Music Video Conventions

Many music videos have close up shots of objects or characters. How ever its very common if the video has the artist singing or playing an instrument.

Other common shots are wide landscape shots to show the setting at a certain point of the video. Like an establishing shot.

Or in some videos the camera follows behind a character or object to watch the space they move through.  

A convention of pop videos is the party scene. Where people are dancing, drinking and having a good time. Also women being sexualised.

Rock videos usually have the band and singer as the focus. Also can have cuts between band and storyline. Or even just be storyline.

 Dubstep or electronic music videos can be quite abstract which usually compliments the music.  






By Tiffany