GENRE

The music genre which our band conformed to, is a hybrid of ‘indie’/’pop rock’. The clothes we wore and the scenery in which the video was shot reflects this, as we dressed to suit the genre of our band, and shot in places which gave a reflection of our band, such as woodland scenery, and the town centre to give us a modern upbeat image as well as relaxed and laidback. Once we had the initial idea for our video, we looked for other videos in today’s market which had a similar style or used similar effects and conventions of ours. We discovered three videos which done this, the first being ‘Bowling For Soup- Girl All The Bad Guys Want’. (2002) The inter-textual reference from this video refers to the superimposement of the band on television screens. Whilst the shot is in motion, the band appear to be performing on the television also. This effect we feel is a professional one and gives our video the ‘wow’ factor, in terms of the effects used. This effect again helps refelct against the genre of the song.