Inspiration Genre Research

You Me At Six- Loverboy

Throughout this music video there are multiple close up shots of members of the band playing guitar. This fits into the forms and conventions of alternative rock because this is something which is often seen throughout music videos in that genre. These shots have helped me with ideas for our music video because it has shown me that to make our video fit into the genre we need to include several
shots of our guitarist playing the guitar.
This shot fits into the genre in several different ways. The first is the dim lighting which has been used in it. This is again something which is used in a lot in alternative rock videos. However I don't think we will be using this in our own video as at the moment we are planning on setting it outside. The second thing which makes this fit into the generic conventions is the narrative. Throughout the video each member of You Me At Six are shown handcuffed and are being interrogated by the police. This fits into the genre of music videos because it shows them in a bad situation however one thing which makes it differ from others is the fact that there is no equilibrium made at the end of the video.
This shot of the whole band is probably one of the shots which makes the video follow the forms and conventions the most. This is because it is a shot which is probably the most common shot you will see in alternative rock music video. It also uses very dim lighting which is also used a lot in music videos of this genre, This is a shot that we are defiantly going to use in our music video as it will show our viewers that our band is alternative rock because it will allow them to easily see their whole image (costume, instruments, performance).


Paramore- Monster

This video features close up shots of each member of the group. This makes the video follow the forms and conventions of the genre because not only is it something which runs through a lot of rock videos but it also shows the audience how the artists look and their image. For example it shows Hayley Williams as having quite alternative  hair and quite defined makeup. This is something which is quite often seen as something which fits into our genre.

These shots show that the music video is set in an old, destroyed hospital. This kind of setting is defiantly something which would be associated with an Alternative Rock video because it is dark and grungy which is a generic convention of the genre. It also gives an idea to the narrative and shows the audience that the band are in some kind of trouble because they are in an abandoned hospital and separated from each other. This is a kind of narrative which wouldn't usually be seen in music videos for other genres of music as it is quite dark and unhappy. The third shot show that things are starting to blow up around Taylor. This is another part of the narrative which fits into the genre because it suggests to the audience that perhaps the band aren't going to be ok and might not make it out of the hospital. This theme also fits into the generic conventions because it is quite a dark theme which is something that is often seen in alternative rock videos.

This shot shows the whole band performing together which is a shot that we will be using during our video.