Indie–conven+onsofthegenre

TheVaccines–TeenageIconMusicvideoisperformancebased.Thewholeloca+onofthevideoissetinali=whichisquiteaunusualwayofapproachingamusicvideo,whichistypicalofanindiebandasotherindiebandshaveunusualloca+onstodotheirperformances.

MumfordandSons‐Iwillwait

MumfordandsonsisatypicalIndieBand.ThevideoIwillwait,showsthemperforminginfrontofaliveaudiencewhichisnotunusualtoseeintheindiegenre;somevideoscanbefilmedatafes+valoragig.

Misenscene,edi+ngandCinematography

TheKooks–Onelast+me

Useofatwoshotwithinthenarra+veofthismusicvideoshowsthestereotypicalviewonIndiemusictobeaboutrela+onshipsofyoungpeople.Agrainyeffectisusedtoconnotethepastofthenarra+vestory,givingthevieweraperspec+veofthecouples’history.TheseNngoftheschoolcanlinkintotheyoungeraudience,asit’saplacetheirfamiliarwith.

Misenscene,edi+ngandCinematography

Incubus‐Drive

Midshotusedinbothimagestorelatethetwoscenes,switchingbetweenthestorylineandperformance.Thevideofadesintoanothershottoconnecttheillustra+onalvideowithreality.Thereforedefiningthemeaningofthesong.Theroomtheyperforministoshowarelaxedatmosphere,whichconnotesthestyleofmusicwhichisacous+cbased.

Representa+on,ideologiesandvalues

Therepresenta+onofIndieasagenreisshowntobequiterelaxedwhichconveysthekindofmusicitis.Theindiegenreusuallyrepresentsrela+onshipsordrugs,eitherbeinginthelyricsorhowthebandmemberslookinthemusicvideos.Thisconnotesthe‘indiestyle’andideasthatithas.Inthevideosthebandmembersclotheshasideologiesthatlinktothisasthecostumesarequiteroughbutcasual.Theac+onsinindieperformancesarealsoquiteflowingandso=rockmovementswhichslowswiththemusic.Thesevaluesofclothesandperformancebasedideasinindiebandsareusuallymostlythesameinaperformancebasedvideo.