R+P Post 8: Possible tracks for the single

When we first started the process of choosing a track, we sat down as a group and came up with a long list of songs that we liked and thought could work.

Our list of possible songs

After this we listened to each song, without watching the original music video, and tried to come up with ideas that could work. From this point we found it quite easy to cut down the possible tracks as some were really hard to think of ideas for and we thought if we weren't immediately inspired then it was doubtful we could make a good music video for it.

This cut the possible songs down to:

• Mario - Let Me Love You
• Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
• Destiny's Child - Survivor
• TLC - No Scrubs

Mario - Let Me Love You

Pros

• Strong male lead - Laith in our group could do it
• R&B - from my research this was identified as possibly a good genre to pick
• Lyrics lend themselves to strong narrative and performance shots
• Strong beat throughout - cutting to the beat would be easy

Cons

• At 4:26 the song is too long and we would have to cut it down 
• Would require dancing and it may be hard to find someone comfortable enough to do that in front of the camera
• Is a well known song so copyright may be an issue as well as creating something different enough to stand out from the original music video

Justine Timberlake - Cry Me A River

Pros

• Strong male lead - Laith could do it - easy to keep casting within our group
• Strong beat
• Contemporary R&B - gap in market for a song like this
• Emotive lyrics that lend themselves to a narrative
• Lyrics also lend themselves to conceptual/artsy shots of rain and water
• Very catchy

Cons

• Very well known - peaked at number 2 o the UK Official Charts Company
• Music video is also well known
• Song is too long at 4:50 - would need to cut down 
• Does get a bit repetitive towards the end

Destiny's Child - Survivor

Pros

• Strong message - inspirational 
• Strong, female group - feminism, current issue
• Strong beat
• Lends itself to interesting performance and conceptual shots

Cons

• Needs 3 girls for the group which may be hard getting people to agree to 
• Dance heavy which again may be a problem 
• As a group we were actually finding it quite hard to come up with a lot of ideas for the music 

TLC - No Scrubs

Pros

• Strong female group - feminism a current issue
• Very catchy and fun
• Strong beat 
• Contemporary R&B - identified as possibly a good genre to choose

Cons

• Again needs 3 girls which may be a problem getting enough people to agree
• It may be hard to make the lipsync for the rap section believable
• Song is too long so would need to be cut down

Ideas for Cry Me a River

Ideas for Let Me Love You

Once we had a list of songs, we actually narrowed our selection down very quickly because the brief meant we had specific criteria to meet and as a group we were a lot more inspired by some songs than others.