2. Representation of the Artist
• The representation of the artists in my music
video shows them to be part of the pop-punk
genre. By using my performers I hoped the
audience would relate to the genre, as my
performers are two teenagers; who are typical
for the pop-punk genre.
3. Setting and Location
• The setting for the band performance in my
music video is a garage. I used a garage as after
studying many early punk-pop videos I found that
this setting was a generic convention. As I wanted
to make my music video as authentic as possible I
used a setting that the audience would be
familiar with. The location for my narrative was
varied but was shot entirely in Bedford. I chose to
shoot my narrative in the locations as they fit the
lyrics of the song and were easily accessible to
me.
4. Costumes and Props
• The costumes worn by my band performers make them look as if
they are part of the rock genre. I didn’t instruct them to wear
specific clothes as I felt this would make the video too structured. I
allowed my performers to choose their own clothing and to make
the characters their own. I didn’t want the video to be too
structured as I thought it would be too obvious to the audience
whilst watching it. I did the same thing while filming the narrative.
There was no costume allocated to anyone of my actors or
performers. I did this as I wanted the audience to understand that
the performers were normal people and to make them look more
natural on screen. I felt that had I made my actors look like they
were part of the rock scene they would have struggled to fit the
part. However, due to the fact they are acting as normal people
they found it easier and their performance was therefore better.
5. Camerawork and Editing
For both the narrative and the band performance I used many
close up and medium shots. I did this because I wanted to
show the emotion in the faces of my actors and to show my
performers playing their instruments. I also used close ups for
my singer whilst he was singing, to make the audience aware
who the main person is during my band performance. The
editing is fast and I placed the camera in different places while
shooting the band performance to give a different perspective
of the band. I did not want to use just one camera angle whilst
filming the band performance as I did not want my audience
to get bored whilst watching the video. Editing my singer and
performers was the hardest part. It was extremely tasking to
get them in time with the song playing in the background.
6. Performance
• The performance for my music video takes up about 50% of
the video. I filmed the performance in my garage to give
the video a more authentic film. The performance was
crucial to making the audience aware of the genre of my
music video. Getting my performers to play and sing in time
with the song was challenging yet manageable. To get the
timing perfect, I played the song through loud speakers
each time I got my band to perform. The band were playing
along on their instruments but they weren’t on in order for
them to hear the song actually playing. Both of my
performers actually played the whole song. I showed them
playing throughout the song by using close ups of their
faces and of the instruments they were playing.
7. Narrative
• The narrative of my music video follows the
lyrics of the song. I wanted to have the
narrative of the video have meaning to the
song in able for my target audience to be able
to relate to what they were watching and
listening to.
8. Genre and how the music video
suggests it
• The genre of my music video is punk-pop. I
represented this in my music video by setting
the band performance of the video in my
friends’ garage. I did this because this is a
conventional aspect to the punk-pop genre.
The instruments played by my performers
suggests the genre due to the fact they played
the guitar and bass. These a generic
conventions of the punk-pop genre.
9. How characters are introduced
• My characters are introduced through the
narrative of the song. The first two
performers, myself and Jessica, are introduced
by means of the lyrical content of the song. As
the song depicts them having an argument,
the audience are shown the two actors having
an argument. I did not introduce each
character individually as the pace of the song
is up beat and I felt that this would slow the
narrative down.
