lostprophets, the songs I would choose from would be "Last Summer,", "Can't Stop, Gotta Date With Hate" and "Last Train Home."

Originally I would have liked to have created a video for the band Hollywood Undead, but seeing as all of their songs contain explicit lyrics. this was therefore not possible. Another band I considered to use was Black Veil Brides, however a vast number of their songs have screaming included, so unless I could find someone who can mime Andy Sixx's screaming authentically, this was also a difficult option. However, I am contemplating the songs "Rebel Love Song", "Fallen Angels" and "Set The World On Fire" as well as "The Legacy," which contains screaming.

For all of my possible options, when the time comes to create the storyboards etc in order to create the video, I will need to make sure I have a band, as all of my possible songs contain a band. Thus, I would have to find people who can play the required instruments to take part in the video. My main aim of my music video is to make it as authentic and realistic as possible, so ideally I would like to have people who can play an instrument like a guitar skillfully, allowing their miming to be as believable as possible. Another aspect I will have to take into account in planning for my music video is wardrobe. What the band wears in a music video is a message conveyed to everyone, demonstrating what the band stand for and their style etc.

Evaluation: Busted Music Video Practical

The practical task of recreating Busted's music video to "What I Go To School For" has been hugely beneficial to my editing skills using the program Final Cut. I have learnt how to use the lyrics to effectively edit film. My intentions throughout the task were to stay as close to the original video as possible, and for the editing to virtually replicate the video, shot for shot, with practically the same timings. Ideally, there are a few shots in the video that could have gone better; for exmaple the shot with Matt pushing his way to the front of class, because the other students needed to walk to the seats. However, overall I am pleased with the end result of the task and I feel I have vastly improved my media skills.

Practical: Busted - "What I Go To School For"