This document identifies several key conventions of music videos. It discusses 5 general conventions identified by theorist Andrew Goodwin including demonstrating genre characteristics, intertextual references, focusing on the female body, close ups of the artist, and a relationship between music and video. It also notes that rock/soft rock videos typically feature band performance, a focus on instruments, lighting reflecting the song's tone, and either a narrative or performance focus with less objectification of women. For artist John Frusciante specifically, his videos are heavily performance-based without narratives and rarely feature him on album covers which tend to be abstract and hand drawn. Ancillary conventions discussed include how digipaks are constructed, inclusion of booklets, magazine ad