To begin our learning of music videos and their conventions we have been set the task to create a ‘dummy music video mash up’ of a song called ‘Can’t stop the feeling’ – Justin Timberlake which is a solo male pop song. Here is a embed link of the music video:

We individually created a mood board to show the particular type of genre that had been selected for us, for example, rock, pop, girl band, rap etc. This would help us set up a overall blueprint for our mash up knowing what ti do, where and when.

For My groups section of the music video dummy mash up, we have been told to look into the genre of ‘male acoustic’. Where we will have to see the iconic and known factors that make a acoustic music video, for example;

-a guitar

-strong meaningful lyrics

-normally casual and laid back performances. etc.

Below is my version of a mood board.

This has helped me to grasp the idea of what exactly is included in a acoustic music video, what MES is used and how the artists portray themselves. I also found out the repertoire of elements for the particular genre of acoustic male, how they normally base their videos outside, having the nature take over the backgrounds to their performance and narrative sections. How the lighting for acoustic music videos are conventionally bright and white.