Choosing a Song

For my music video I had a few different songs in mind, which were;

• One Direction- Live While We're Young
• Ed Sheeran- Small Bump
• Sam Smith- Stay With Me
• James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go
• Ed Sheeran- Castle On The Hill

One Direction- Live While We're Young:
I thought One Direction 'Live While We're Young' would be a good song to make the music video for as it is fun and upbeat so would be exciting making a music video for it. I had lots of different ideas that I could use for this song that include narrative and performance. One Direction were a very popular boyband with a very large fan base so the song would also be a popular one to use that has a large target market.

Ed Sheeran- Small Bump:
Ed Sheeran 'Small Bump' would be a good song to make the music video for as it is a song that tells a story so could be shown through narrative and performance to show the emotion in the song. I like this song as I like Ed Sheeran's music and it is a song that has a lot of meaning in the story it's telling showing a lot of emotion.

Sam Smith- Stay With Me
This is another song that I like so would enjoy making a music video for. It is a popular song and would also be good for putting some narrative into the video along with lip syncing from the artiste. In the end I decided to use this song for my prelim as I like how the music is filmed with the lip syncing walking down the road and was a good video to replicate.

James Arthur- Say You Won't Let Go
'Say You Won't Let Go' by James Arthur is one of my favourite songs and I thought this would be good to make a music video for as it tells a story so would be good to put narrative and performance in it, it is also quite an emotional song so a narrative that would go with that could be really effective and draw the viewer into the song to understand the lyrics even more. I have a lot ideas that could work for this song to add to the narrative.

Ed Sheeran- Castle On The Hill:
I have decided for my music video I am going to use the song 'Castle on the Hill' by Ed Sheeran. When I was trying to decide on a song for my video I listened to a lot of different artistes and came to the conclusion I wanted to do an Ed Sheeran song as he is one of my favorite artistes and I like that he writes his songs based on his own life/ experiences/ people he knows so the songs feel more personal. I also feel with his songs I could use some narrative and performance as his songs are normally telling a story. Ed Sheeran is also a very normal person, that appears as quite down to earth and relatable, which is another reason why I enjoy his music and feel the video I make could show his personality from the people I am having in it, so would be suitable of the artiste. I ended up deciding on 'Castle on the Hill' as it is quite an upbeat song of his that I think quite a fun and entertaining music video could be made for, which is the message I want to get across in my video.