Monday 12 September 2011

Class Notes: Music Video Codes and Conventions

1965: Bob Dylan: Subterranean Homesick Blues
The first 'modern' music video


1970: The record industry found that TV shows were a great opportunity to promote artists

1975: Bohemian Rhapsody set the language for the modern music video


Technical Codes
Camerawork: movement, angle and shot distance
Close-ups are predominant in music videos

Editing
A Key element in the editing of music videos is 'fast cut montage'
There are some videos which use slow pace to establish mood
Split screens, colourisation and CGI are all effects added to modern music videos
Other effects used are chroma key or blue/green screen




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