Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Codes and conventions of a music video

A music video is a short film which is complied with a music track. It's main purpose is to promote and sometimes used to be artistic. There are many different codes and conventions in music videos, some are technical and some are symbolic. 

The styles of music videos can be split into three main types. Although these types often blend into each other.   
These are:
Abstract: This is a piece which is random and doesn't tell a story, an example of an abstract music video is Can't Stop by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Performance: This is a piece which generally has the artist performing the track or dancing. An example of this is Single Ladies by Beyonce.
Narrative: This is a piece which depicts a story in the music video. An example of this is A Team by Ed Sheeran.

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