Choosing the Song

The first thing I did once I had chosen that my genre is pop-punk was search 'pop-punk bands' on Google. This search gave me the most frequently mentioned pop-punk bands on the web.

I did this as it allowed me to gain an idea on what bands will produce the best songs to make a music video to as I thought that one of the reasons they will be the most mentioned is because of the music videos and people watching them online due to free streaming on website's like YouTube.

I then narrowed my ideas to 3 well known pop-punk bands which were Paramore, Tonight Alive and Green Day. I thought these artists were good because they are well known, which although is not relevant to making a music video, is helpful with the research and getting ideas on what to include in my own music video.

I then searched what songs they have written and produced and listened to them to get an idea on what they sound like and whether or not I could come up with ideas for music videos for them.

In the end I chose wasting away as I feel that I could include an abstract element of performance whilst still linking the lyrics and music video. I also feel that the beat of the song is faster than the others therefore I can make my editing fast which will make my music video more aesthetically pleasing.