Possible songs

 Strengths

The tempo has a structure, it is smooth and layered, like at 0.22 when the guitar gets louder and drums are added, so we could have a good narrative music video that has a story, in which we could put more visuals/add to the the story which mirror the layers within the music, also the clear beginning, middle and end, like the music fading in at the beginning, and fading out at the end. The music is of a high quality, and the are lyrics and clear and easy to understand, along with the clear structure like a chorus. this will make our video will look more professional.

Weaknesses

The chorus can be repetitive, however we could use this to our advantage when making our music video, by keep going back to a main theme or use it in another creative way. Its also 4 minutes long, which would mean to make a good quality and professionally looking music video, we would have to shoot a lot of footage and do a lot of editing. However to get around this we could fade the music out earlier as there are opportunitys to do so at around 3.20 till the end.

Strengths

There are many layers to this song, like at 0.34 backing vocals are added, or at 0.48 a violin is added, these especially happen at the beginning. This means we could have a clear introduction into our music video, adding more visuals as the layers come in, this clear synchronisation would make our video more complex and professional looking. Additionally the lyrics and melody set a clear slightly depressing tone in the beginning, but it then becomes more optimistic towards the end, therefore we would have a clear structure and story line to follow if we were to choose this for our music video. Also this song is one of our shortest out of the other possibilities, which means we probably wouldn't run the risk of running out of footage or ideas when planning

Weaknesses

This song stays at a slow pace throughout, without many dramatic changes, and without clear sections to it, this could make it difficult to convey an interesting and visually pleasing music video while also going at the same pace as it. Moreover the fact it has no clear sections means that it could be difficult to make definitive sections/chapters to our music video, which means it could look messy and unprofessional when it comes to editing it.

Strengths
The song has different moods and tones in its structure, like at the start its just  slow and mellow vocals and a guitar, whereas in the chorus she sings in a higher pitch, at a faster pace and a drum is added, which we could mirror in our video making it complex and visually pleasing because we would also change visual styles like the music does. Additionally the song its self has little components in it, of just vocals, a guitar and some drums, this simplicity could mean more attention would go to our visuals, meaning we could make it again more complex and have more subtle components in the visuals fr the viewer to pick up on. There is also a clear theme to the song that is love/heartbreak, the lyrics and tone easily identify this, it also sounds high quality, meaning the audience will quickly pick up on this so they will clearly know, what our mirrored visuals would represent.  

Weaknesses
The songs theme about love constricts us to most likely making a narrative video, because of the simplicity of the song a performance video could be more difficult to make because it could be boring and repetitive consisting of shots of just the singer, guitarist and drummer, making it not visually pleasing for the viewer, and meaning we couldn't creatively explore all ideas for a music video.

Strengths

The song has many different tones, paces and moods to it, like at 1.09 there is just deep vocals, but then it goes straight into a happy and faster paced ukulele melody, this means that we could make a very complex music video and explore many different locations, actors and props with it. This aslo means that there is a structure to follow. Furthermore the song itself is very stylised, you can clearly depict that the artists have a northern accent in the lyrics, therefore we could incorporate this and make our music video in their style, maybe use a well known location for the north of England, or find a different cultural signifier, this will make our music video more suited and pair with this band.

Weaknesses

The different tones, paces and moods could end up meaning that the song is too complex, especially when it comes to editing, and by that point we would have shot all our footage and it will be too late and our video would look unprofessional.

 Strengths 

This song has a catchy and memorable riff so would make it more pleasing for the audience when watching the video, also its themes including politics and the refugee crisis which is a current affair, this means we could make a music video about this theme, which would make it more memorable because people would be reminded about it in things like the news. Moreover if we were to do this our video would have a message to do with the refugee crisis, therefore would be more impacting compared to the other options for a music video. Furthermore this song has variety throughout and clear sections, which means that editing it would be easier.