Conventions of music videos

                      

I have watched three videos from different genres and will now be writing under six conventions.

If we Ever Meet Again (Timberland and Katy Perry)

There is a relationship between the music video and the lyrics as they are talking about someone will not get away with their crime when they both meet again.

There are no actors looking at the camera as they are just acting out where as both artist-Timberland and Katy Perry, are looking into the camera.

There are no intertextual references to other media texts.

There is a relationship between the pace of the music and the artists motion such as there is miniature dancing alongside some acting.

There is mainly body shots and facial shots of the artists

This genre is hip hop/rnb so classy acts is expected from this genre.

One More Chance (Michael Jackson)

There is no relationship between the lyrics and the video as his moves are very suttle.

People are looking at Michael not “knowing” they are being filmed.

There are no intertextual references

As the music is quite slow his moves are very calm.

In this video you don’t actually see Michael Jackson’s face you mostly see his back and footwork and his hair swaying back and fourth.

This genre is slow rnb so you expect normal pace of walking and maybe some acting however this video is performance based.

Earthquake (Labyrinth ft Tinie Tempha)

There is a relationship between both lyrics and the visuals in the music video. There are speakers signifying the loud music and the lyrics are talking about an earthquake.

In the midsection Labyrinth has a copy of himself and are in a circle looking at an object.

There are no intertexual references.

There are a lot of close up shots of labrinth and tinie tempha

This genre is classified as dubstep. To signify this there is a lot of speakers and dubstep always use speakers as their trademark.