Iconography of music videos

1. Iconography Of Music Videos
ICONOGRAPHY.

2. ICONOGRAPHY MEANING
AS A BRANCH OF ART HISTORY, STUDIES THE IDENTIFICATION, DESCRIPTION , AND THE
INTERPRETATION OF THE CONTENT OF IMAGES: THE SUBJECTS DEPICTED, THE PARTICULAR
COMPOSITIONS AND DETAILS USED TO DO SO, AND OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE DISTINCT
FROM ARTISTIC STYLE.

3. Rock
Iconography is the representation of something that
contains certain conventions that we associate with
different genres. If we start with the genre Rock, the
conventions that separate this genre from others can
span from appearance of the artists all the way to
the actual music itself. If we begin with the actual music,
Rock can usually be spread into different sub sections
from Rock 'n' Roll to Heavy metal, but overall the main
sound people associate with rock music is loud, exciting
and is very instrumental. Moving to the musicians
involved in the genre of music we will tend to see a less
clean cut musician then say you see in the genre pop.
The conventions you will see with rock musicians are
that they will tend to have wild hair, a unique sense of
fashion and will overall appear as if they are
fairly rebellious.

4. Pop
Moving onto the genre of Pop music the
conventions that you will tend to see in the genre
are drastically different from that you see in Rock
music. If we again start with the music itself, in pop
music the general consensus of what you will tend
to hear is very clean sounding voice with notes
that other genres don't tend to use, and a very
upbeat tune with the instruments not being used
as much as in a Rock song. The appearance of
the artist will tend to very clean and give of a high
sexual appeal by either using revealing clothing or
making the music video they produce in a very
sexual manner. Unlike the genre of Rock, Pop
music tends to almost sell the artist to the
audience rather than the actual music.

5. Indie
The genre Indie is almost a hybrid of Pop and Rock music in
terms of the appearance and the music that these musicians
play. The style of music you tend to hear in Indie can differ from
some artists sounding very clear and using there voice in a more
conserved manner, such as pop, and it can also be fairly loud
and wild, such a rock. The appearance of the artists is also very
unique as well and can link in with both how pop and rock are
viewed. The artists tend to look very clean cut like those found in
pop music but also very unique and different like those found in
rock. However the convention that tends set them apart from
both rock and pop is their performance. Unlike rock, the don't
perform very wild and rebellious in their music videos and unlike
in pop, they don't perform like they're having the time of their life,
but instead they give off a very conservative approach in their
performances as if they are just their to sell their music rather
than trying to sell themselves.