Editing

Our sequence of drums highlights the genre of rock, as shots of drums is what is commonly associated with rock music, which was the genre we were trying to highlight. One theorist that this relates to is Reid, who argues that the genre changes based on what you are told. This relates to the idea of drums and rock as we have told the audience that this is what is associated with rock, therefore the genre of the music video is rock.  We probably won't use the rock representation in our music video because the song choice we have chosen does not fit into the rock genre.

Another one of our sequences involves a piano and singing, which we have associated with an acoustic genre. This is because the piano sounds calming and peaceful, without any heavy bass instruments in the background, associating with the acoustic genre. Berger argues that the representation the genre is through the way of seeing. This is important to consider for our acoustic genre as it is important for the audience to understand that it is an acoustic genre, though the use of props and editing techniques that we used. The most effective element of the sequence of a piano is the symbolic presence of the piano as that is what highlights to the audience the genre. As well as the piano, we decided to add an effect over the top the clip. This is also significant when highlighting to the audience the acoustic genre because it gives a rustic look to the sequence, giving the obvious impression that our sequence is not a rock sequence, but more of a calming sequence. We have the possibility to relate the idea of acoustic in our music video,  as it is a slow paced song. However, we would be more likely to associate it with the pop genre due to the base music.

Our third genre involves spinning around of a grass area. We chose to portray this as being a pop genre as it fits in with the idea of having a good time. This relates to the pop genre as, for example, in the One Direction song, 'Live While We're Young', the band are shown as having a good time, which can be interpreted into our sequence performed. Gauntlett would argue that the music video shows the idea of masculinity in crisis, as it is very much representing the idea of a new male and not the traditional male, especially in relation to the One Direction music videos, in which our sequence may be interpreted to. In this sequence we placed an effect over the top to highlight this. However, we would be less likely to add a effect over the top of our music video as it is more of a calming and romantic form of pop music. However, we still want to be able to portray the pop genre in the music video, meaning that we will be able to experiment with different effects to match the type of song.

Our final sequence is a rap genre, in which we filmed in front of a car and explored with angles. In this we were able to represent the rap genre through adding a black and white effect over the top of the sequence. This is key in highlighting the rap genre because a stereotype of rap is black and white. Mulvey would argue the male gaze has an impact on rap genres as it is very male dominated and the women who are usually involved in the rap videos are very much sexualised.  We would not use the rap representation in our music video as it does not fit in with the genre that we have chosen. However, we may add the black and white effect that we added to the sequence because if may also be interpreted as being emotional, which can be highlighted in our music video.