Girls Aloud. The Promise.

When thinking about the music video and whether to use black and white to encompass the notion of it being a 50/60's Motown music video. For a modern band like our own we found the Girls Aloud, The Promise video for some inspiration. I think it is good because it has both colour and black and white. We knew we were going to be filming at the school stage but we had some difficulty deciding on a suitable backdrop. I noticed this video and how clear it was whilst being black and white. I like how the lights surround the band like a frame which is something we considered to do but couldn't source the resources. We also discussed about using sparkly dresses to reflect the lights but due them being costly and again difficult to come by due them being somewhat out of fashion. This video is also where i got the idea for the pan across the singers as i thought it worked well to represent the three singers as a band and also to add some movement to the video and not letting it be completely static. Using both elements form this video and Chers original for "The Shoop Shoop Song" and other texts i believe that we can successfully achieve a good video.