Research blog: Music Video Conventions

My song that I chose was the Pokemon theme song

CAMS:

Camera angle-

scene 8 had a eye level angle when showing different Pokemon.
scene 15 also had eye level angle when the protagonists and antagonists were presented.
scene 17 also shows the inclusion of an eye level angle by showing the side characters looking at the viewer.
scene 18 had a low angle when showing a Charizard breathing fire from a lower perspective.
scene 16 also presents a low angle when the camera is moving near the feet of several people and Pokemon.
scene 18 had a high angle when showing Ash and his friends dodging the Charizard's Flame from a higher perspective.
scene 10 had a low angle when the camera was facing upwards towards Pikachu and Raichu fighting.
scene 11 had a low angle when the camera shows Ekans and koffing laughing at caterpie.
scene 13 has another low angle having the camera look up to show a tentacruel smashing a building.

Movement-

In the first scene the camera is panning left in the video
In scene 2 the camera is zooming outward away from Ash.
In scene 6 the camera is implementing a pan, where the camera followes Ash, Rapidash and Arcanine running to the left side of the screen. This scene also includes a tilt when Rapidash Jumps into the sky showing Zapdos and Articuno.
scene 8 also includes a pan following Ash and Pikachu as they rode on a Lapras in the ocean.
scene 14 includes a tilt upward showing Ash having his hand raised with a Pokeball in it.
scene 16 includes an upward tilt showing Pikachu jumping into the air.
scene 20 zooms out to show Pikachu and multiple other pokemon flying into battle.
scene 21 zooms in when Ash throws his Pokeball.

Shots-

In scene 1 a close up is included when showing ash looking into the sky.
In scene 1 there is also a wide shot showing Ash in a stadium.
In scene 4 Ash is shown in a grassy field wide shot
Most of the other scenes were wide shots and long shots from scene 5 to scene 12
In scene 13, a Tentacreul is shown at a medium shot.
The 15th scene shows the protagonists in a 3 shot.
In scene 17 the some side characters are shown in a 4 shot
In scene 18 Charizard is shown in a medium close up.
In scene 19 the main protagonists are shown on the left of the screen, and on the right squirtle is running toward them in this wide shot.
In scene 21 ash is shown in a long shot.

CLAMPS:

Costumes:

Ash wears a blue vest and a white and black shirt underneath, with light blue long pants. He also wears a red hat with green gloves.
Misty wears a yellow crop top with red suspenders and light denim shorts.
Brock wears his orange t-shirt underneath a green jacket with darker green trim, a brown belt with a silver buckle and brown pouches, light brown cargo pants with gold and white striped cuffs, and blue and light green sneakers.
Professor Oak Oak wears a white lab coat, a light maroon polo shirt, a brown belt, beige pants, and matching brown loafers.
Officer Jenny wears a light blue police officer uniform
Nurse Joy wears a white nurse cap, a white vintage apron, a light pink mid dress, and a white pair of Mary Janes.
Garry wears a white short-sleeved dress shirt underneath a teal vest, a red tie, khaki trousers, and black dress shoes.
Jesse and James wore a white team rocket uniform with a Red R on it, along with grey gloves and boots.

Lighting

The lighting stays the same throughout most of the video, other than when Ash was in the stadium at the beginning.

Actors

Makeup

Props

Scenery

The video starts in a stadium, then a grassy field, A dark room, Grassy plains, The Ocean, A gym battle, the grass type gym, In a city where a Tentacruel is destroys a building, rocky area, in front of a brick wall, in the forest, on a path, in the sky.

Sound:

Editing

In the first scene included a cutaway, when the screen shows a side view of ash then it suts to him being in a atadium.
Also this video is mainly made up of cuts

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