Sunday, September 20, 2009

basic music video forms and conventions

the key is for the video to acuratly portray the genre of song and styl of music and lyrics. The problem with defining the forms and conventions of a music video is the fact that there are so many and a band can just create one if they really wish for example if they want to they can mis satanic images mixed with songs about loving a girl. To attempt to define form and conventions i have tried to research and pick up on common ocurances between certain music styles and certain videos.



The common things i have picked up on are

- lyrics establish the general feeling, mood and sense of subject rather than the actual meaning of the songs and lyrics

- the tempo of the song very often defines the editing pace

- punk rock music videos very often include the images of the band

- ballads or soul very often just involve the artist or singer in a relaxing place suchas a beach

- R&B music videos vey often involve the artist and the thing they are singing about suchas if they are singin about a girl

- Rock bands will very often include live images and videos from their perfomances



Theese are the basic forms and conventions which diffrent forms of music use in their videos.

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