After research into various bands, we decided to shortlist our ideas in 6 songs choices:
crushcrushcrush - Paramore
-Released with the album Riot! in June 2007 in the United States, and July 2007 in the United Kingdom. Third single released from the album in November 2007 in the UK.
-Pros - Could immediately pull out a narrative from the lyrics
-Cons- No alternate narrative, exisiting music video had already covered it; and the song was too repetitive to provide a broad range of scenes
Hallelujah - Paramore
-Second single to be released from the 2007 album Riot! Released on the 3rd September 2007 in the United Kingdom
-Pros- Existing video was very vague - flexibility
-Cons- Difficult to pull out a narrative from the lyrics, chorus was very bland in terms of lyrics
Pandora - Madina Lake
-Last single, (released 2008) from their debut album "From Them, Through Us, to You.", reaching 154 on the US top 200 Billboard chart; and number 64 on the UK top 100 chart. Album released March 26th 2007 in the UK
-Pros- Although released as a single, song is fairly unknown leaving lots of room to create a unique music video
-Cons- Difficult to make a video to resemble the band due to their lack of videos, also the lyrics are hard to pull out a suitable narrative
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast) - lostprophets
-First single from their third album Liberation Transmission (June 19th 2006); highest performing song alongside 'Last Train Home'
-Pros- Lyrics are fairly broad, leaving room for a variety of narratives
-Cons- Song is already well established, would be difficult to differ from the original. Amazingly overplayed after being featured on 'Guitar Hero' and a top rated video on Kerrang!
For He's a Jolly Good Felon - lostprophets
-Third single released from their fourth album 'The Betrayed' (2010)
-Pros- Lyrics reveal an extremely detailed and interesting narrative that the video itself was very vague in covering; perfect opportunity to create a new spin on the narrative
-Cons- because of the one-track style of the narrative, possibility of being compared to the original
From Yesterday - 30 Seconds to Mars
-Third single released from their second album 'A Beautiful Lie' (2005) music video was the first ever to be filmed in the People's Republic of China in it's entirety
-Pros- Cryptic messages could have made a very interesting and symbollic music video
-Cons- The music video is almost as famous as the song itself, it would be hard to overide the popularity of the video by making a new idea that fits in with the style of the band
Finally, a group decision was made to make the music video for:
'For He's a Jolly Good Felon' by lostprophets.
