For my media project I am doing a Paramore song, Misguided Ghosts. I need to know the conventions of the genre I have chosen. This table explains some information about my band.
Come From - Tennessee, USA
Genre - Pop Punk, Alternate Rock and Emo
Active Since - 2004 - Present
Record Label - Fuled by Ramen
Website - www.paramore.net
Other Artist on this Record - Panic at the Disco, Gym Class Heroes, Travie McCoy and more
The established genre of Paramore would be Alternate Rock and Pop Punk. The conventions of Alternate Rock say what they are in the name really; they are alternately different to the normal conventions.
Most pop punk videos contain the normal features of a rock video with a little twist. For example rock bands have their members playing their instruments in the dark with the odd strobe light across the band; this contrasts with alternate rock because they would have the back ground bright and the band members doing some abstract things to attract attention.
The bands within this genre all show their lead singer through the same thing. They all have their lead singer standing out by wearing bright clothing, and having bright surroundings. Some also make their lead singers wear unusual clothing. This is a small representation of society, because there are some people that like to wear bright clothing just to stand out from the rest, it is also showing that everyone has an individual dress sense.
Most videos within this Alternate Rock or Pop Punk genre have a tale of love embedded in them. They start all dull and then the main singer appears who has bright coloured clothing, or hair or an unusual outfit. This shows that she is standing out from whatever is happening within the video. Paramore’s videos are all aiming to attract the teenagers who are different from others and like to stand out, with bright clothing, bright hair and other unusual things. This is a good band because they represent the audience. The audience, mainly teens, are aged 16 – 19 and want to stand out. The videos show this and represent a small minority of the society back to us this is why I think that the audience for my video would be a minute audience.
Looking at a video by panic at the disco “nine in the afternoon” and it shows what I have been explaining above with Paramore. The video is dull however some main areas of the footage stand out in red, blue, green and yellow. This is showing that each member of the band has their own personality and this is shown by the colours.
Both videos cut on the beat of the music which is a convention of most music videos not just this genre.
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