Initial Ideas.

For my own music video, I have chosen to work in the pop/punk genre of music, as it is a genre I myself am a fan of, and already know quite a lot about the genre itself. have also chosen this genre of music as I already know quite a few independent, un-signed bands which are involved within this genre, which whilst making my own music video, will help me a lot. For the project itself, I have chosen to work independently, as I find I work better when I am working on my own. I am able to plan out my own work more efficiently, rather than depending on other partners, I am able to take control of my own work. The band I am thinking of using in my own music video are a local band from Birmingham, called "Strangle Kojak", who were formed in 2007. They're a pop/punk band which consists of 4 members, all male. Their latest album which was released earlier this year has the song on it which I am planning to use for my own music video, called "Fuzzy Stuff", which was one of the most popular songs on the album. I myself know the band personally, as they are all old friends of mine, so it wasn't difficult at all to get consent to use their song for my own media project:

Down to the reason that the band themselves are old friends of mine, this now makes it easier for me to include the band in my project, which will hopefully allow me to use the song to a better advantage. To narrow down what song I wanted to use specifically, I listened to all of the bands recent and older music, deciding which sounded more pop/punk, and which song would fit the best with my music video idea. My own music video idea is to have a loud, 'in your face' party scene taking place. So, because of the narrative and plot ideas, I wanted to choose a loud and pop/punk sounding track. Again, because I know the band well, especially Max Such (drummer), I had a phone call with him on the 17/10/2012, also asking permission to use the track that I wanted to use, which was helpful as I was able to speak to him about ideas and narrative ideas, which he gave me his opinion on. This was useful for my own research as having one of the band members from the band I wanted to use for my own project give me his advice, it allowed me to then work on ideas and build up my narrative, structuring it in a lot more detail.