Two Door Cinema Club

Background:

Two Door Cinema Club is a three-piece indie rock band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 2007 by Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths) and Kevin Baird (bass, backing vocals). They have had many hit singles and their album 'Tourist History' became number one in it's first week of release. They have spent the majority of their careers playing shows at festivals. They have also released a handful of videos which always get positive reviews on YouTube because of their quirky, humourus music videos. The majority of their music videos are based on performance shots.

Music Videos:
Two Door Cinema club have released many music video on their blog and on YouTube but so far they haven't really had any 'mainstream' success. It has become apparent that they like to use the same conventions in their music videos which has enabled them to become recognizable as a band. They have released music videos for the songs: Undercover Martyn, Something Good Can Work, What You Know, I Can Talk and their latest release Sleep Alone. I have analysed one of their music videos and have compared it to the other to see the similarities  and differences between each of their music videos:
Undercover Martyn was one of TDCC's first music videos that they released. It was released in 2010 and was directed by James Lee. It consists of mainly performance. Throughout the video, some of the lyrics are physically shown on the screen by the people in the background holding them up. This gives the video a nice effect because overall it is quite plain. As this was one of their first videos to be made and released it is obviously quite low budget which is similar to other indie videos aswell.



This is a screen shot from the song 'What You Know'
It consists of the band playing their instruments on pedistalls.



This is a screen shot from the music video for
the song 'I Can Talk'.

Overall, apart from a few features, Two Door Cinema clubs music videos are all very much the same (they are mainly performance). I have made the decision that the song I will be using for my music video is 'This Is The Life' performed by Two Door Cinema Club. This is one of their songs that they have not made a music video for because it is one of their less known songs off their first studio album. I also feel that this song will give me the opportunity to be very creative with production and editing.

'This Is The Life' lyrics: 

Feel something right
Feel something good
Because if one thing works
i'd know its true

Because if this is the life
This is the life
This is the life
This is the life
This is the life
Then who'd argue?

One year, 5 days
And we're starting new
Try to make a change
It's one more thing to do

Because if this is the life
This is the life
This is the life
This is the life
This is the life
Then who'd argue?