Planning

After finally deciding on a song, we got on with planning. Our first planning meeting was very productive, and our ideas came together well. Everyone had their own individual ideas and there was good contribution all round. However, we did run into several problems. Despite our initial caution, our ideas were largely narrative based. We decided to create a narrative based piece, with supporting performance sections. In themselves these ideas were good. However, we didn't feel they worked together as a whole video.

With this in mind we got together to discuss our options, and unanimously agreed that it would probably be better to change songs. If we stuck with "The Real Damage" we'd be too tempted to create a narrative line or basis to the video. We still thought that Frank Turner would be a good artist to stick with, so after some discussion, we selected our favourite song, "Photosynthesis". I personally thought this was a good choice, because it seemed like a good idea to stick to songs we liked so we still enjoyed working with it.

We agreed to look into the song individually and come back with our ideas. I chose to look at the existing music video for the song

In my opinion, this is a weak music video, especially for the potential that the music has. Although it captures the vibrant feel of the music, the content doesn't really reflect the meaning of the song. I envisioned an adult in an eternal chase of his lost youth, rather than interaction with youth in itself. The song suggests he feels out of touch, and even dislike for the youth of today, so seeing him interact with them didn't really make sense. With this in mind, I decided to present the group with my ideas.