2. Shots of single members
Having performance in their videos if very common for folk bands and artists. They
are often shown playing their instruments as that is more important in folk, selling
the music rather the the artists themselves.
3. Shots of the band
Most of the shots are straight on or at a slight side angle, the same as shots of single
members of the band. It appears to be common to have shots of the guitarists/bassist
playing together
4. Instruments
• A convention of folk/ folk-rock videos is to have close ups of the instruments, the artist is
generally more concerned with the music then selling themselves. Folk artists also tend
to favor less commonly used instruments such as
tambourines, whistles, xylophones, accordions, melodicas and ukuleles.
5. Conclusion
• From looking at and collecting images from several
different videos of folk artists and bands, I’ve discovered
they tend to use the same angle shots for most things.
Almost all shots are front or side on at eye level. The
shots vary slightly when it come to instruments; it’s a lot
more likely to find shots from above or behind.
Otherwise they tend to stick to straight on or slightly side
angled shots. The majority of folk videos are
performance.
