One of the songs that I am considering using for my music video, is John Legends' 'All Of Me'. This is a ballad and features the heavy use of a piano, this is of particular interest to me given my desire to have a piano as the main feature of my video. Equally, the emotive lyrics of the song, would allow me to use a romantic narrative which I had considered alongside the performance elements of the video.
I love James Bay's song 'Hold Back The River' as it builds and would be a great track for cutting to the beat. The song has a folk sound and I like the lyrics, as I feel that they could fit with the ideas I have initially for my music video. The only negative I have for the song is that, although there is a piano part, it is not as strong a feature which may conflict with my idea for the video.
In contrast with the other, contemporary songs I have considered, I am also looking at music of a different genre - classical music. The song above is Ludovico Einaudi's 'I Giorni', it is a modern classical song which is extremely popular. At its time of release, the song gained recognition after Greg James played it on BBC radio 1 in 2011, it then debuted at 32 in the UK Singles Charts. I particularly like this song as it is unusual, it is not a classic pop song and I could envisage it fitting with my ideas for my music video. My only concern for this piece is that, although a beautiful piece of music, its gentle nature amy become monotonous.
Lastly, the other classical song that I have researched is again by Ludovico Einaudi, and is entitled 'Nuvole Bianche'. The reasons behind my interest in this song are significant, unlike 'I Giorni' the song builds and is exciting, I feel that it does not become monotonous and I can imagine it keeping the audiences' attention for the allocated time. Moreover, Einaudi has composed scores for film and I feel that the song has the sound of a track that would accompany a key scene of a film. Subsequently, the lyrical melody of the song evokes a narrative quality by nature, and would therefore be perfect for what I have imagined for my music video. This includes elements focusing on nature, with a cinematic narrative and the key feature of the music video would therefore be the use of the piano. Equally, given the classical nature of the song, there is currently no music video to accompany it, this gives me greater creative control in what I can use for my music video, and means that I do not have to avoid copying the work of the original. Finally, 'Nuvole Bianche' would allow me to subvert conventions of the genre as the song would not use frequent cuts to the beat, but long takes and continuity editing, giving it more of a short film feel.
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