The group chose to create a music video for the Foo Fighters song "Times Like These" because the band is American rock, which will allow for a fast-paced, lively, and aggressive video as desired. Other considered bands, Nickelback and Hello Operator, were passed over - Nickelback for being too slow and risking simply acting out lyrics, and Hello Operator because they are smaller and less well known. Initial ideas for the video involve a plain background with sharp text or a brick wall background with band members.

1. Initial Ideas, Discussion and
Planning.
Our choice of band/song that we are going to create a music video for is the Foo
Fighters – Times Like These. Foo Fighters are an American Rock band, which is why we
specifically chose the Foo Fighters, so that the video can be fast paced which is how we
want our video to be, as we think a video with lots of slow shots will be less effective,
and as Foo Fighters are a Rock band the digipak can be lively, and aggressive which is
more enjoyable to create
Other bands/songs we thought about creating a music video for were:
• Nickelback – This Is How You Remind Me, but we thought it was very slow at the
beginning, and that we would be side tracked into creating shots which simply acted
out the lyrics, so we thought it would be best to stay away from that.
• Hello Operator – Palm of my Hand, but Hello Operator are a small, local band which
meant we knew less about the style of the band and didn’t have as good a
understanding of the meaning of the song, compared to a band like the Foo Fighters
which we all know well and understand/love their songs.
Both of these bands are Rock/Indie Rock based which is our chosen genre, therefore I
was thinking of having a rather plain background and some large, sharp text, or having a
background for example a brick wall covered in graffiti with some ‘band members’
leaning against the wall, and again having large, sharp text.

2. Ideas For Foo Fighters Music Package
For the magazine advertisement we will have a box which we have been allocated to
advertise our digipak/music video in, therefore the small space we have been given
needs to be effective. The colours for the box need to fit in with the genre, therefore
the 4 main colours I would attempt to include would be: Red, Yellow, Black and White,
and I would have a good, clear contrast to make the advertisement clear, supported by
large, sharp writing so that the advertisement is effective, clear, and yet still fitting in
with the Rock genre conventions.
The digipak will be similar in conventional terms to the advertisement in terms of style
(colour and fonts), however it obviously won’t be promoting the album, it will just have
the band name, the album name and an image on there.
For the Foo Fighters video we are thinking the main theme/narrative to the song (Times
Like These) will be a man walking along a road as the song is about life, and it’s journey
of ups and downs, therefore the main person in our video will be on a journey, and will
experience barriers which he has to overcome in order to carry on.