Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Categories/Conventions Of Music Videos.

 Performance Based videos

Performance based music videos feature a solo artist or a band performing to the camera.  The aim is to focus on the artists and convey them in a particular way to the viewing audience.  This category can also include recording an artist as they perform live, with the aim of promoting the artist in manner that is not captured in the recording, such as capturing the energy and enthusiasm of live fans. An example of a performance-based video is Switchblade Smiles by Kasabian. This only features the band and their instruments.  The camera focuses on each instrument as they enter the song, such as the zoom out from the drums at 1:00 and the pan across to the bass at 1:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQNNLe6WPA  

  
Narrative Based Videos


Narrative based music videos are videos that have a clear-cut storyline. The whole video; or the majority, would be telling a story. This is effective in engaging the audience because it's more than just a performance and gives a meaning to the video. Most of these types of videos are songs that feature in a film's soundtrack. Having it heavily based on the narrative can be good, but also bad. If your storyline isn't extremely attractive then you can lose the viewer's interest, but if the narrative is quality; your viewers would love it, maybe even share/replay it! An example of this is Bruno Mars’ ‘It will rain’ video. This is the twilight breaking dawn soundtrack. This includes footage from the film being played through a projector in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-w3WfgpcGg&ob=av2e

Concept Based Videos

Conceptual - This type of music video is based on a singular idea or concept and can be very unusual and abstract. No particular genre of music is more likely to use concept-based music videos than another; a range of artists that cover all genres has used conceptual videos. Abstract videos can be engaging to an audience as they are usually quite mysterious and allow for inference.  An example of a conceptual music video is 'Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I

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