Editing genre stills

The genre of these stills are rock. The genre is being shown through cinematography by the use of the over the shoulder medium shot, as the focus is on the drum kit and what the artist is wearing (A leather jacket) to emphasize that the genre is rock. Rock is shown through M-E-S through costume, so the leather jacket that the artist is wearing as common clothing in a rock band is leather jackets. The editing shows that the genre is rock as we have desaturated that original picture (top picture) making the still look more like a rock genre than a narrative.

The theory that these stills contradict is Laura Mulvey and the representation of females, as the still is of a female playing the drums and the emphasis is on the drum kit and not on the female so the female is not being represented as anything, however you could say that this supports Laura Mulvey as an important aspect of the still is her jacket, so this is a way that you could say that this still supports the Laura Mulvey theory.

The thing that is effective about the edited still is that it brings the still to life in terms of making it look more like you are in a rock band and the artist is performing as commonly rock bands have low key lighting as so by editing the still we made this happen. The thing that is not effective in the still is that as the drum kit and the leather jacket is black, it looks a bit boring and not very exciting which is not what rock genres are they are loud and in your face, which i found the picture is not, so we could improve this by maybe have a more colorful drum kit, enhancing this and making the drum kt stand out more, making this the main focus, showing more that it is in the rock genre.

I would not use this type of representation in our music video as our song is not in the rock genre, it is in the pop/ indie genre and is a slow song, so this would not fit with what we wanted to show in the music video, however if i song was a lot more up beat and loud, i would use this representation as it would fit a lot better and would make the genre stand out to the audience.