Song choice

From the start, my group and I believed (One Of Those) Crazy Girls by Paramore was the perfect song for our music video. However, after a lot of thought and inspirations, we have decided on a different song called Mason Jar by The Smallpools.



Smallpools' genre is completely different to the genre my group and I originally wanted to do, which was alternative rock. The reason why we decided to scrap the Paramore song was because we believed our idea for the music video was too predictable as it followed the lyrics exactly. We want to add our own twist with our video and to do that with this song would be too hard. We searched for a long time for a band with a song that we liked, preferably with a female vocalist. However, when we came across the Smallpools' "Mason Jar", we really liked it.

Possible locations for music video

Today I came across a place near Crews Hill with beautiful scenery that may be useful for our music video as it has elements of a rock genre music video if we were to come here during the evening or at night.

Rock Bands...

Nirvana

Nirvana was an American rock band formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. They were signed with Sub Pop Records in 1989 and have released three full-length studio albums in their 7 year career and has become one of the most influential rock bands of the modern era.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The band consists of founding members Anthony Kiedis and Michael Balzary, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer. The band have won 7 Grammy Awards and have become one of the best-selling bands of all time. They have been signed with EMI and Warner Bros. 

Linkin Park 

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California from 1996. The band have been signed with Warner Bros. and Machine Shop. The band consists of Chester Bennington, Rob Bourdon, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn and Mike Shinoda.

Record Labels

Sumerian Records

Sumerian Records is an independent American record label based in Washington D.C and Los Angeles. The label was founded in 2006 by Ash Avildsen and made a deal with the video game series Rock Band to bring its music to Rock Band Network.

Sub Pop Records

Sub Pop Records was founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. The label achieved fame in the late 1980s for singing Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney. They are credited with taking the first steps toward popularizing grunge music however still sign alternative rock bands.

Hopeless Records

Hopeless Records is an independent record label based in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The label started in 1993 by Louis Posen and the artists signed by the label are mostly punk rock, pop punk, post-hardcore or alternative rock. Some of their most well-known artists include Avenged Sevenfold, All Time Low and Enter Shikari.

4AD Records

4AD is a independent British record label founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1979. The label was originally funded by Beggars Banquet Records. 

Out of the following record labels mentioned above, 4AD Records would be most appropriate as they are British and based in the UK however, I feel that Hopeless Records would be the best. This is because they are a big record company, known by thousands due to the many world known bands they have signed. This results in our music video having a chance to become more popular, if we were to be signed. 

Paramore's labels

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that came from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became very popular by the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music.

Paramore is an American alternative rock band formed in 2004. The band currently consists of a female lead singer Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis and guitarist Taylor York. 

One of the many reasons why we chose Paramore is because the lead singer is female which means one of us from our group would be able to participate. Moreover, the band is one of our favourite bands of all time and using a song that we all know and love will be a lot of fun.

Paramore signed with Atlantic Records, an American record label known for signing artists and bands with rock and roll, jazz and hip-hop genres. 

Atlantic then decided to share the band with Fueled By Ramen, a Florida based record label, who then officially signed the band in April 2005. 

Prelim

"Rock Star" by Nickelback was the song we chose for our prelim as the many different shots meant that everyone in our group could participate.


We tried our best to replicate the background and props as shown in the music video, for example, the basketball with the hoop behind the character. This was fairly hard to do as the music video is shot in America and famous monuments were used as the background and obviously we were not able to replicate exactly. So instead, we used our school building and car park as substitutes. Furthermore, our costumes did not match those shown in the music video but we considered the different shots and angles more important than the mise-en-scene.

Chosen song

For a while, my group and I have decided on (One Of Those) Crazy Girls by Paramore as our chosen song for our music video. Our preferred music genre is alternative rock and Paramore is a band that has been producing alternative rock for years.