Choosing the song

It was now time for us to decide on our song. We sat as a group and shortlisted some songs which we thought would be appropriate for our final product. These are the songs we came up with as a group:

1. Calvin Harris (Ft. John Newman) - Blame
2. George Ezra - Budapest
3. Nico & Vinz  - Find A Way
4. Passion Pit - Constant Conversations
5. Family Of The Year - Hero

After producing the list of the five songs which had potential for our music video; we narrowed it down to the final song, which we collectively decided on; Passion Pit - Constant Conversations. The reason we chose this song was because of the vibe it gave off; which was a calming, very chilled song that could have a library of different music videos. This was also the only song which all four of us agreed that we like. This was also the one song that when we heard it we automatically thought that this was 'the one'. Once we had decided on the song 'Constant Conversations' as our final song choice, we decided to listen to the song and write down any initial thoughts which come into our heads when we listen to the song; be it the atmosphere of the song, the lyrics or just thoughts on the song in general. I produced a brainstorm with all my different thoughts when I heard the song:

There were various reasons for not wanting to chose any of the other four options. For example; Calvin Harris' Blame we felt was too hard to create a video for and the mood just didn't seem right. There was also a lack of lyrics within the chorus and we wanted a lyrical song for our final video. Nico & Vinz at first listen, had quite the potential because it was an uplifting song and gave off a positive and good vibe but then it was also later eliminated because we felt that it wasn't the type of song we were looking for, and although it was a good song and option, it wasn't the right kind of song for us as a group. 

The final decision came between Constant Conversations and Family Of The Year. Both songs could produce a good narrative and/or performance concept for a music video, therefore it was difficult to finalise a decision on a song. But our gut instinct was telling us to go with 'Constant Conversations', this was because collectively we all really liked this song and on first listen we all felt that it would be a suitable option, yet the Family Of The Year - Hero song I wasn't too fond of and neither was Amy, therefore it was split 50/50, and it made more sense to save the hassle and go with Constant Conversations as the final song choice.

Calvin Harris (ft. John Newman) - Blame:

Pros: The song is very upbeat and has a fast pace, so therefore the video could be a fun and energetic performance concept, and wouldn't necessarily need much, if any narrative concept due to the lack of in-depth lyrics. We could create a very simple video with this song, and would probably not need to use that many different people within the video which would be useful for us when it comes to filming and reliability.
Cons: The song is very upbeat yet doesn't really set the correct kind of mood we are looking for with our video. Due to the lack of lyrical connection, the video may also have a boring outcome and therefore lack any in-depth connections with the audience. 
Decision: No

George Ezra - Budapest:

Pros: This is a great song, in particular lyrically. However, I find this song slightly boring, which is the complete opposite to Calvin Harris's 'Blame' which is a very exciting and energetic song, yet 'Budapest' is as I have already said, the opposite, it is far more focused lyrically than musically. We could probably create quite an effective and original video to this song if we chose this as the final song.

Cons: As previously stated, this is quite a boring song, and as a group we decided that we didn't want to do boring. Therefore this song may not be the best choice for us collectively if we want a slightly more upbeat song yet not too upbeat.

Decision: No

Nico and Vinz - Find A Way:

Pros: This is a very feel-good song and gives off a great positive vibe, which makes everyone feel happy. This song had huge potential to be our chosen song as we all really liked it when Abi suggested and showed it to us during one of our first discussions. There is also a massive library of ideas which could be generated for a video to a song such as this.
Cons: This was perhaps more feel-good than we were initially looking for and therefore we weren't 100% sure this would be the best song choice. Nico and Vinz are two artists, and therefore we would most likely need to find two main artists for our video and that could be harder and more effort for us to find than just one as the main singer. Therefore perhaps it might be simpler to stick to a song which has vocals performed by only one person and not more.
Decision: No

Passion Pit - Constant Conversations:

Pros: Very chilled vibe given off, which as a group we all liked at first listen. Even though, in a similar sense to 'Budapest', this song could be interpreted as boring, the strong connection between lyrics and the mood of the song is what sold the song to us. We really liked the concept of the song and we therefore felt that we could create an effective and in-depth narrative-based music video.

Cons: If we do chose to base our video around the theme of alcoholism (which is what the song is about) then we might stumble across a problem of age, being that the actors in the video are much more likely to be young adults as opposed to fellow peers our age if we did choose to theme the video around alcoholism.

Decision: Yes

Family Of The Year - Hero:

Pros: Has a very nice and calming atmosphere to the song which we all liked. There was a good balance of lyrics and instrumentals.
Cons: The pace was perhaps too slow for what we were really looking for. When we listened to this song, there was a lack of ideas within the group for a concept we could adapt for our video with this song.
Decision: No