R+P Post 3: Music genres that interest me

Rock/Alt. Rock

Most likely influenced by my parents, I find that I listen to a lot of rock music. This ranges from older artists like Queen, Guns n' Roses and The Beatles to more modern artists like The Killers and Foster the People.

As rock is such an accessible genre of music, it is probably the best option for our own music video. Furthermore, many of the conventions rock music videos are easily achievable.

Conventions:

• Performance led
• Low-key lighting
• Edited to the pace of the music
• Lyrics often tell a story which is depicted in the video

In the music video for When You Were Young by The Killers the performance and narrative elements are combined towards the end of the song. We could replicate this to avoid making our music video wholly performance based.

Look & Style:
As the rock genre is so widespread, there are a number of different signifiers of genre. However, there are some which are quite typical:

Electro
I listen to a lot of music without lyrics, which applies to most electronic songs. However, the rhythmic beat of most electronic music is often very good, which is why i'm drawn to it. One of my favourite electro tracks is Surrender by Cash Cash.

Although this is a great song, I don't think it would be very suitable for our music video project as most music videos are heavily dependent on the lyrics. Electro songs tend to have fewer lyrics, or more repetitive lyrics, which would make it more tricky to sustain a three minute video with.


The other problem is that the identity of the artists of electronic music is often entirely absent. Most electronic music does not have a music video and the artists use stage names, which are rarely credited anyway. This would make it very difficult for us to sell our artist's image.