Blog 3- Song Choice

After looking at many genres and styles of music, we came to a decision to create a music video for flourence and the machine- my boy builds cofffins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7baoTqocJs
the link above is the song we have selected.

We decided to choose this song because it has an individual style and sound to it and when we listened to it we already came up with a few ideas of what we could do for the final music video. We would like to set it in a woodland area and maybe flick to old fashioned black and white scenes which we think match the style of the music. We now need to pick an appropriate storyline for the video and make sure if we have two seperate scenes that we somehow relate them back to eachover in terms of theme and narrative.

We tried many other songs and artists which we rejected because we found it difficult to come up with ideas of what we could do for them, where as the first time we listened to our selected song we instantly had idea's for what we could do. At First, we picked some popular bands such as lostprophets, marina and the diamonds and all time low. However, we found it difficult to select a good song that didn't already have a video for it therefore we found it easier looking at smaller bands. We also looked at the band 3oh3 but found the language in most their songs were not appropriate and very difficult to find a storyline to match them. The style of Florence and the machines music is very abstract therefore it is easy to create a video without a large storyline which is why we liked this video as we felt we could try all sorts of abstract idea's to create an interesting video to match the individual style of music.

Below are the lyrics for florence and the machine- My boy builds coffins

My boy builds coffins with hammers and nails
He doesn't build ships, he has no use for sails
He doesn't make tables, dresses or chairs
He can't carve a whistle cause he just doesn't care

My boy builds coffins for the rich and the poor
Kings and queens them all knocked on his door
Beggars and liars, gypsies and thieves
They all come to impact he's so eager to please

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you

My boy builds coffins for better or worse
Some say its a blessing, some say its a curse
He fits them together in sunshine or rain
Each one is unique, no two are the same

My boy builds coffins and i think it's a shame
That when eachones been made, he can't see it again
He crafts every one with love and repair
Then its thrown in the ground and it just doesn't fit

My boy builds coffins he makes them all day
But it's not just for work and it isn't for play
He's made one for himself
One for me too
One of these days he'll make one for you