Research blog: Music Video Conventions

 MUSIC VIDEO CONVENTIONS

On order for me to get a better idea of how different camera shots, editing, and costumes work in music videos, I watched some of my favorite videos from some of my favorite artists.  

Name Of Song: No Problem, by Chance The Rapper

Here is the visual shots I saw in this video.

Cams:

• Establishing Shot
  
  
  
• Two Shot (like this one)
• Extreme Close Up
• Low Angle Shot
• Medium Close Up (like this one)
• High Angle
• Three Shot
• Over the shoulder
• Point of View

Editing:

• Jump cut
• Cut away
• Action Match
• Eye Line Match

Sound

• Diegetic
• Sound Motif
• Voiceover

Mise-en-scene 

• Costumes
• Lighting
• Acting
• Props
• Sets

Name of Song: So Fresh and So Clean by Outkast

Cams:

• Close Up
• Extreme Close Up
• Two-Shot
• High Angle
• Low Angle
• Three Shot
• Medium Close Up

Editing

• Fade In
• Jump Cut 
• Eye-Line Match
• Fade Out

Sound

• Diegetic 
• Voiceover

Mis-en-scene 

• Costumes
• Acting
• Props
• Sets

 Name Of Song: Rebirth of Slick by Digable Planets

Cams:

• Two Shot
• Three Shot
• Extreme Close Up
• Point of View Shot
• Medium Close Up

Editing

• Jump Cuts
• Action Match
• Cross Cutting

Sound

• Diegetic Sound

Mis-en-scene

• Lighting
• Props
• Set