Comparing our video to Taylor Swift's

Our song we have chosen is 'Safe and Sound' by Taylor Swift. She has also made many other music videos for her songs. Mainly she sticks with the country genre to her music and most of her songs involve a guitar being one of the main instruments.

For example her song, 'Our Song' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb2stN7kH28) involves a jazzy and upbeat guitar solo to begin the song. However unlike our video Taylor Swift's are normally more upbeat and lively. In her video she is in bright colours which match the theme of the song. In the shot below she is dressed in bright colours and surrounded by brightly coloured petals.

We chose to add in a splash of colour into our video for the flashbacks. Although in our video this is to show a happier memory for the sisters, it still links in with the original ideas from Taylor Swift's videos.

Also in the video for her song 'Back To December', (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocfbbyIUn8&feature=relmfu) she plays on the idea of reality and dreams, by having snow appear in doors. Although in our video we haven't gone that far and that dramatic, we have used the idea of what is real and what is just a dream.