Another Song Change

When we tried to work with the footage we had, the true extent of the difficulties of our first day of filming presented themselves. What we had wasn't nearly enough and the footage we shot was full of errors. The lighting wasn't up to standard and the quality of the footage was poor overall. There was a general feeling of dejection and Jacob and Jake raised the point that perhaps our ideas weren't good enough and suggested another song change. Again, we had allowed ourselves to fall into the trap of a narrative piece and it simply wasn't good enough. The general feel was that we should pick more of an upbeat rock song, and have a purely performance-based video.

After some discussion, we chose "Times Like These" by The Foo Fighters. It is a fast paced song with a good rock feel to it. We felt that it would be suitable for a live performance and we decided to go away and carry out a small bit of research each, and come back and present any ideas we had. However, this needed to be done quickly because, again, time was running short.

I decided to take a closer look at the lyrics, which I had analyzed earlier, but in no real depth. I have also noticed that the lyrics I looked at before had a couple of inaccuracies.

I...I'm a one way motorway

I'm the road that drives away and follows you back home.

I...I'm a street light shining

I'm a white light blinding bright and burning off and on.

It's times like these you learn to live again

It's times like these you give and give again

It's times like these you learn to love again

It's times like these, time and time again

I...I'm a new day rising

I'm a brand new sky to hang the stars upon tonight.

I...I'm a little divided

Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind?

It's times like these you learn to live again

It's times like these you give and give again

It's times like these you learn to love again

It's times like these, time and time again

I've found that I really like this song personally and working with it proved a worthy experience. Like I said before, the lyrics suggest an independence, but also an uncertainty. The singer seems to be facing a time of great change in his life and is having trouble deciding where he should go. Despite this sombre tone, the music is very upbeat and I think it would be best if the video was energetic in it's feel. It has a fast-paced drum beat and the main riff running through the song is also played at a high tempo. I had images of a lot of moving shots. The editing should probably be fast paced as well, i.e. quick cuts etc.