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POP Pop Music was Originated in 1950’s. It gained popularity

in 1960’s It was derived from rock and roll. Short songs

with a basic format of repeated chorus’ and catchy

melodies. Pop music is an eclectic mix of many different

styles of music from jazz to country, rock and roll to

rap.There are core elements which define pop , such include

generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic

format often the verse-chorus structure, as well as the

common employment of repeated choruses, melodic tunes,

and catchy hooks.

Mis en scene of a pop music video can depend on the music, lyrics and the type of music video that is being filmed. Mis en scene includes, clothing certain outfits for different people, artist, band , make up, themes, props, performance equipment, artist merchandise, locations concert halls, venues, streets houses and facial expressions.

Music Video Comparison

Mis en Scene

Music video comparison

The video’s I’m going to compare are ;1. Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball’2. Lana Del Rey “Summertime Sadness”3. Enrique Iglesias - "Bailando”

Thing that I’m going to compare are 1. Camera Angles and Shot2. Costume3. Location4. Lightning5. Make-up

Camera Angles And Shots

A pop music video contains a lot of different camera angles and shots. Some of them are listed below ;

• Close up shots of the artist.

• Extreme close up shots of the artist, their instruments, face and lips.

• Crane shots which hovering over stage images.

• Low angle shots.

• Pans and tilts moving around, moving to different performances.


Extreme close-up Close-up Low angle shot

Mid-Shot Two shot

Full shot

High angle shot


Costume ; These are screenshots from 3 different videos. There is different kind of costume in all 3 screenshots. In pop music videos there is no similarity between the costumes.


Location

In the above screenshots you can see that different location is used like , A closed wall , tunnel and forest.

This video is shot in a forest as we can see trees and stuff.

A closed wall or room is used in this video.

Tunnel is used as the location for this video.


Lightning

Bright lightning from bulb as we can see in the above picture. This video overall has used bright light

Very low light has been used in this video. Mostly natural light has been used

Natural light has been used in this video. Bright light throughout the video

Music Video Comaprison

Make-Up

Very less make-up is used.

Dark make-up is used. Red lipstick is very prominent.

Light make up is used. Lipstick shade is dark.

Album Cover’s

In the above picture we could see different album cover’s of the early pop artist “Madonna”. She uses her own picture on every album cover. Different fonts are used . Things common on her album cover are that she has her name written on every album cover and is clearly visible. Different camera shots are used to take the cover picture. The colour scheme is completely different in every cover picture. She’s making different kind of poses mostly she’s trying to seduce. In some of her covers she’s making innocent faces.

The above pictures are the album cover s of a pop artitst. The thing common in both the covers are that they have the name of the artist written in the same font. The name of the song is written under name of the artist.

Examples OF Pop Music Early pop music artists include Frank Sinatra , Bobby Darin and Peggy

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Michael Jackson recorded Thriller, the bestselling album of all time, and was the world's biggest pop star in the late 1980s.

Essential Songs

"Billie Jean"

"Black or White"

"Man in the Mirror"

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"

"You Are Not Alone"

•The Rolling Stones•Madonna•Elvis Presley•The Beatles•Britney Spears• Jay-Z• Beyonce• Jennifer Lopez • Jason Mraz•Maroon 5

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