Motown: Supremes

Obviously if we choose a Motown song we would need to choose one by one of the many girl groups, as we are planning to be in the video ( to make things easier)

The most obvious choice would be The Supremes ( or Diana Ross and The Supremes). They have had many hits which are well known ('Baby Love' 1964, 'Stop! In the Name of Love' 1965) as well as some lesser known but still successful songs like 'The Happening' and 'Reflections'.


Choosing a song from this era would allow us to be very inventive and original as videos were either extremely boring or non-existent and (i don't think) represented the songs well enough. I want to make a video that will make Motown seem attractive for younger audiences who otherwise wouldn't listen to it. That if it was played on MTV the song and video wouldnt be out of place.


You can see in this video they are starting to experiement with editing at the beginning. This clearly is the start of music video. Also you have to take into account there was less money put into motown as there would have been for the 'rock and roll' of the time, and so they may have been behind the times.

(sorry for the bad quality...)
I really like this one because you get a great feel of the era, not only in the costumes but in the setting and music giving it that 'swinging sixties' vibe. I think this is an element we could sertainly draw in.

So clearly there is loads of choice from the Supremes for a track choice but if I was to narro it down it would be

• Reflections
• The Happening
• You keep me hanging on- This one would be good as it sounds fairly modern.
• maybe... Where did our love go