Choose an artist to research (the one you want to produce a music video for) and write a short piece on them.

Chosen Artist: Paramore

Paramore are a pop/punk or alternative rock band from Franklin, Tennessee.

The line up has changed quite a bit with some additions or replacements that didn't stay long. Probably the 'main' line up and one that was most popular was:

Hayley Williams - Vocals

Josh Farro - Guitar

Zac Farro - Drums

Jeremy Davis – Bass

Taylor Yorke - Guitar (added later)

Jason Bynum made an appearance also on guitar but didn’t stay part of the band too long. Taylor Yorke, a friend of the band was part of their writing process and became a member after the Riot album as a guitarist. He is still an important part of the group today. 

Their band is labelled with more than one category of music but they fuse different styles into their music and so the different aspects of it fit specifications of different styles. They formed in 2004 when the lead singer, Hayley, moved from Mississippi and made friends with the other band members through a shared love of music. It is said that they got their name from a band members mother’s maiden name and when they found out what 'Paramour' meant - 'secret lover', they adopted the name.                              

Rehearsing at their houses and starting to write music, they were just having fun, but then they started touring (being driven by parents because they were so young). Since then they’ve only become more popular and have amazingly dedicated fans that know every lyric of every song. They’ve released the albums All We Know Is Falling, Riot, The Final Riot and Brand New Eyes and have been nominated for countless awards. 

Their influences are New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, Sunny Day Real Estate, and No Doubt so they have a mixture of pop/punk and ska music. The band is signed by Fueled By Ramen which is part of Warner, but they still supposedly get the freedom to write what they want despite it being a major label. The albums have progressed, I think, but there are a couple of songs from each album that really mean a lot to people and help them through hard times. I think these would be The Only Exception and Misguided Ghosts (the more acoustic and deep songs).

Although Paramore are still together and still going strong, they have faced really tough times. Two of the bands original members, brothers Josh and Zac Farro quit the band unexpectedly last year, and this left some of the fans devastated; many of them were impressed that this huge problem didn’t mean the band split up completely, as Hayley, Taylor and Jeremy carried on and are still creating music.

I have chosen to do produce a music video for this band because I absolutely love them and I’m enthusiastic about the music so I feel I’ll put as much effort and passion in as I can to get the best result. Of course there is also the fact that I need to do a song with a female artist as the person doing the lip syncing. Hayley Williams is probably the most well known female artist for this genre because it’s predominantly male singers, but I genuinely think their songs are really powerful and they would be good to do a lip sync to because you could put a lot of emotion into the miming.