2. 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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3. What conventions for your genre
of music?
Conventions Of Music Videos:
• 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.
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5. • 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.
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7. • 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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9. • 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.
• 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.
• 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.
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11. • 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
12. 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.
13. 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:
