Costume/Setting/Location in Genre

Analysis of costume/setting/location in music videos from the indie rock genre.

In the indie rock genre, a genre my group and I are interested in working with, I found that costume changes were often sparse if at all found it was usually just a few. Often the costumes were just plain clothes that the band would usually wear, putting the focus onto the music and making them seem like normal guys.

The settings were usually studios or plain rooms for the band to play in which again shifts focus onto the band themselves and doesn't come across as too showy or gimmicky. Whether interior or exterior, the settings usually didn't have a link to the song and were not eye catching at all.

The most significant props used in this genre were the instruments that the bands always had, most notably guitars, bass guitars and drums as well as microphones. These were in almost all the indie rock videos that I watched and there was clearly a strong link between the props and the genre. The instruments show the audience that the band are 'real' musicians and a lot of the videos feature the band performing the song live rather than lip syncing in a studio, emphasising this fact.

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