Song Choice

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been debating which song to use, I knew I wanted to go with a Foo Fighters song but I wasn't sure which one. I have also been trying to decide who I would like to be in the video. The song I have chosen These Days by the Foo Fighters because it is, in my opinion, and the actors' opinion, a brilliant song. In addition it is a fairly new song, the album, Wasting Light, was released in April 2011. This album is undoubtedly one of their best as it reminds us of the old and great Foo Fighters recording on an analogue tape. So this album and this song is very stereotypically "Foo Fighters".

Conventions

It is very difficult to figure out the conventions of a typical Indie music video because every band tries to be different, hence the genre: Independant (Indie). So with my video I will try and be different, but I will take inspiration from the bands that I have already mentioned in my blog.

You can, however, more easily figure out the conventions in a certain band's videos. For example, Foo Fighters videos tend to have a humerous storyline and involves the band members dressing up as different characters. This can be seen in Learn to Fly, Everlong, Long Road to Ruin, Walk, and many more. Or, the Foo Fighters videos consist of just the band playing the music and pretty much no storyline as seen in All My Life and Times Like These.

Target Audience

My target audience is going to be mainly teenage and young adult males - some females - that enjoy listening to indie or rock music. My work will be inspired mainly by Foo Fighters, Stereophonics, and Manic Street Preachers so my products will be aimed at people who like these bands and the genre.

 
Poster                                              Album Cover

The relationship between the poster and the album cover is quite obvious as they are very similar and have clear links. For example, they have used the same fonts, images and colours. They are simple and effective.