References In Videos In Acoustic Indie.

A common reference I have come across when watching acoustic indie music video is that the artists is normally cutting from the narrative to them playing there acoustic guitar like 'Joshua Radin' I'd rather be with you and 'Frank Turner' photosynthesis. There is also often a girl involved if the song is quite a slow one this is also showed in Joshua Radin' I'd rather be with you and 'Ed Sheerans' the a team.

The lyrics are a huge part of acoustic indie music as lots of artists are portraying there lyrics and feelings more so than a rock band which sometimes is more based on the riff of the song. In the music videos of acoustic indie artists they trying to link in the lyrics as much as possible to the narrative that is going on at the same time so the audience gets to not only hear what they are saying about situations but they also get to picture it in there head. As our lyrics are about how he wants to hold onto his girl as it feels like he's living in a day dream, everything is so good.

A very cheesy common reference is the artists laying in a field playing his acoustic guitar singing, dreaming about a girl he wants or has lost. We are going to try and avoid this as it wont be as interesting and we could end up losing fans because whenever you think of acoustic indie you think of someone just laying in a field playing therefore we will not use this reference in out music video.

When the artist is singing in the music video they very rarely will use a microphone and they have slow cutting rates to mate the pace of the song and they use a lot of long shots. lots of acoustic indie artists film there songs in city's therefore we are thinking of filming part of our video in cambridge as it is a very beautiful city and will match our songs nicely.

Clothing- Normally you see shirts and jeans or just plain tops and jeans being warn within the music videos of acoustic artists as they are not trying to show off they are just trying to gain the main focus to the music and there acoustic guitar.

This information will affect our production because we will only try to include the certain references that only some audience members will expect to see and when the few notice this they will feel flattered by this. Plus avoiding the stereotypical video of a man playing in a field dreaming of a girl will help our music video appeal to the people that are wanting to be different but in a normal way so not listening to the mainstream but still listening and watching good music.