Identify the conventions of your chosen genre, illustrate with examples

My chosen genre for my music video is rock, there are many different sub genres for rock which is divided into a more specific category, and the particular genre my music song is, is popcore/metalcore. The reason that this band are a mix of sub genres is because they have a variety of different songs, so it is hard to put them into a certain category.

  One of the main conventions of a rock video is that they tend to have both narrative and performance.  The narrative tends to show a romance between the lead singer and a girl, or action based. Whereas the performance tends to be just the band with an audience performing to them, either at a concert or in a room or either just themselves are playing to the camera.

  Through seeing a lot of rock music videos I have noticed that the setting were bands play are, maybe performing at a gig, or maybe a small room. It is quite rare that bands play outside, although the song ‘Karma’ by ‘Parkway Drive’ is filmed on a beach in Australia.  An example of a band playing to a lot of people at a concert is the song ‘Anthem’ by ‘Bring Me The Horizon’. Also they could be filmed on just a stage, or a recording studio.

  Bands may use transport throughout their video for example if the video shows that the band are going back to school, they may use a school bus, for example the song ‘Situations’ by ‘Escape The Fate’. Also tour buses or band vans may be used.

As Rock bands play their instruments it is vital to have performance in their video, this then shows us the main props such as guitar, bass, drums etc. Other props that are used are microphones, speakers, amps, alchohol, cigarettes, posters, or any other instruments.

  Rock bands tend to have themselves featured in their video, because this then advertises themselves to the audience.  Other main characters are at least to have one girl they can focus on throughout the video. Certain bands also like to feature other famous bands/artists like in the song ‘Dammed If I Do Ya’ by ‘All Time Low’ feature ‘Tom Delonge’ from ‘Blink 182’. Also the song ‘All I Want’ which is the song I have chosen, by ‘A Day To Remember’ features many different bands from the same genre throughout the music video. `

  There are many themes that bands may use for their video such as teen angst, rebellion, romance, bullying etc. For example the band ‘From First To Last’ has an album called ‘Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count’. The theme I have chosen for my music video is romance, as a girl and a boy will be featured as well as the band.

  Fashion that rock bands tend to look like are that they have a long, scruffy hair style, they wear band t-shirts, shirts, hoodies, skinny jeans, vests, converse, skater shoes or trainers. Quite a lot of bands wear black to show

  There are different camera angles that can be used in a rock music video, these include close up’s of the singer, longshots of the whole band, close up’s of instruments, and also wide shots of the whole band.