The Enemy - Band Research

The Enemy are a 3 piece band from Coventry who formed in 2006 and fall into the indie-punk-rock genre. They tend to base their music around the idea of friendship and social commentary, meaning
they express the way they feel about society. The band consists of lead singer and guitarist Tom Clarke, bass player Andy Hopkins and drummer Liam Watts. The music they produce is aimed at mainly working class people as their songs tend to be about common situations such as being stuck in a mundane job.
The awards they have received are:

• Q Awards - Best New Act (awarded October 2007)
• XFM Awards - Best British Debut Album of 2007 (awarded January 2008)
• NME Awards - Best New Band (awarded February 2008

Previous music video directors:

'Had enough' - directed by Diamond Dogs

Music videos produced by Diamond Dogs are usually simple and basic, not that expensive and reflect the lyrics. Previous work by these have been 'The Cribs - Mirror Kisses' and 'The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray.'

Diamond Dogs produce other media such as Adverts, Internet content,  Music videos, Drama and Documentary projects.

Performance video

We chose Goodbye Kiss by Kasabian for our Performance video because it only has them performing the song at one of their concerts in the bands official video. It shows them on stage in front of hundreds of fans which tells you that it's a performance rather than a recorded version of them singing the song put to a video. This means they haven't spent loads of money to produce their video and also that any one who decides to make a video to the song, can be original and not have such a high standard to compete with.

Concept Video

We thought 'Here It Goes Again' by OK Go was a good example for a concept video as it completely random and doesn't have a story or go with the song lyrics at all. It consists of the band dancing continuously on treadmills throughout the length of the song. It received a VMA for being the best video (That Should Have Won A Moonman) in 2009.

Lyric Analysis & locations

Standing in the rain, bus is late again
Girl will be stood waiting for bus in the rain,  looks at watch because bus is late and is annoyed
She's been waiting for the answer
She won't go away, until it comes her way 
She wont miss another chance 
- standing at a bus stop
flash back of her previous performance that she failed (different outfit)
And it's hard to take 
But she's hard to break 
And it's hard 
- different drama studio or ballet studio
shot of peoples feet in normal shoes but the girls wearing her ballet shoes - bus stop

There's a twinkle in her little eye
Close up of her eyes - emphasis of one eye especially
Just for a minute, she feels like a dancer 
If you let her in she will stay for life 
Cause she feels like a dancer, like a dancer tonight
looks out of window on the bus - on the bus

On a single bed, where she lays her head 
She thinks about tomorrow 
shot of her laying on her bed, and looking at her ballet shoes, thinking 
And she doesn't know, that she beautiful 
But you know it shows 
grabs mirror and looks in it with doubt - in girls bedroom
And it's hard to take 
But she's hard to break 
Said it's hard to take 
flash back of her practising a move she can't quite get right yet - drama studio or ballet studio

There's a twinkle in her little eye 
Just for a minute, she feels like a dancer 
If you let her in she will stay for life 
There's a twinkle in her little eye 
Just for a minute, she feels like a dancer
If you let her in she will stay for life 
Doing art work (shots of her ballet work) and she is sat thinking about her performance, nervous - at school
Sat preparing herself for performance in front of mirror - backstage (at school)

And tonight's the night that she will find it 
And the lights, the lights are all shining 
lights shine on her as she enters the stage
She feels like a dancer, feels like a dancer 
As she slips away again 
begins performance - goes really well - school hall 

There's a twinkle in her little eye 
Just for a minute, she feels like a dancer 
If you let her in she will stay for life 
There's a twinkle in her little eye 
Just for a minute, she feels like a dancer 
If you let her in she will stay for life
Cause she feels like a dancer 
Like a dancer 
Like a dancer tonight
smiles as she continues to dance, everything goes right, finishes in pose, lots of clapping and cheering, lights fade as the song does - school hall

Chosen Band - The Enemy

The Enemy are our chosen band and we are going to make a video for their song 'Like A Dancer'.