Thursday 18 September 2014

Applying Goodwin's 7 (Slipknot - Devil In I)


Traits and characteristics in Heavy Metal/Metal music videos

Metal/Heavy Metal and the majority of it's sub-genres are known for being stereotypically fast-paced with accelerated movement including camerawork, but also contain much slower-paced moments in their music videos which emphasise and intensify the song and video's creepiness, ultimately making it more tense and dark which is what music videos in this specific genre are stereotypically known for. The editing in this genre of music's videos are normally so that each clip/scene is cut to the beat and tempo of the song (which is typically fast), giving it's fast-paced and accelerated feel. This specific editing intensifies and emotionally connects the audience to the song and it's (potential) message.

Music videos demonstrate certain genre characteristics

Most genres of music have certain and specific traits and characteristics that appear in that genre's music videos.

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