Analysis and Similar Artists

Analysis and similar bands

Harry Preen: Harry is an artist which performs in either indie/alternative or indie rock. He follows the conventions of typical indie or indie rock. This genre is made up of many different elements.


Setting- The setting of indie/alternative is often an open outdoor space, whether its in a town, or in a woodland area. The setting can vary a lot in indie music videos, this is because indie music videos usually follow a narrative which takes them to many different locations.

Shots- The shots usually consist of carefully composed and framed shots which have a very arty feel. there are lots of different types of shots, ranging from close ups to long shots, and everything in-between. The shots change from high to low and usually have a hand held effect. This hand held look is to make it look almost as if a friend has just been filming as they go along, it is a way of drawing the audience in and making them feel as if they are there.

Mise-en-scene- the MES of the indie genre is usually very simple and more every day clothing and make up, there is nothing out of the ordinary or different. The costume is things like shirt and jeans, possibly smart shoes or boots, but nothing that's too different from everyday clothing. Makeup is usually kept to a minimum and people are portrayed as they actually look. 

The lighting is often low key, like around sunset. However can it be medium, such as every day, daylight. This is partially due to the idea that indie is individual, and there aren't many other genres that also have normal daylight lighting, Pop is usually very high key, rap/R and B is usually low key lighting, much like rock and metal.

Props in this music video will be very important, this is because it is largely narrative, we will need things like a car, guitars, and microphones, the idea of props it to bring an element of realism to the video. it makes it seem more like something that might actually be used rather than miming the props, or use of them.  For example, the use of instruments.

Similar bands/Artist:

Whilst Arctic Monkeys are a much bigger band, they still do a lot of their work in a similar style, which is of the Indie/Indie rock genre. They follow many of the conventions of the indie/ indie rock genre, this is down to things such as the costume, this consists of things like the shirts, jeans, boots, jackets, hairstyles etc. Their shots vary greatly through their music videos much like any other. however they are individual in the way the have little performance in most of their videos, they sometimes even have non and don't follow the conventions of indie music videos.

Another very similar artist is Hozier. This artist is very similar, he wears shirts and jeans, much like Harry, he is indie/indie rock, and plays some very similar sorts of music. he takes a slightly different approach but still a very common one with the hairstyle as his hair is longer than Harry's. This picture shows the image Hozier chooses to be viewed as.