Codes And Conventions Of Music Videos

Music Videos can be categorised in terms of style.

These are:

• Performance-Band/Artist playing
• Narrative- Includes story
• Mixture- Both performance and narrative based
• Cameo- Band/ Artist features in the narrative but doesn't perform (Foo Fighters)
• Animation- Digitally (flash)/ Stop-frame

There are a variety of shots and angles used in music videos:

• A lot of CU's are used and also ECU's of lips, guitar, guitar strings being strummed
• Crane shots- hovering over stage 
• Low angles
• Long shot and extreme long shot
• Pan/ tilt- moving from different performers
• Tracking shot

Editing and sound:

• Music video's tend to use a lot of jump cutting
• Editing is used to match the music
• Split screens
• Diegetic Sound
• Change in level of sound

The mise-en-scene can vary greatly depending on the genre of music and the type of music video:

• Props- Performance equipment/ band merchandise
• Costume- Certain outfits
• Location- Streets, Venue, Concert halls
• Facial expressions