Music Genre

A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music.

Music can be divided into many genres in many different ways. These classifications are often arbitrary and controversial, and closely related styles often overlap. Many do not believe that generic classification of musical styles is possible in any logically consistent way, and also argue that doing so sets limitations and boundaries that hinder the development of music. While no one doubts that it is possible to note similarities between musical pieces, there are often exceptions and caveats associated. Labeling music with genres often do not reflect a specific culture, race, or time period. Larger genres consist of more specific subgenres.

A list of genres of music (including sub genres). There are a number of criteria with which one may classify musical genres, including:

The Art/Popular/Traditional distinction
Time period
Regional and national distinctionsTechnique and instrumentation
Fusional origins
Sociological function

(A list of all type of music genres are shown on Wikipedia’s List Of Music Styles page)

(All information was found on Wikipedia’s Music Genre page)

The pop genre - Conventions of the pop genre is signified by the mise-en-scene mainly, the costume is shown in bright  and vibrant colours, implying that the music is bubbly just like the artist featured in the music video. This is traditional to the conventions of pop. The use of graphical images is also conventional of a pop genre music video because it makes the music more abstract. The use of bright coloured clothing, props and setting  indicated the music and the video is dazzling and cheerful. The use of pink colour appeals to more of a female audiences whereas blue would appeal to males.

The indie pop genre - The conventions of the indie pop genre is symbolized through the use of cinematography, a lot of close up shots are shown which focuses on the artist. The purpose behind using close up shots are to draw the attention from the audiences, showing that they are seen as the main focus.