This document contains initial plans and ideas for music videos for various songs by different artists. It discusses 5 potential ideas before settling on "Angels" by Tom Walker as the final idea. For this song, it provides biographical information on the artist, describes the genre as indie pop/rock, and summarizes the meaning and tone of the song based on an interview with Walker. It then outlines plans for shooting the music video, including using different transitions between clips timed to the beat and incorporating various scenarios to tell a story reflecting the genre. Techniques like varying camera angles and shot lengths are discussed, as well as conventions like consistent lighting across locations.

1. Initial Plans
Alice Leeman

2. Idea Generation
Artist: EDEN
Song: rock + roll

3. Idea Generation
Artist: Nothing But Thieves
Song: Sorry

4. Idea Generation
Artist: The Lumineers
Song: Stubborn Love

5. Idea one
Artist: Tom Walker
Song: Angels

6. Idea two
Artist: Fall Out Boy
Song: The Last Of The Real Ones
• This song is more in the genre of ‘Electropop’ and is an upbeat song.
With this song, the beat changes throughout the song from the verses to
the chorus. This would be a good opportunity when editing the clips for a
music video to fit each clip in time with the beat. I feel that this type of
styling of a music video is effective with the song.
• As the song is more upbeat and quite fast, the video could have quite a
lot happening in it, unlike if it were to be a slow, calming song the music
video is likely to be slow and relaxing.
• The setting for this type of song could be set in a busy place like a city
centre or a party as this would be somewhere where a lot is happening
at once and can be effective on the audience listening and watching. On
sections of the song where the verses are slower than the song, there
could be a different scene which the video focuses on (someone on their
own)

7. Idea three
Artist: The 1975
Song: Robbers
• This song is in the genre of ‘Alternative/Indie, Rock’ and is in fairness quite a
slow sounding song as he sings, but the beat is quite fast which would make it
interesting if a music video is put together.
• Inertextuality: The song is about a couple in a toxic relationship and are too
focused on each other to see the destruction around their relationship. This
kind of message around the song means that the music video could be focused
around a couple in love, but there are scenes which shows the toxicity of the
relationship, e.g. fights, sadness, etc.

8. Final idea
• Name of track: Angels
• Name of artist: Tom Walker
• Brief biographical background:
Tom Walker was born in Scotland and grew up in Manchester, England. He taught himself
how to play drums, guitar, piano and bass. He studied songwriting at London’s College of
Contemporary Music and then began making music in Earnest, collaborating with house
mates in their home studio. One of his songs in 2016, ‘Sun goes down’ earned acclaim
and airplay on Radio 1 and Walker signed to Relentless soon after. His official debut
single ‘Fly Away With Me’ was released later that year. The Blessings EP was released in
April 2017 along with some singles, and the album ‘What A Time To Be Alive’ was issued
in late 2018.
• Links to other artists: Imagine Dragons, Tom Grennon, Rag’n’bone
man
• Genre info: Indie pop, Indie Rock, Indie folk

9. Final idea – track summary
• Summary/analysis of track [consider meaning, content, duration, pace and
style of the song]
Angels-Tom Walker
• Walker explains in an exclusive interview about the meaning of his song ‘Angels’. He tells
us how the song highlights the ‘angels’ that come into your life and how they come in
many different forms but mostly as everyday people and those who are closest to you.
“Angels are everyday people who come in and out of everyones lives in various forms, so
just try to appreciate the people closest to you whilst you can. It’s a mix of light and dark
which is what the song is about, it’s about the everyday hero’s that don’t get a mention in
society.”
• The genre of this song is described to be Alternative/indie.
• The duration of the song is roughly 3 and a half minutes long

10. Final idea – your idea
Your creative concept/video synopsis [describe
your interpretation, use of imagery or narrative,
genre conventions, etc]
• Different transitions when changing to
another clip (on time with the beat or
start of a chorus)
• Different scenes shot at different places
to merge together in the music video.
• Use different scenarios to create a story
by focusing on the genre of the music
and finding out what part of a music
video makes you understand that genre.
• Possibly focuses on one person in the
music video and their thoughts and
feelings
• Add in small effects when editing such
as keeping the same filter effect
throughout the different locations.

11. Final idea – techniques and styles
Techniques:
Camera work: Experimenting different angles for camera shots to make the music
video itself more interesting (instead of just choosing one angle to film, e.g. from the
back.
Length of shots: Each shot shouldn’t last that long (probably up to 2-4 seconds)
because if a shot goes on for a while the video is likely to be boring.
When editing, changing from clip to clip in time with the beat.
I will have to decide at what time of day to film the music video and how I would want
the setting to look like. This is important for the techniques for how effective the video
is compared to the song itself.
Effect I want to use when editing my music video are effects like slowing and
speeding up clips in my music video. For example, in the music video ‘wind beneath
my wings’ by Bette Midler, the clips of the girls playing are slowed down to create a
more calming effect. This is the kind of effect I want to use when my performer is
walking in the outside locations. I also want to use speed up effects, so if a clip is
moving at a normal speed and then speed up quickly and moves at a faster speed in
the same clip.
Conventions:
• Making sure that the lighting stays the same throughout the different locations I film
so it doesn’t affect the quality of the whole music video