Conventions of Indie Music

Conventions of Indie Music

• Music videos for indie music tends to focus on performance videos as it is cheaper for the artist to create and gives a rough around the edges look towards the music videos, which is a key characteristic of indie music.
• Indie artists tend to be more focused on the passion they have for their music instead of the success of their music. This is common within this genre as they form their own styles and groups. Whereas major record companies tend to be focused more on the profit they can produce instead of the passion.
• Narrative videos tend to collide with the conceptual videos as they tend to be ‘out there’ compared to other videos.
• Within camera angles there tends to be more close up shots and establishing shots to gain the audience’s attention.