The song I chose to make a music video for was War by Astronaut and Far Too Loud.

The song is very fast paced and doesn't have much lyrics. From the feel of the song I thought that a heist-like story for the music video would fit very well and also links to the title of the song.

I thought about the types of shots I wanted to include in the music video.

I reviewed the shots I wanted to include and started looking for footage. I came across this promotional trailer on YouTube for Pay Day 2.

Although in the video they don't rob a bank, the shots available were very good and ideal for my idea. It was also good as both the song and video link to gaming.
I decided to alter my original idea a little and use the storyline provided in the video, in which a group of robbers, break out one of their members who got arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G78CMTqZhB8

It took me a few days to edit the music video, choosing tempo, shots and cuts to match with the song and to create a storyline.

Day 1 of editing:
I got the footage and song and imported them into Premiere Pro. I watched through the original video a few times to come up with ideas of which shots to utilize and which not. On the first day I managed to get approximately a quarter of the edit done.

Day 2 of editing:
After reviewing the edit from the day before, which I had left off on a bit where it was cutting to the beat, I though that this went on for too long, and decided to scrap some of the cut to beat and instead use some slow motion footage to keep the music video chaotic and unpredictable.
I managed to get a lot of the edit done, approximately three quarters.
The video I used for footage had a very good POV shot where two of the robbers engage in close combat, which I used for when the song dropped as the tempo of the shot was perfect.

Day 3 of editing:

On day three I managed to conclude the edit, and was very happy with the final product after re-watching it a couple of times.

The one thing which I wasn't 100% pleased with was the end, which I think was very sudden and didn't really feel like an ending. Obviously I was limited with the shots and storyline I had available so just made the best I could with what I had.

Permission

Monstercat Media, the record label for the song chosen, has the licensing policy which shown above. As long as the artist and record label are credited and the original song isn't altered, anyone can use the song.

Here is the final piece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvHyqlA4In4