2. Representation of the Artist
• The representation of the
artists in my music video
shows them to be part of
the pop-punk genre. By
using my performers I
hoped the audience would
relate to the genre, as my
performers are two
teenagers; who are typical
for the pop-punk genre.
3. Setting and Location
• The setting for the band
performance in my music video is a
garage. I used a garage as after
studying many early punk-pop
videos I found that this setting was a
generic convention. As I wanted to
make my music video as authentic as
possible I used a setting that the
audience would be familiar with. The
location for my narrative was varied
but was shot entirely in Bedford. I
chose to shoot my narrative in the
locations as they fit the lyrics of the
song and were easily accessible to
me.
I shot the break-up
scene of my music
video in the park as I
felt that although it’s
not very realistic, it is
public and the slap
would add humour
to the video.
4. Costumes and Props
• The costumes worn by my band performers
make them look as if they are part of the
rock genre. I didn’t instruct them to wear
specific clothes as I felt this would make the
video too structured. I allowed my
performers to choose their own clothing and
to make the characters their own. I didn’t
want the video to be too structured as I
thought it would be too obvious to the
audience whilst watching it. I did the same
thing while filming the narrative. There was
no costume allocated to anyone of my actors
or performers. I did this as I wanted the
audience to understand that the performers
were normal people and to make them look
more natural on screen. I felt that had I
made my actors look like they were part of
the rock scene they would have struggled to
fit the part. However, due to the fact they
are acting as normal people they found it
easier and their performance was therefore
better.
5. Camerawork and Editing
For both the narrative and the band performance I used many
close up and medium shots. I did this because I wanted to
show the emotion in the faces of my actors and to show my
performers playing their instruments. I also used close ups for
my singer whilst he was singing, to make the audience aware
who the main person is during my band performance. The
editing is fast and I placed the camera in different places while
shooting the band performance to give a different perspective
of the band. I did not want to use just one camera angle whilst
filming the band performance as I did not want my audience
to get bored whilst watching the video. Editing my singer and
performers was the hardest part. It was extremely tasking to
get them in time with the song playing in the background.
6. Performance
• The performance for my music video
takes up about 50% of the video. I
filmed the performance in my garage to
give the video a more authentic film.
The performance was crucial to making
the audience aware of the genre of my
music video. Getting my performers to
play and sing in time with the song was
challenging yet manageable. To get the
timing perfect, I played the song
through loud speakers each time I got
my band to perform. The band were
playing along on their instruments but
they weren’t on in order for them to
hear the song actually playing. Both of
my performers actually played the
whole song. I showed them playing
throughout the song by using close ups
of their faces and of the instruments
they were playing.
7. Narrative
• The narrative of my music video
follows the lyrics of the song. I wanted
to have the narrative of the video
have meaning to the song in able for
my target audience to be able to
relate to what they were watching
and listening to. The narrative follows
the story of a girlfriend breaking up
with her boyfriend. The boyfriend
then struggles to move on from his
broken relationship whereas the
girlfriend moves on instantly. The ex-
boyfriend is left feeling bitter for a
while, however after seeing his ex-
girlfriend with her new partner is able
to move on.
8. Genre and how the music video
suggests it
• The genre of my music video is punk-pop. I
represented this in my music video by setting
the band performance of the video in my
friends’ garage. I did this because this is a
conventional aspect to the punk-pop genre.
The instruments played by my performers
suggests the genre due to the fact they played
the guitar and bass. These a generic
conventions of the punk-pop genre.
9. How characters are introduced
• My characters are introduced through the
narrative of the song. The first two
performers, myself and Jessica, are introduced
by means of the lyrical content of the song. As
the song depicts them having an argument,
the audience are shown the two actors having
an argument. I did not introduce each
character individually as the pace of the song
is up beat and I felt that this would slow the
narrative down.
