Saturday, 20 June 2009

Friday 19th- Music Video Generic Conventions

Yesterday in lesson, sir showed us music videos on youtube in order to illustrate to the class what kind of conventions are used and the different sort of ways they are portrayed depending usually on it's genre.

The most important conventions that was shown was;

Humour (used in Queen's video "I want to break free")



Special effects (used in Peter Gabriel's video "Sledge Hammer"



Dancing (used in Pussycat's video "When I Grow Up")



Tell a Story (used in Coldplay's video) "The Scientist"



Other conventions that are usually used;

-Singing
-Close up of face
-An art form
-Mise en scene

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