Looking at music videos and video directors influences

We were given two different music videos, which we were only allowed to listen to the music, and then in groups consider what WE would think of making for the video for it.

The first video was by Rancid, called Timebomb, which itself sounds like a modern song which could be by someone like The Ordinary Boys or someone similar, but infact in the video the band is represented as rebellious 'punks' playing in an abandoned building.

In my group this is what we came up with for ideas to make the video for this;

Mood:
Cheerful, crazy, upbeat

Actions:
Bouncy castle, circus, trampoline, candy/sweets, quick cuts, circus dancers, pier, unsteady camera, party, performing on the bouncy castle.

But in fact, we were completely wrong in our idea compared ot the one which was made. This does not mean that our idea is a bad one, just that we have a completely different imagination in comparion to the actual video director to the song. This is what the real music video looks like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwIbb3McVW4


The second video we listened to was called We know something you don't know, by DJ Format. Our initial ideas were really different to what was made, but some of our ideas were there.
Here is what we came up with;

Mood:
Floating, relaxed, authority, urban

Actions:
Driving/cruising, polics, cocktails, lilos, New York, women, bling

The actual video contained people in animal suits hip hop dancing and rapping, which was very random, but very effective with the song itself. This gave me a great insight on the kind of ideas people can have which will differ from eachother, from listening to just one song.