Genre Characteristics
What is it about the different music video that allows you to identify the Genre ?
All music videos go and belong with a genre, and with this they have their own specific characteristics that allow them to be identified through the music video to show what genre that they would belong to. For example of a pop music video having a narrative based music video as it would attract the pop artist audience more. As well as the artist playing some sort of part within the music video to go with the story, and this allows the artist to show off the talents. Furthermore within the genre some of the themes that you could identify is that they are about; love, romance, break ups etc...
With a genre like Rap/Hip-Hop, this is more of a performance based video as the artist would be showing off some of the wealth and typical characteristics of women, money, cars, houses, clubs etc. With the beat being more of an up beat so that it has more of a party or summer like feel to the song.
What is Genre ?
Depending on where you would define it in either music, drama, dance etc. With music genre means the different types of music you can listen to.
Here Are Some:
- Pop
- Pop
Rihanna Please Don't Stop The Music
With this music video you can tell it is a performance and narrative based video as we can see her singing and also with the narrative it where she walks into the club and singing "please don't stop the music". With this we can tell it is pop due to the bright colours and the up beat song.
- Hip hop
50 cent in da club
This music video is a performance music video as it is mainly where the artist is shown. With a little introduction of the artist at the beginning, then ending up being in the club throughout the video we see the artist raping with a variation of the different shots of himself. With this we can tell that it is hip hop due to the beat and the style of rhythm of his lyrics, also due to the video being mainly a performance based video to show off the artist.
- R&B
Usher Yeah
With this music video we can tell it is R&B due to the video having a more of a party type feel, and where you would like to dance feel to the song. As for the video it enhances this feeling due to the artist dancing and having a dance routine within the music video, furthermore the club like feel with the lights and the up beat song. You can tell that this is R&B as this is where most of the R&B artists show off the other dance skills within the video.
With this music video you can tell it is a performance and narrative based video as we can see her singing and also with the narrative it where she walks into the club and singing "please don't stop the music". With this we can tell it is pop due to the bright colours and the up beat song.
- Hip hop
50 cent in da club
This music video is a performance music video as it is mainly where the artist is shown. With a little introduction of the artist at the beginning, then ending up being in the club throughout the video we see the artist raping with a variation of the different shots of himself. With this we can tell that it is hip hop due to the beat and the style of rhythm of his lyrics, also due to the video being mainly a performance based video to show off the artist.
- R&B
Usher Yeah
With this music video we can tell it is R&B due to the video having a more of a party type feel, and where you would like to dance feel to the song. As for the video it enhances this feeling due to the artist dancing and having a dance routine within the music video, furthermore the club like feel with the lights and the up beat song. You can tell that this is R&B as this is where most of the R&B artists show off the other dance skills within the video.
- Dubstep
Skrillex Bangarang
With this music video we can tell that it is dupstep due to the techno beats that are made. Furthermore with the music video having no connection to the song as there is barely any lyrics, with this genre the music video is mainly concept but has some sort of narrative within it.
- House
Sam Smith Latch
Having house a genre there is some lyrics within some of the other songs. But with this one there is lyrics, however to know what the genre is due to the type of beats made there is slow and fast paced techno beat to the song, but through the video there is no narrative but has some performance. As for mainly the other house videos there is a little narrative and mainly concept to the video.
- Slow jams
RKelly Bump and Grind
With this video there is more of a performance based video and concept as the artist as a live performance in the video just like indie genre. These are similar because it is more performance but yet the slow jams genre is a mix of hip hop and indie where they focus on the artist but also focus on the song to create a vibe of the song, this is where it would more be targeted to the older but younger audience.
RKelly Bump and Grind
With this video there is more of a performance based video and concept as the artist as a live performance in the video just like indie genre. These are similar because it is more performance but yet the slow jams genre is a mix of hip hop and indie where they focus on the artist but also focus on the song to create a vibe of the song, this is where it would more be targeted to the older but younger audience.
- Indie
Passenger Let Her Go
In this music video we can see that there hasn't been a big budget put into the video due to the music video being a live performance of the artist. Furthermore there isn't much of a star image apart from the idea of the performance, also we can see this video is a concept as well due to the shots of the instruments showing that it is indie. We can tell it is this genre due to the slow paced rhythm of the song and the soft voice singing.
Passenger Let Her Go
In this music video we can see that there hasn't been a big budget put into the video due to the music video being a live performance of the artist. Furthermore there isn't much of a star image apart from the idea of the performance, also we can see this video is a concept as well due to the shots of the instruments showing that it is indie. We can tell it is this genre due to the slow paced rhythm of the song and the soft voice singing.
And here are some others:
- Gospel
- Folk
- Indie
- Reggae
- Jazz
- Funk
- Musical
- New Age
- Alternative
- Folk
- Indie
- Reggae
- Jazz
- Funk
- Musical
- New Age
- Alternative
- Rock
- Country
Audience:
With the audience depending on what type of age they are and interests they have decides the genres they would listen to, for example a younger audience would listen to hip-hop, pop, rap, r&b etc. These genres due to them being more of an up beat and exciting songs. This is because the younger teenagers would be carefree and be able to relate to the artist and the songs they make. Where if you compare an older audience they would more likely listen to genres in the jazz, folk, country, gospel etc. This is because of the age they have and this is what interests them more that rap and listen to artist sing/rap about girls cars and money... this is because they would listen to something where they can relate to like something in there life.
Conclusion:
Learning about all these genres has helped me gain an understanding of the audience and the types of people that would listen to certain genres. Also it has helped me how to react to the different music genres and how it affect the audience as well.
- Country
Audience:
With the audience depending on what type of age they are and interests they have decides the genres they would listen to, for example a younger audience would listen to hip-hop, pop, rap, r&b etc. These genres due to them being more of an up beat and exciting songs. This is because the younger teenagers would be carefree and be able to relate to the artist and the songs they make. Where if you compare an older audience they would more likely listen to genres in the jazz, folk, country, gospel etc. This is because of the age they have and this is what interests them more that rap and listen to artist sing/rap about girls cars and money... this is because they would listen to something where they can relate to like something in there life.
Conclusion:
Learning about all these genres has helped me gain an understanding of the audience and the types of people that would listen to certain genres. Also it has helped me how to react to the different music genres and how it affect the audience as well.
A great post here Darhyl which displays your understanding of the different genres within the music industry. Many genres have been explored and you refer well to their characteristics.
ReplyDeleteTo improve;
-think of some technical elements, use of mise en scene generally for each genre discussed, you can bullet point these
--think about mainstream and niche audiences, which genres fall under what type of audience, generally?
-conclude with what genre you are hoping to create for and what conventions you plan to use and why