Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Research Blog: Music Video

 

Greetings and Salutations!

Welcome to Media TL;DR the series where I break down my greatest projects so you can easily dive in and understand my original ideas. I'm your host Jaydon Smith! And Today's topic is my song genre and it's conventions.

My Song Genre

"It's Thursday Night", the song my music video will be on, has a genre I wasn't able to identify too easily, but I pretty much pinpointed it to "Alternative Folk" which is a pretty unique genre but I think it's cool. So I'm going to watch some music videos in the Alternative Folk genre to see how I can apply some of their techniques.


Song #1: I will wait

Cams:

  • Pans throughout the video all over
  • Tracking shot of singer
  • Zooming out

Editing:

  • Cutaways to different scenes
  • Cuts to different scenes
  • Fade out as an outro

Sound:

  • Music as a result of the music video
  • Ambience at beginning
  • Sound Motif of their signature notes

Mis en Scene:

  • Casual Outfits
  • Guitars as instruments
  • Setting outside and inside

Song #2: Gloria

Cams:

  • Tracking shot of singer
  • Mixture of high and low angles
  • Establishment shot of domain

Editing:

  • Fades in as an intro
  • Cutaways to different scenes
  • Cuts to different scenes

Sound:

  • Music as a result of the music video
  • Ambience at times
  • Iconic sound motif

Mis en Scene:

  • Relaxed outfits
  • Casual Makeup
  • Location in bright locations

Song #3: Ho Hey

Cams:

  • Lots of zooms throughout
  • Low angles used throughout
  • Shaky Tilts

Editing:

  • Sudden cuts to dancers
  • Jump Cut from throwing bottles
  • Eye Line Match looking at ship

Sound:

  • Music as a result of the music video
  • Ambient Sea Noises

Mis en Scene:

  • Old fashioned clothes
  • Dirty Face make up
  • Location out in the open

That's All!

That's it for this Research Blog everyone! I hope you were able to understand my song genre and its respective conventions! Thank you for reading! And until next time, stay cool and attractive.

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