Key elements of a pop music video

Key elements that need to be in my music video:

1) Symbolic Techniques:
Showing meanings beyond what you can see
- facial expressions
- gestures
- poses
- mis en scene.

 2) Conventions: 
- The Style
- The Camera
- The Editing Techniques
- The Sound (non diegetic and diegetic)
- Mis en Scene – props, lighting, costume –hair and makeup, location/setting, and colours. 
- Notions of looking - stereotyping

 3) Performative:
Focuses on the artist or band just plainly performing either on their own or in front of a crowd
This is popular amongst rock artists videos and are often seen in pop style music videos.
4) Narrative
Follows a story line. There are two types of narrative: linear and fragmented. A linear narrative follows the standard storyline structure: beginning, middle, end.A fragmented narrative is one that doesn't BUT depicts the lyrics from the song.
5) Animated:
These videos use fast movement showing a series of pictures and frames. They can be done digitally or manually using props.
6) Surreal:
These videos include weird and unexpected images in them making them memorable and sometimes fun.

 7) The Camera:
It can create different effects by the different Angles, and Movements. In general every music video uses a variety of camera Shots, Angles and Movements to create different moods, reflect different genres and to emphasise certain elements in the video itself.

 8) Camera shots: 
- Long shot:
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- Wide shot 
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- Mid shot 
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- Medium close-up 
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- Close-up 
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- Extreme close-up 
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- Over the shoulder shot
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- Cut in 
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9) Camera angles:
- Eye level 
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- High angle  
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- Low angle 
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- Birds - eye view 
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- Slanted 
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10) Camera movements
- Pans 
- Dolly 

11) Lighting 
The lighting in a music video allows the audience to recognize the genre and style of the music video depending on the style and type of light that is used

 What I need to include in my music video: 

  1. Intertextuality
  2. Male
  3. Female 
  4. Two different locations 
  5. Different camera angles 
  6. Different camera shots 



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