Forms and Conventions of Music Videos
da Latymer Media2015

1. Forms
1.1. Intertextual
1.2. Promotional
1.3. Visual Experience
1.4. Narrative
1.4.1. Conceptional
1.4.2. Representational
1.5. Performance-based
2. Conventions
2.1. Genre Indicators
2.2. Wide range of shot types
2.3. Audio
2.3.1. Lyrics
2.3.2. Music
2.3.3. Diegetic Sound (as part of a narrative)
2.4. Discontinuous Editing
2.4.1. Lack of "Hollywood-style" editing
2.4.2. Breaks of continuity rules
2.4.3. Jump Cuts