Generic conventions of alternative rock music videos
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2. • Mise-en-scene:
• Setting
• Lighting
• Make up
• Costume
• Camera work:
• Looking what different style, techniques and shots are used.
• Editing:
• Looking at the various transitions and how they are incorporated within
the music.
6. • The settings for both videos is quite abnormal. Muse set
theirs on a ship in the middle of the sea and The Killers
setting theirs in a dessert.
• Both bands appear to be wearing smart-casual
clothing, which appears that seems to be quite popular
within the genre.
• In ‘Starlight’ the lighting is natural as it is shot outside.
Where as when you were young’ has part shot inside
where the lighting is quite limited at times. Different styles
of lighting such as ‘side lighting’ are used to reflect the
mood and tonality of both the music and the narrative of
the video.
7. • High angle shots are used to establish the setting of the
video.
• There are constant close ups of both members of band
and their instruments.
• Group shot show the bands in their entirety.
• Low angle shots capture the lead singers and allow them
to dominate the screens.
• Mid shots are used to good effect to show detailed
movements of people in the video
• Long shots are used to capture an overall image of the
narrative of the video.
8. • Editing goes to the same speed as the beat of the song.
• Fading is used when the music is at a slower tempo.
• Speed of editing matches the narrative of the video. For
example, if someone is angry the editing speed a quick.
Whereas if someone is sad, the speed of the editing is
slow.
