There are a lot of different genres in the music world and even more sub genres, for example ‘rock’ can be broken down into ‘pop-rock’ ‘punk-rock’ ‘classic-rock’ ‘rock and roll’ to name just a few. However the most commonly used main genres are
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Rock
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Pop
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R&B
Different types of genres often have different codes and
conventions when it comes to music videos as they are aimed at different
audiences. This means that the mise-en-scene has to be carefully considered and
chosen to fit with the genre and audience which is why some music videos are so
different.
A few basic codes and conventions,
Rock,
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Shots of band playing to an audience, normally at
an intimate venue.
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People wearing clothes associated with this
genre, black, skinny jeans, band tee’s, leather.
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Focus on the band actually playing their
instruments, contrast to a lot of pop music where the artist only sings.
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Crowd jumping, moshing, crowd surfing.
Pop music,
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Attractive people, normally some sort of romance
narrative.
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Dancing
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Set at clubs and parties.
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Girls dressed to look sexy, short skirts ect.
R&B,
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Glamorous lifestyle portrayed, expensive
clothes, locations.
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Use of cars, pools, beaches,
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Dancing, drinking, taking drugs.
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Focus on
love story, romance, sex.
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