Music video lesson 3b

To understand the use of genre within music videos

Genre conventions

• Music videos will display genre conventions, these are things that we expect to see with that kind of music.

Dance routine for pop bands

Performance for rock videos

• Watching the following video- Consider what genre conventions we see.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJJEZdYQR_sGenre – What genre is it? Genre

characteristic/conventions

What genre conventions do we expect?

Genre Genre conventions ( style of performance/costume and make up/setting)

Indie

Hip hop/ R+B

Rock

Metal

Country

Pop

Mise en scene

• Mise en scene literally means everything within the screen.

• The mise en scene will be different for each genre mise en scene will include:

• Costume, setting, props, make up.

What genre characteristics do we expect to see?

Pop/teen pop

Costume

Setting Style of video

Metal

Cross genres/genre hybrids

Task

• Create a collage for your chosen genre which reflects all the conventions discussed.