Genre

Costumes

This is a screenshot from the music video Time For Heroes by The Libertines. The Libertines is an indie rock band which represents our chosen genre. In this video you can cleary see they are wearing leather jackets. Lethal jackets symbolises the independence as a band as they are not mainstream. This represents them being an indie rock band. The shirt tucked out and the is tie not at the top button shows the casualness of the band and it relates to the fact they are having fun in the video. In are music video we are wearing something similar, a bomber jacket which will show that we are not trying to be mainstream.
Performance

In this video called R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys the performance by Alex Turner and Matt Helder represents the performance expected in the rock genre. 24 seconds through the video, we see Alex Turner and Matt Helders air drumming as the sound of drums are playing. This shows the energy and passion needed in a performance for the kind of music playing. Whilst they are in the car, they have their sunglasses which adds style to their performance. At 2.41 we see Alex Turner air guitar and kick the air which also portrays his energy he is giving to his performance. I think energy is vital when performing in the rock genre because it links to fast paced music normally heard in rock songs.

Mise-en-scene 

In a typical rock video you would have each member of the band present and the instruments they are playing. You sometimes have the speakers and other equipment you could find when a band is playing live at a concert. When they are playing, the band could be playing in many locations. Sometimes there are uncommon locations such as the desert, which is illustrated in the screenshot on the left. The two commons ones are the band playing at a concert where you see fans in the background and strobe lighting or the band are just playing in a empty room.





















Editing

In the music video called Teddy Picker by Arctic Monkeys. The editing represents the editing expected in indie rock music video or just the general rock genre. At 0.38 we see the music video start to play. The sounds of the drums start playing this is accompanied with rapid cutting of the drummer playing. This editing is fast paced as it matched the fast paced sound of the drums. Fast paced editing is generally seen in rock music videos.






Narrative
There are some rock music videos that include narrative such as Mallory Knox - Ghost in the mirror


However, music videos such as Libertines- Time For Heroes, Arctic Monkeys- R U Mine and Teddy don't have narrative in most of the video, the band members are just mucking around.

Lighting and camera
There are many close-up shots of the band playing. But most importantly close-ups of the singer or other members so that the audience can identify them as a star image.

Lighting
There is normally strobe lighting and flashing lights in rock music videos which is illustrated in this video Don't look back into the sun By The Libertines. The lighting is reflecting the video experience as we hear hard hitting and fast paced music.

When there is a scenario when the band is playing in empty room, lighting is normally added to have an affect to the otherwise empty room where you would see rock bands playing in music videos. An example of this is Mallory Knox - ghost in the mirror, where murky yellow lighting is present when the band are playing in empty room.