The document discusses the youth subculture surrounding the punk rock band Annotations of an Autopsy, describing their hardcore musical style, dark fashion sense, and energetic live shows that engage young audiences through merchandise and social media. It also provides initial ideas for filming a music video for the band that would emphasize stereotypical elements like dark lighting, raw studio performances, and gritty close-up shots to capture their punk aesthetic.

1. Youth Subcultures

2. AOAA (Annotations of an Autopsy)
Annotations of an Autopsy are a very
blunt band when it comes to there style.
They have unique style making them so
popular within the area they play. There
love for there music is apparent in how
hard they work, how much they
promote, and how often they play
shows. The style of the band is hardcore,
fun, slightly off the walls and all in all a
youth targeted band. You hear this
through there music, as its fast, loud,
aggressive and very dark in some songs.
When it comes to engaging the audience this is a key thing, mainly as this is how you sell yourself and gain
popularity as a band. They do this brilliantly, launching new merchandise monthly, playing shows, inviting fans to
video shoots etc. With the genre they play its crucial that they keep there image going to the audience as a
hardcore band.
The band have a got a clear distinctive style at first glance that is a big appeal to there fans, as with the youth
culture, tight clothes, piercings, tattoos all over, is the fashion of the era of this band. So there look is a crucial part
of them as a band, making them stand out, which fits perfectly with there fast aggressive style. What you see in
this picture is not an extent of there wardrobe, as there always adopting slightly different styles of there n fashion
clothing. Which is perfect for the band as they of new era style and classification.

4. A youth subculture is a youth based subculture with something different, such as a different music taste, or
different dress style, or behaviors or interests in general. . This quote from Wikipedia backs up what I have just
stated. “Youth subcultures are often distinguished by elements such as fashion, beliefs, slang, dialects or
behaviors”
Some youth subcultures show a sort of systematic hostility or rebellion of kinds to the dominant culture and
are described as counter cultures. Youth subcultures a re a way of individuals making themselves stand out or
be different in a big way/small way. This is giving the participants a different identity to what you see at school
or work or with parents/family.
A clear example of youth subcultures through the years is this one from a website called -
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-youth-subcultures.php below are some examples from the website.
These slightly flamboyant examples youth
subculture are very accurate. This website
offers a personal opinion on who and what
Dandys / Flappers Hippies Grunge resembles the genre/culture of the youth. It
studies the different contrasts of the different
lifestyles, dress style. This raises the important
question, as to whether its done for true love,
to be popular, or because its just a simple style
to adopt???
Rockers Punks Gangsta

5. Sterotypes
All teenagers are subdued to stereotypical behaviour, whether it be from friends,
family, or people they have never met. They get judged instantly by how they act,
dress, and portray themselves. All teenagers whether they know it or not are part of a
label, and there music plays a big role in this. When it comes to my video, I will have
to make it a strong stereotype, so that the audience can tell the genre and style of the
music instantly. I want this to be clear in my video.
The research I have done on my band has allowed me to understand there style and
look, meaning I can make the video relate to there style easily, and make it a clear
stereotype. This will mean that the audience will understand there genre and
lifestyle, I will do this by fitting the music of the band, there look and attitude to the
style of the video. This will be clear in the 3 minute video I create.

7. I’m Ben and I
love to party.
My playlist:
Jamie xx – ny is killing me
Joy orbison-sicko cell
pogo – Uplar
Cher lloyd swagger jagger
Beyonce – countdown
Fashion:
When it comes to fashion, I stick to a chilled look, I like to stand out wearing my
unique style of clothing, but I love to just be simple. Sexy parka coats, vans
shoes, skinny jeans or slim fits, this fits my relaxed musical style.
Hobbies:
Chillin, I love to chill.

8. Hi I’m Dan, and
I’m a metal
head!
Playlist:
Slayer – Raining Blood
Anything by crue
Arch Enemy – nemesis
Slipknot – spit it out
Pantera – I'm broken
Manson – fight song
Fashion:
I wear tight tight jeans, studded belts, tight tops with bands logos, denim jackets, leopard
print, anything to reflect my music style I can get my hands on!!!!
Hobbies:
I play guitar a lot, I'm also in a band, we don’t play to much. I go to hundreds of gigs a
year, I see any band I can, just to hear some metal! My lifestyle ties in with my genre of
music perfectly.

9. Initial ideas for styling of
music video…..
I'm intending to set my video around a typical post hard-core style video. I like
the idea of filming it in a studio, with just the band, finding a proper rock n roll
style, using just the band. If I stick to the stereotype of my band the video will be
very effective. I’ve chosen to research some local bands, not mainstream bands.
The use of text is frequently used
throughout the video for strong loud
words, this makes them stand out. I
Shot from a band called ‘Many Things Untold’s will possibly adopt this style to my
music video. This is a basic studio. All the video. These are predictable and
members are wearing black dark clothing to stereotypical effects used for a band of
match there stereotype. this style.

10. Initial ideas continued….
Band style:
T shirt, vests, band merchandise, skinny jeans, studded belts, belt buckles, flat peaks,
beanies, dark clothes. Stereotypical to there genre.
Music videos:
- Dark lighting, white room, shadows of the band while they play (harsh lighting).
- Live performances include strobes, fast lights, an audience, a stage.
- Narrative; using Goodwin’s techniques.
- Colour techniques, e.g. sepia, black and white, Photoshop filters.
Filming:
- Different shots used for different members.
- Shots such as close up shots of members.
- Long shots of the band and crowd.