Ideas For Our Unsigned Band Music Video

We originally came up with 3 unsigned bands to make a music video for: Annie Stevenson, Pistolas and Smaller than you.
However, we then found out that Pistolas are no longer a band and so we were left between choosing Smaller than you, a local band we went to school with, and Annie Stevenson, who we found through searching the internet (websites we used included MySpace and Channel4music).

Why Annie Stevenson would be a good choice:
1) her accoustic music is very much a genre all of us in my group like. Therefore we are familliar with the conventions of the genre and would probably enjoy doing the project more than if we enjoy the genre.
2) although unsigned her music is of a very high standard of quality. This would give the music video a more professional look.

Why Annie Stevenson could be a bad choice:
1) She doesn't live in Norfolk, therefore it would be very difficult to film her live or get her to appear in the video, something our whole group have been keen on doing since the begginning of the project.
2) Unlike smaller than you, we don't know her. This could make it hard to represent her personality accurately, we could misjudge the meanings of her songs, we don't know who influenced her, etc.
3) It is difficult to place a certain genre on her. Althought this individuality obviously appeals to a big audience, it would be difficult to follow generic conventions.

We decided the cons outweighed the pros, and instead went for Smaller Than you.

We chose Smaller than you for the following reasons:
* We know the band members and so we are aware of the bands style, etc.
* The band members are local so it would be possible to feature them in our music video if we wanted to.
* We are familiar with the music and like it, so it is easier for us to choose a song and we will enjoy the coursework more if we like the music.
* They fit in nicely with the SKA genre. This gives us a genre to work around and explore the conventions of.

We have chosen to do the song 'who knew' because the lyrics are versitile and have already inspired us with some ideas.