Music/ Music Video Inspiration

Rodney Atkins- Take A Back Road

This song is all shot outside and is based around a country song coming on that makes him want to take a back road, when the song comes on the mood of the piece changes this gives the piece a nice up beat feeling and there for gets the audience’s attention. I also like the way that most of the shots are taken outside this give the shots this real feeling like he was actually performing in these locations, I believe that this element makes the video very effective and keeps the users attention on the video. 

Blake Shelton- Who Are You When I'm Not Looking 

I find this song very inspirational due to the meaning of the song, this is shown through the lyrics and also the way in which Blake Shelton is singing. The video also helps to make the meaning of the song more powerful as it shows Blake Shelton singing and playing the song on his bed in a dark room this adds tension and makes you really focus in on the lyrics. There is also a narrative element to the video this allows the song to be acted out and allows us to understand who the song is about. This would be interesting to make a video for due to the emotion in which we would have to achieve to make it successful.

Luke Bryan- Here's To The Farmer

I like the way that the video acts out the lyrics of the song very well and i believe that a lot of the ideas of the shots could be used within a lot of songs. The use of the wide angle shots of lots of country side work very well with the song and i believe is a very important element of country music

Toby Keith- I Wanna Talk About Me 
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This song is singing about him wanting to talk about him instead of always talking about his women. This is very ironic this is demonstrated in the music video. This music video is very unique for a country music video due to the way that there is a lot of cross cutting to demonstrate how much she talks about herself this adds a funny side to the video however it keeps the viewer interested. The element of him being shown singing with coloured backdrops is also very unique and allows him to stand out. This video does not use typical country music video conventions and there for stands out very well and draws in the viewer, this is why I think the video is inspirational as it is unique.

Chris Stapleton- Either Way

This is one of my favorite songs by Chris Stapleton as I love the use of the acoustic guitar throughout the song, this helps to give this sad slow feeling to the song. I believe that the lyrics have a lot of meaning and as Chris Stapleton sounds like he is singing it from his hart it allows the listener to really feel the meaning of the song.