This week in class we were required to present a short presentation on a music video of our choice. I think the biggest struggle of this whole task for me though was actually managing to select a music video to present on. Adding up the hours spent working on this task I would probably find the majority were spent watching countless videos of making mental pros and cons lists.

I did, however, eventually decide on a video to use. It was a song by the New Zealand group Naked and Famous called I Kill Giants; the director of the music video was Joel Kefali. The reasons for me finally deciding to go with this particular video included:

1. I found it incredibly beautiful. The location, the lighting, the dancers, the dance were all captivating
2. It was simple but engaging
3. I really liked the song
4. It was very different to all the other videos I had considered
5. I found myself wanting to watch it on loop

If you want to have a look the video can be found at the end of this post.

I really enjoyed this task, not only because it was an excuse to spend hours watching film clips on YouTube, but also because it was really interesting to watch and learn about the film clips that others in the class had selected. I found that I hadn’t seen most of the music video that people presented on and it was exciting to be exposed to new styles and to learn about how they were interpreted by my classmates.