codes and connvetions of Genre

Different types and styles of music are divided into genres - or categories - to show what style of music they are. The genre is reflected in their music videos via the editing, camerawork and mis-en-scene.

Our band, the Prodigy, belonging to various genres including electronica, synthpunk, rave, dance-rock and alternative rock.


In order to show this, we have chosen to represent/use the following things in our music video:
- a dark, sinister setting (shows it is not a sugary sweet pop video)
- the performers will be mainly in black/edgy clothes
- the props are going to contribute the hedonistic/pyschadelic atmosphere (unrealisitic and trippy like their from a dream)



Our camerawork will consist mainly of a lot of low angle and close up shots of our performers to show they have dominance. We will also use the camera hand held for a lot fo the video in order to create that grungy, dark, organic look.

The editing will be very fast cuts, slow and sped up motion.