Possible artists/songs I could use for my music video....

It is so hard to find the perfect song to do a music video for especially when you are looking at a quite niche range of artists that do country-pop, however I have been able to find some jems that would be great to do a music video for!

The Band Perry - All your Life

The song 'All your life' already has a music video however I really like the storyline of the lyrics and i would do the music video slightly different to how they have done it!

Lyrics

Would you walk to the edge of the ocean

Just to fill my jar with sand
Just in case I get the notion
To let it run through my hand
Let it run through my hand
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life
Yeah, put them in a lamp to light my world
All dressed up in a tux and bowtie
Hand deliver to a lonely girl
To a lonely lonely girl
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life
Mostly I sing them to the walls,
You could be the center piece of my obsession
If you would notice me, at
all yeah
The sun, the moon, and all their light
I just want to be the only girl
You love all your life
You love all your life
Life

Well, I don't want the whole world

Would you catch a couple thousand fireflies

Well, I don't want the whole world

Lately I've been writing desperate love songs

Well I don't want the whole world,no

You love all your life

The story line in the lyrics could be applied to many different situations and could effect the mood of the song. I like the way that they have told the story in the music video as it doesn't entirely focus on just two people, it includes many different 'pairs' of people. This also allowed room for some montages of different scenes to happen making the music video interesting to watch.
If I were going to make a music video for this I would have also used a narrative but in a slightly different way. I may have applied this to a story where the two people have the predictable 'fall madly in love' stage and for some reason he has to move away, I would have portrayed this as a letter that she writes to him, picking out different memories as a montage. Another large aspect that I would have included was a performance side to it, for this they would have been in one particular place that was relevant to a memory, making the performance almost personal. The performance aspect would feature all of the band in a relaxed manor as they do in many of their existing music videos, to display their attitude towards music.


Taylor Swift -

 Taylor Swift has so many songs with out a music video for and 'Last Time' and 'all too well' are the two that i would be most interested in doing one for.










Gary Lightbody:
Found myself at your door,
Just like all those times before,
I’m not sure how I got there,
All roads they lead me here.

I imagine you are home,
In your room, all alone,
And you open your eyes into mine,
And everything feels better,

Both:
Right before your eyes,
I’m breaking and fast,
No reasons why,
Just you and me.

This is the last time I’m asking you this,
Put my name on the top of your list,
This is the last time I’m asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye.

Taylor Swift:
You find yourself at my door,
Just like all those times before,
You wear your best apology,
But I was there to watch you leave,

And all the times I let you in,
Just for you to go again,
Disappear when you come back,
Everything is better.

Both:
When right before your eyes,
I’m aching, run fast,
Nowhere to hide,
Just you and me…

This is the last time I’m asking you this,
Put my name on the top of your list,
This is the last time I’m asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye, eye, eye…

This is the last time you tell me I’ve got it wrong,
This is the last time I say it’s been you all along,
This is the last time I let you in my door,
This is the last time, I won’t hurt you anymore.

Oh, oh, oh,

This is the last time I’m asking you this,
Put my name on the top of your list,
This is the last time I’m asking you why,
You break my heart in the blink of an eye.

This is the last time I’m asking you this, (this is the last time I’m asking you this)
Put my name on the top of your list, (name on the top of your list)
This is the last time I’m asking you why, (this is the last time I’m asking you why)
You break my heart in the blink of an eye. (You break my heart…)

This is the last time I’m asking you this,
Time I’m asking you this,
Time I’m asking you this,
Time I’m asking you this.. (x3)


For my music video i have decided to make a video for Taylor Swift's song Last Time, I feel this gives a better storyline and chance for me to combine the pop-country conventions better. The only problem with it is that it is a very long song... 5 minutes so I might have some trouble trying to fill it and keep it interesting, however I might be able to cut the audio at a shorter place. I like the narrative of the story in this song and feel that i will be able to display this in an interesting way.
After looking further into performances of this song I found a shorter version of this song, and although it takes out the instrumental and some of the repeated choruses that built cresendos in the song I feel this would be easier to create a realistic and professional looking video.