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CHOOSING THE MAIN ELEMENT

SONG SELECTION
So, for our music video, Myiesha and I took the difficult path and decided on the narrative first, followed by the song.So, for our music video, Myiesha and I took the difficult route and decided on the narrative first, followed by the song. We had several boxes to check: choose an indie song, choose a song that isn't very popular and is less likely to have students make a music video for it, choose a song that our teacher likes (spoiler alert: he didn't like our song but loved our video idea), and most importantly, choose a song that fits the narrative and can be liked by the examiner.
Die for you - JOJI (2022)
I Feel Like I'm Drowning - Two Feet (2018)
 Myiesha and I bugged each other until we had a list of songs. We chose a variety of songs by a variety of artists, all of which were indie/alternative rock songs. We were keeping our songs from our teacher because we knew he wouldn't like them (trust me, his music taste is questionable). After going through a ridiculous amount of songs and badgering myiesha with the options until 11 p.m. (I dare say she might just hate me a little bit now), but what's self respect in front of the media, I've lost my sanity, I might as well lose the rest of my personality now. Our shortlisted song choices were:
Stand Out Fit In - One Ok Rock (2019)
Let Me Let You Go - One Ok Rock (2022)
Arrived - Doc Aquatic (2014)
Patawad - Moira Dela Torre (2020) 
Detached - Lyn Lapid (2022)
To sum up this post, here's where we were. We came up with all of these songs, listened to them all over again, and then chose our favourites. The first song on our playlist was "Die for You" by Joji. I chose this song because it fit our story and because I am biassed and adore Joji. This song's lyrics discuss separation, which is exactly what we want to show/discuss in our music video. As a result, I initially thought this was our best option.
IRRELEVANT: random favourite song 1/2
However, Myiesha preferred Let Me Let You Go by One Ok Rock for the same reasons that I preferred Die for You. We chose Let Me Let You Go by One Ok Rock because I thought the music would make a better, more fun and interesting music video than Die For You, which is an amazing song but far too slow and mellow for a fun music video.
IRRELEVANT: random favourite song 2/2
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