Genre of Rock Conventions

• Males are usually the subjects, women the objects
• The use of dark colours


• The use of night rather than daylight


• On-stage performances in from of screaming crowds


• Backstage footage


• Gestures of male bonding - 'high-fiving', back slapping...


• The playing of guitars
  
• Costumes are dark coloured, often baggy, casual clothing


• Close ups of soulful singing into a microphone or to camera
  
• The justaposition of binaries of light vs dark


• The use of tracking/crabbing/panning shots, lots of movement


• Fast paced editing


• Montage shots of industrial/urban landscapes


• Close-up shots of vocalist during emotional moments


• Close-up shots of instrumentalists' hands playing instruments


• Use of heavy shadow


• Heavy use of visual sybolism


• Wide shot of the band together, signifying unity, a tightly knit-group


• The use of slow-motion


• The use of studio backlighting


• Cross-cutting to a narrative performed by characters other than members of the band