The document discusses several conventions commonly used in music videos. It describes the different types of camera shots and movements that are often utilized, including long shots, close ups, and tracking shots, to focus on the artist and convey emotions. It also mentions the use of mise-en-scene to arrange performers and props, jump cuts for quick scene changes, various lighting techniques, and the inclusion of the song's vocals and music track.

1. Conventions Of A Music
Video
Natalie Foulkes

2. Camera Shots and Movement
• Music Videos tend to include a lot of different shots such as: long
shots, close ups and mid shots. This is so that the focus is on the
artist, location and the emotions shown by the actor. Close ups can
also be used to reflect the words of the song with the movement of
the actors lips.
• The movement of the camera is used to follow round the artist or
band. The different movements are tilts, pans, tracking and crane
shots.

3. Mise-en-scene
• Mise-en-scene refers to the placing of performers and props in a
scene for the media production of a music video. It puts importance
on the representation of something.

4. Editing
• Jump cuts is the most used editing technique used in music videos.
This allows a sudden change from one scene to another. You could
also use transitions very commonly in music videos and they all create
a different effect.

5. Lighting
•Some music videos are in black and white which
emphasise particular moods. Some have
artificial lighting which put the artist in an
enhanced look.

6. Sound
•The sound that is used in most music videos are
the vocals of the song as well as the backing
track of the song.