Brainstorming new ideas

 In todays lesson we focused on settling on an idea as a group which we all agree on. As we are running out of time this was important we came to a conclusion today. Maia looked for new songs over the past few days and from her re search we shortlisted three songs these were, I feel alive by TOPS, Colour theory by soccer mommy then For my animals by American Culture. All these songs were similar to our original song in that it is a similar genre and pace of song, and also that it is a mature sounding female. We felt that finding a female singer would make the process of changing songs a lot easier as we could carry on with our re search just with a different song. However we were still stuck on ideas as using a female solo singer has been difficult for us, this is because a solo artist requires lots of different sets and shots which we were not able to think of. 

This meant we felt it was right to move more towards a band instead of a solo singer. We found an American band with very few streams on few social platforms. We think the style of music is somewhat similar to our song and the lead singer is female therefore it connects quite well to our previous artist. 

Our new song

This is the cover for the single we chose "off/on"it is a female lead singer in a band with two guitarists and one drummer. Her tone of voice is very gentle but has this indie rock feel to it. We decided when listening to the song it is very clear she has this hippie 90s vibe about her which comes through in both the vocals and the lyrics. Using this idea of the singer being based around a hippie artsy free spirit we thought of the beach as this almost represents being free which we feel the artist would be best suited too. Having this earthy natural but very unique style and characteristics to her. As the singer is the main singer and the band are more of a background music I suggested that she should be almost separated from the band to make her stand out more, as we are selling the artist not the band. To achieve this I felt that creating her into this unique bold character who wears bright unique clothes and has this engaging movement when she performs would really enhance the video and sell her as this cool free spirited artist. Then with the band have them be not as such a significant part but almost look boring, therefore I felt suits would be effective too present this idea clearly however make each suit unique intuit we customise it slightly, and have the suits be oversized some band members potentially wearing waistcoats. In a sense wearing suits but with their own twist on them making them more relaxed and cool. To add to that element of relaxed and cool adding in caps or sunglasses.