There are three genres that I can realistically see my product being tagged as. These are Christian Rock, Folk rock and Indie. All of these have particular generic conventions as listed below.
Christian music has the fewest conventions as being selective often counteracts the message of the song. However, in videos such as Chris Tomlins 'I lift my hands' and Matt Redman's '10,000 Reasons' we see recurring features that could be called conventions. These are:
- Destitution: Characters in the narrative often move from being depressed or destitute to a state of peace
- Close ups of instruments
- Close ups of the artist
- Long shots and the theme of insignificance
- A lack of effects/ simple effects
- Light
- No set appearance
Folk rocks conventions are very defined as the genre is what some may call niche. Characteristics include:
- Unusual instrumentation
- Raggedy style
- Sense of live unedited performance that could occur anywhere
- Strong narrative
- Affinity to nature
- Scruffy appearance
Indie Rock is also a fairly niche new genre in terms of music. However, it is easy to determine its characteristics as more indie bands move towards the mainstream.
- Darkness
- Casual/scruffy appearance
- Guitars/drums
- Emotions/ closeups of faces
- Stillness/ no movement or dance
As is obvious by this list of conventions, there are clear overlaps between the genres and this is where I aim my piece to lie
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