Genre Conventions
Transcript of Genre Conventions
GENRE: CONTEMPORARY RNB/POP.
CONVENTIONS OF THIS GENRE
• Key themes: This genre has a large scale. On one end of the scale, typical features such as love, youth, and heartbreak are portrayed, and on the other end of the scale, this genre features aspects such as rebellion, hedonism, sexual desire, lust, alcohol and drugs.
WHAT IS REPRESENTED?
• Voyeurism and the fragmentation of the female body is portrayed within this genre of music.
• Hedonism- this genre is both relaxed in content, and upbeat in music. Videos can either be entropic or redundant, depending on the style of the artists.
REDUNDANT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0v0i63PQ4
ENTROPIC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82VE8UtW8A
STYLEPARTY!
SEXUAL DESIRE
BLING
ALCOHOL
LUST DRUGS
BEDROOM ANTICS
BRIGHT LIGHTINGGREEN SCREEN
NIGHTCLUBSROMANCE
TRACKINGFASHIONCUT INS
CLOSE UPS SYNAESTHESIA
EXTREME CLOSE UPS
MUSCLES
HEELS CLEAVAGE
LIPSTICK
HOTPANTS
LINGERIEZOOMBEAUTY SALON