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Rock Music Video Analysis: 'Teenage Dirtbag' - Wheatus

This music video is typical of its genre as it, similarly to Green Day's '21 Guns', includes close ups of instruments and characters faces. In addition to this, the music video also cross cuts between performance shots and narrative, showing the band not only miming to the song but play the instrumental too. Lastly, the music video is also typical of the rock genre due to the fact it has a steady pace of editing.

Rock Music Video Analysis: '21 Guns' - Green Day

 



This music video is typical of the genre of punk rock due to the fact that, unlike pop music videos, it includes no dancing whatsoever. It also has a large amount of close ups that are not necessarily of the singer miming, such as the close ups of the characters and instruments. Furthermore, the video also includes gritty mise-en-scene that is typical of the genre, such as the bullet holes and the overall dull, sepia colouring of the music video. Lastly, the video also cuts to the beat.

Pop Music Video Analysis: 'Shake It Off' - Taylor Swift

This music video is typical of its genre (pop) due to the fact that it features the artist and involves a large amount of singing and dancing, which it crosscuts between. The music video also features a direct mode of address, which is very typical of pop videos, and this makes the audience feel as though they are a part of the video. Furthermore, there is also a wide range of colourful costumes used in the video, and the singer is miming along to their own song throughout the video.

Pop Music Video Analysis: 'Uptown Funk' - Bruno Mars

This video is typical of its genre as, like many other pop music videos, it includes cross-cutting involving singing and dancing sequences, bright costumes and the singer being featured in the video, as well as fast-paced editing and an overall energetic atmosphere. In addition to this, the singer is also miming along to the lyrics throughout the video, which is once again a typical convention of pop music videos.

Conventions Of Music Videos