1. Codes And Conventions Of Music Videos

2. GENRE CATEGORIES

4. NARRATIVE

6. However, there are some music videos which interlink with films, linking two industries together as they both promote each other. This is by having the music played in a film as non diegetic sound, which is used as mood music ( or creating a crescendo), this promotes the song as it works against each over, a good example of this is Trey Songz-Already taken . With this particular case, Step Up 3 is being promoted, containing dance scene’s connecting visuals of the film and the songs narrative throughout the majority of the music video.

8. NARRATIVES ARE RARELY COMPLEX FOR TWO REASONS:

10. PERFORMANCE

14. NOTION OF LOOKING

17. MISE-EN-SCENE

19. MISE-EN-SCENE IN DIFFERENT GENRES

22. EDITING TECHNIQUES

25. SOUND

27. CAMERA ANGLES, MOVEMENT AND COMPOSITION

30. LIGHT AND POST PRODUCTION EFFECTS