Music Videos

By Katie Wiegand
Music videos

Pink - Who knew

● Costume fits the setting

● Fast editing
● Lighting darkened when the narrative died down
● Close up of lip syncing
● Hand held shot
● Long shots of body
● High key lighting for performance
● Low key lighting
● Shallow depth of field
● Tracking shots
● A pull focus
● Direct mode of address during
Music Videos
Scouting for girls - She's so lovely
● Tracking shot
● Close up lip sync
● Close up of instruments (performance)
● Direct mode of address during
● Edited to the beat
● Cross cuts between performance and
narrative
● Costume linked to narrative - performer
seen within the narrative storyline
● Fast pace editing
● Low key lighting to fit setting of narrative
Music Videos
Plan B - She said
● Close up of lip sync
● Narrative in sync with music
● Edited to the beat
● Different/ lowkey lighting for narrative because
they are flashbacks
● Direct mode of address during
● Fast editing
● Costume fits performance setting
● Story within the performance sections
● Narrative is flashback
Music Videos
Paramore - The only exception
● Slow zoom out of lip sync
● Slow editing to fit song
● Mostly continuous shots of the narrative
● Slow motion dancing
● Close ups of expressions
● Different settings, colours and lightings for
the different sections of the narrative
● Tracking shots
● Costume changes to fit narrative
● Direct mode of address during
performance
● Live action of instruments
Codes and conventions of music videos
● Slow motion
● Cross cutting between performance and narrative
● Performance at the same setting as narrative
● Costume links performance and narrative
● Editing to the beat
● Close ups of lead singer
● Direct mode of address from performance
● Multiple camera setups
● Parallel sound (sight and sound match)
● Contrapuntal sound (sight and sound contradict)