The genre we have decided to follow is Pop Punk and we are doing Music Video, so we will be looking at bands such as Blink 182, Sum 41 and Bowling For Soup.
The following videos all follow the conventions of the Pop Punk genre:
This is a high school video and has many of the classic conventions for pop punk videos. These include a live performance, throwing the guitars around and mayhem occuring in the background. Many extreme close ups are taken of the band playing different instruments, and there is not a traditional love story happening in the background as with many mainstream videos today.
This is also apparent in the following video - the band are performing throughout the video while a neighbourhood is trashed, and the band are throwing guitars around towards the end of the video. This image of rebellion is one we wish to apply to our band image and create a Pop Punk video similar to many that are existing. However, we wish to use the theory put forward by Nick Lacey and make our video "The same, but different".
This final video is another example of the performance of the track. This video is less violent in that there is no equipment destroyed - however, the video still appeals to its target audience of teenagers; the video takes place in a bedroom, the walls are covered in posters and there is musical equipment present. Many teenagers will be able to relate to this video.
These videos are all examples of Pop Punk, and recreating this style of video will be a challenge - but a worthwhile endeavor for our group.
Our video will not include a side narrative. Instead we are opting for being performance based, but with many shots so the viewer does not get bored. Several ideas currently being discussed are:
- Shifting from slow to fast paced editing in the slower verses and then faster choruses.
- Having the destruction of the equipment (Although due to costs of new equipment, we shall probably just angle the shots so it looks like we are destroying the instruments).
---- Jamie.
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