2. Conventions
Genre:- Pop/Indie
Conventions. . .
-Mix between performance and narrative based videos
-Artists wear casual clothing, such as t-shirts and jeans
-Lighting is usually low-key or stage lighting
-Panning shots
-Artist/band shown throughout the video
-Use of extreme close ups and long shots are popular
It is both a performance and narrative based video, the narrative part of the video
links to the lyrics throughout.
The Man Who Can’t Be Moved music video meets the majority of
these conventions that are for this genre of music.
3. Mise-en-scene
The clothing worn by all member of the band is casual and in the style of the genre.
The two locations used are a street where the narrative part of the video takes place.
The lighting is natural daylight when it is this location. The other location is a car park
where the whole band are seen and is the performance part of the video. The lighting
for this part is lower-key, which adds to the mood of the song.
The main character of the narrative is the lead singer and who the story is based upon.
During the video you see many props which are related to the lyrics, such as a sleeping
bag. A watch is also used which helps the audience realise that time has passed.
4. Camera
There are a variation of camera shots and distances, this keeps the audience
interested in the video and so they don’t get bored.
Panning shots and tracking shots show the lead singer is the ‘main’ character who
the narrative is based on.
The camera shots keep switching between the street and the car park which meets
the convention of the genre.
Has camera shots of other people on the street but then switches straight back to
the lead singer or band straight away to remind the audience that he’s the main
character of the narrative.
5. Editing
The pace of the editing matches the tempo of the song.
Invisible editing between shots of the same location.
Some jump cuts between the street and the car park to show the change from
narrative to performance and vice-versa.
Near the end there is time lapsed used to help the audience relate to the passing
of time, one of the main ones used is a watch which shows this clearly.
6. How do we respond?
The clothing that the characters are wearing are casual which helps us
associate with them more which makes us sympathise with the lead
singer/main character.
It is a built up urban area for the narrative, yet we feel as though the main
character is isolated, this helps emphasise who is important (him) and that it is
his story, this makes the audience concentrate on the video and see it from his
point of view.
There are many close-ups which show his emotions and expressions of him
being venerable, this is also shown by his body language, which the audience
recognise instantly which then alters the way they respond to the main
character.
All of these meet the generic
conventions and relate to the
themes which are used by
many song videos from this
genre.