Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Conventions Of The Indie Genre

When researching music videos we found there were certain recurring conventions:
  • The use of performance and narrative.
  • Narrative is shot in a different location to the performance.
  • Locations used are usually outdoors and urban.
  • Close ups of band and instruments to help sell the band and their identity.
  • The narrative being based on a personal issue rather than a widespread issue, as the young audience can relate to this more e.g. relationships.
  • The way the band act and dress makes them obviously part of the indie genre.
When researching digipaks we found there were certain recurring conventions:
  • We found the digipaks always include images of the band.
  • They usually include the track list on the back.
  • There is usually an ongoing theme throughout the digipak, that is to do with either colour, font or images.
When researching adverts we found there were certain recurring conventions:
  • Often include similar images or fonts to the digiak.
  • They often include an image of the band.