Meeting One Notes

Meeting One
Date and Time: Monday 2nd July, 9:30 - 10:50
Members present: All

Focus: Song Discussion/Aims and targets for the brief and overall project

Aims:
- To produce an effective modern music video which fits the criteria of the brief
- For our music video to be unusual, and draw in the target audience

Possible songs:
Song for Clay - Bloc Party (Paul)
Patins - CSS (Zoe)

Song 1: Bloc Party
Pros
- Easy song to fit different styles of video to (ie narrative- or performance-based)
- Good rhythm

Cons
- Lyrics are hard to understand
- Too heavy/rocky - we believe this genre has too many conventions, and so we wouldn't be able to construct an obscure narrative, which was one of our aims

Song 2: CSS
Pros
- Unusual song and different style - allows us to comply with our aim of producing a more unusual and obscure video
- Lack of conventions for genre allows originality and creativity

Cons
- Focus isn't on the lyrics

End Result
We decided that, as one member of the group didn't like the CSS song and another member of the group didn't like the Bloc Party song, we would say no to both for now and try to think of some other possibilities which would appeal more to all members of the group

Other Choices
Space and the Woods - Late of the Pier (Zoe)
Pop the Glock - Uffie (Zoe)
Rebellion Lies - ArcadeFire (Paul)

We then decided to discuss genre, making lists of genres we didn't particularly want to work with, genres that were possible, and genres that we particularly liked.

Dislike:
- Grime (too difficult)
- Rap (too difficult)
- Dance (too difficult)
- Hard Rock (too many existing conventions)
- Country and Western (not modern enough)

Possible:
- Techno
- Drum and Bass
- Reggae

Like:
- Indie
- Nu-rave
- Alternative

Targets for next meeting:
- Each member of the group should compile a list of at least 10 possible song choices on their blog
- Each member of the group should do an ideas brainstorm or a synopsis for one idea on their blog

Discussed by whole group, scribed by Zoe and Paul, typed by Zoe