Deciding on a Genre and Song

Deciding on a Genre and Song


We also discussed Mad World by Gary Jules, as it didn't have a very complex music video and it would have been extremely easy to create something new and original, but eventually we concluded that it was too slow and depressing.


Gary Jules - Mad World - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3N1MlvVc4


We looked at various different genres, such as Folk, and were thinking about doing Let her go by Passenger. However, one of the main conventions of the Folk genre is instruments the music video. Since none of us can play an instrument we decided it would be very difficult to sync the audio with the video.


Passenger - Let Her Go - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBumgq5yVrA


In the end we chose Pop as our genre as musical instruments aren't required, our only concern is lip syncing.


Next we needed to pick a song: After agreeing on the genre, we quickly decided on a song. Cops and Robbers by the Hoosiers. This is because it has male vocalists (we are all male) so we can easily lip sync, doesn't require instruments as it belongs to the Pop genre, and has a narrative which we can explore in our music video.
The Hoosiers - Cops and Robbers -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzn0ISaR9OQ