Convetnions of Rock Music Videos

 Rock music is a popular genre of music that originates from the United states of America. Originally called “rock and roll”, rock music first started in the 1950s and continued to change decades later. Rock music is also influenced by other genres of music such as folk, country, classical and jazz and soon after it became popular a number of subgenres of rock were created like folk rock and jazz-rock fusion. Generally rock music is situated around using an electric guitar along with other instruments like the drums. Today rock music is still one of the most popular and recognizable genres of music with popular rock bands such as Foo Fighters, Green Day and Fall Out Boy.


Typically rock music is produced by a rock band with usually four or more members in the band. Normally the artist/band of the music will wear the colour black in most occasions (for example photo-shoots, performances and music videos). Usually rock artists/ band members will be covered in tattoos and have piercings, along with this they can be seen wearing make up (e.g. eyeliner) on numerous occasions, normally during performances. Normally a rock music video will use low-key lighting as they normally try to create a dark atmosphere/theme for the video so it matches the mood of the song. For example the music video for Hozier's Take Me to Church uses low-key lighting as well as a black and white effect throughout the video in order to keep in tone with the mood that the song creates. However high-key lighting will be used on occasions e.g. in the form of a spotlight to emphasis the performance of the band/artist. A lot of rock music videos are set in places like outdoor areas and cities. Normally the setting for the video will be kept simple and filmed in a secluded area so that the video can be focused more on the performance aspect instead of what's going on in the background. An example of this is the Foo Fighter's video for their song 'Run' which is primarily focused on their performance aspect but also has a rather comedic spin.