1. Genre Conventions of a Boy Band
Pop Music Video

2. Age
• Most boy bands are in their teens or early 20’s
at the time of formation
• E.g.
• One Direction, JLS, The Wanted

3. In The Video
• Most boy band members do not play musical
instruments
• E.g.
• One Direction, JLS, The Wanted
• Exceptions
• 5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect
- playing guitars and drums

4. Camera
• Focus is on the boys for the majority of the
time and each member of the boy band gets a
similar length of screen time
• E.g.
• One direction - you and I
Can clearly see the time is very similar on screen
for each member this allows the fans choose a
favourite member

5. Performance or Narrative
• Mostly performance - boy band members will
take turns to sing and all sing for the chorus
• If there is a narrative it will be mixed with the
performance and sometimes has parts with
out performance – One Direction – that’s
what makes you beautiful
- Has some sections with no performance but
still focuses on the boys

6. Background/Focus
• Apart from the main focus on the boys there
will always be a girl in the video or mentioned
in the song
• The video will be visually dense
• E.g.
-One Direction – Story Of My Life
Uses a lot of locations with cleaver editing with
also a lot of pictures in the background