Early feedback on song choice

 After presenting two of my songs to the class, I was given feedback on things such as the conventions that they would expect to see and the genre they think the song is. 

The reason we did this is so that we can understand other peoples opinions on whether the song choices are suitable for a music video, and to understand if we would be able to clearly market the artist/band as a new artist.

The two songs I presented were, The Bluest You by Kidsmoke and After Midnight (1AM) by Lola Young.

1. The Bluest You - Kidsmoke

· Is it clear if they were a band or artist? - Yes, they were clearly a band, this can be heard through the instuments used, and the type of music.

· Was the genre of music clear and what conventions would be expected by the audience - The genre was very clearly indie, with no subgenres, which is good as it is a pure and clear genre. The conventions expected would be lots of colours and very energetic movements, the actors would be dressed very uniquely with some obsurities. There would be some unexpected and weird scenes, for example the band dressed as pandas while dancing.

· Is this a good song choice for a low budget first time music video and filmable? - Yes, there are many different possiblilities of scenes and shots that could be used. It would not be that limited as to what we can and can't do.

· Is the song easy to cast and are they any things you will need to consider for the cast e.g., age, ethnicity, talent playing an instrument etc? - Yes, we could use A1 boys to form the band.

· Based off the genre and tone of the song what was the image people pictured for the band/artist? - Very energetic, obsucre, quirky, happy and engaging with audience. 

2. After Midnight (1AM) - Lola Young

· Is it clear if they were a band or artist? - Yes, an artist, can tell by the fact it was just her voice with a piano in the background.

· Was the genre of music clear and what conventions would be expected by the audience - It was quite clear, people thought it was either R&B/soul or pop, but we decided on R&B

· Is this a good song choice for a low budget first time music video and filmable? - Yes, however it would be harder to find things to film as it is a very slow and emotional song, with all the focus on the one girl.

· Is the song easy to cast and are they any things you will need to consider for the cast e.g., age, ethnicity, talent playing an instrument etc? - We would be able to use an A1 or A2 girl, however we will need to check Lola's ethnicity in order to make sure we are not whitewashing the song.

· Based off the genre and tone of the song what was the image people pictured for the band/artist? - Very emotional, glamorous (dressed in elegant dresses ect), lust, focus all on the girl.