2. Ways music videos
are portrayed:
Performance: This is used in videos to show
the band/artist playing instruments and
singing(miming) throughout the music video.
Narrative: This is when the video shows
video footage of a scene where the meaning
behind the lyrics is being acted out.
Mixture: This is when the video uses both
performance and narrative throughout.
3. Ways music videos
are portrayed.....
Cameo: This is when narrative is used but the
artist is featured in the video as a character
and is not performing.
Animation: This is when animated characters
and scenes are used throughout the video
often as a narrative feature.
4. Camera shots:
Crane shots: These are often used in
performance based videos to show the
character on stage or from above. This is
because the crane allows the camera to hover
above/around the stage/artist, this allows a
variety of different angled shots to take place.
Pans/tilts: These are often used to move
between characters or members of the band.
it is also used to show the entirety of a
location.
5. Camera shots:
Close ups: These are shots that are used to
focus on one area of a person or location often
a persons face or a window. These often focus
on the performer whilst they are singing or
showing emotion. In narrative they are often
used to show emotion and expression.
Tracking shots: These shots are mainly used
in narrative elements. to follow a characters
movements across a location.
6. Camera shots:
High angle shots: When the camera is placed
above the artist looking down on the subject.
This is often used to create a feeling of
weakness.
Low angle shot: When the camera is placed
below the artist looking up at them making a
feeling of strength.
7. Editing
There is often a lot of editing within a music video
depending on the genre. Often this includes editing
the sound as well as the video. This is because lip
synching is needed and the shots need to be edited
together. Editing is often a lot more present in
videos with more narrative than performance.
Cut: one shot leads into another.
jump cuts: a cut is used between clips to show a
change in time.
split screens: two shots are shown at the same time
next to each other.
8. Editing
Footage is edited to match the timing of the lyrics.
This is lip synching.
CGI- often music videos with narrative use effects
to show what is happening such as flying.
9. Sound
Some music videos include diegetic sound at
the beginning and the end of music videos.
This is often in videos with narrative to
introduce the narrative or character. It is
often used in performance videos to show
someone introducing the artist to a stage.
The levels of sound are edited throughout the
video to show a lull or boom in the narrative
or just to change the feeling and atmosphere.
10. Mise-en-scene
Props- All music videos include props, this is
because performance videos will use microphones
and/or instruments throughout and narrative
videos will use objects such as cars. This is a
necessity for music videos because without props
the shot will look empty.
costume- This is also a necessity, because either
the artist or the characters that feature in the video
will be dressed specifically to show a feeling and
allow the audience to relate.
11. Mise-en-scene
Location- All music videos include a location.
This is generally used to set the scene and create
an atmosphere. The narrative will be more reliant
on this because the location must match the feeling
and style of the song.
