How Music Video Differs From Film And Television Drama
Conventional films use a smooth series of clear long shots, midshots and close ups in a way that is balanced spacially. eg. Longshot - the character will be dwarfed by his/her surroundings; Midshot - the character and setting are equally proportioned and with; Close ups - the subject dominates the space. The cinematography used in conventional films always enforce realism, they never cut at awkwards points - eg. the camera will never cut at an elbow or a knee - it ruins the convergence of the piece.
Music videos break all of this. They break the conventions of film and the rules of cinematography in the boldest ways possible in order to stand out as being a music video and nothing else.
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