Looking Ahead: Track Selection

Before we break up for the summer I'll issue you all with a detailed breakdown of what you can/can't do in terms of your track selection for the music video, and a list of guidelines for thinking about this. Before then, a quick summary of the key points:

1. It CAN be copyrighted material - you are being assessed on your ability to create a video, not a song!
2. The proviso for this is that you can evidence an attempt to contact the band and/or record label/publisher to ask permission for your use of the track
3. It CAN'T be a track which was released as a single, and already has a music vid
4. Check YouTube - if you find uploads of the song which have been blocked, then pick something else!!!
5. There is no restriction on genre - that's entirely up to you, so long as you...
6. ...Convince with your pitch presentation [not the July dry run!], like the A-Team's Hannibal Smith, that you have a plan that will come together; be able to echo Blackadder's line that "I have a plan so cunning, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel."
7. ...Have avoided any explicit language or explicit sexual content - we also have to think about the secondary audience for your texts: the school, younger students, etc
8. For your own sakes, try to avoid any lengthy tunes!