Change of Artist

I had trouble finding actors to participate in my music video, therefore I have had to take the decision to find a new artist. Instead of using unsigned.com, as I did experience some difficulty with finding music that I felt was an appropriate genre, I used soundcloud. Soundcloud allowed my search to be much more refined than it previously was due to the fact that I could search for specific genres or styles of music. After much deliberation and research I came across the following songs which I thought would give me a wide range of narratives to base the video upon. What's more, the artist Emily Denton is a young female artist and there are many actresses who have said they are willing to be a part of my music video - therefore I will have no difficulty in finding someone suitable. Under each song I have included a brief description of my initial ideas to reflect the lyrics/tone of the song. I like Emily's music as the acoustic style is similar to some of the music I listen to. It reminds me of a slow acoustic version of Amy MacDonald due to the variety in topics. 

Emily Denton

Acoustic

The Things I've Seen

The lyrics to this song made me think of someone who was put into care at a young age ("he/she left me") and their anger towards this. 

Emily Denton

Home

       The lyrics to this song provoked images of someone who struggled with something in their life
       - perhaps they have cancer or an alternative condition which makes them "still broken".

Emily Denton

All Right Now

       I had images of a drug addict during this song despite the song clearly being about love. The lyric:        "destructive, you're conductive / I'm attracted and I want it" is what lead me to think of this as it 

       reminded me of what a stereotypical drug addict's thoughts would be. 

Robynne Calvert

Instrumental

Cold Day Instrumental Piece- Robynne Calvert

This was the only song not by Emily Denton and coincidentally the only song without lyrics. I picked this one to also think about producing a music video for as the omission of lyrics would allow for any narrative that reflected the tone and genre of the song. 

Plan Of Action:

I have decided to use one of Emily Denton's songs as I feel that they have the strongest lyrics for me to interpret and make into a music video. I have messaged her on Twitter as this was one of the forms of communication on soundcloud that she had. Moreover, Twitter is more of an instant communication website so I can get a response from her quite quickly and move on to planning my music video.