1. What are the best album’s covers of all time?
I did some research on album covers and I found out that ‘The Beatles’ was the best album cover on
Rolling Stones. I found out that ‘The Beatles’ was the best album cover out of 100 other album
covers.
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What conventions for your genre of music?
Conventions Of Music Videos
1. Conventions of Music Videos Camera Shots: Music videos tend to include many long shots,
close ups and mid shots. This is to create emphasis on the artist, location and emotions.
Also, close ups are used not only to show emotions but to reflect the words of the song with
the movement of the lips of the artist.
2. Camera Movement: The movement of the camera is used to follow and trace the artist or
band. Camera movements include tilts, pans, tracking and crane shots. Mise-en-scene: This
refers to the arrangement of performers and props on stage or in a scene for a production of
a music video or any other media text.

2. 3. Mise-en- scene puts importance on the representation of something. An example is, ‘Mad’
by Neyo. The mise-en scene involves him walking down a road alone, being in an isolated
room. This reflects the isolation from his lover. Also, the props include hats and dark clothes
which represent the down mood of the song. Similarly, the lighting is kept very dark as it is
black and white; this connotes the angry and depressed mood. This is just one example of
the mise en scene used to give an idea of how mise-en-scene works.

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4. Editing: Jump cuts is the predominant editing technique used in music videos. This is
because this allows a sudden change from one scene to another. Similarly, transitions such
as fade and dissolve are very common in music videos as they create a different effect to
cuts.
5. Other main conventions consist of: Lighting: Some music videos are black and white which
help emphasise a particular mood and some videos have artificial lighting which put the
artist/s in an enhanced look.
6. Sound: Sound is mainly the vocals or the song but in some cases such as Michael Jackson –
Thriller, the producers can make the music video into a short film.
7. Props: These are a vital in aiding to add to the scene and create significance on particular
objects or people.
Costume: This goes with the scenes in the song and reflects the genre. Costume is an important
factor because it has a slight influence on how the viewers will dress because they use some of the
celebrities as role models

4. Colour: Colours tend to set the mood of the song through creating an atmosphere. For example,
dark colours are used more in rock songs such as Kings of Leon and bright colours are seen to be
used more in hip hop and pop videos.
Music Conventions in Pop videos
• Bright and colourful
• Close ups to show the cheerful and upbeat emotions
• Extreme close ups – these tend to show the purity and innocence in the personality of the artists
•Aims at the teenage audience
• Very upbeat Examples:
• Britney Spears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYTO6JHMHs
• Madonna http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWTDR6ztcnQ
• Alesha Dixonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-503QA6F08g