CAMERAWORK
- Close-ups – focus on expression and express emotion
- Mid shots – adds performance element and exposes costume to add to genre
- Wide shots – not used as much because cant express emotion as well
THE GAZE
- To connect with audience
- Break the fourth wall
- To get message through
MIS-EN-SCENE
- Unusual props/ costume
- Casual costume to not take away from mis-en-scene
EDITING
- No fades
- Edits in filters
- Special effects for unusual aesthetic, not typically used
COSTUME
- No dress code
- Casual everyday clothes to stand out
- Sometimes based on album concept
LOCATION
- Mostly in someones house or large abandoned building
LIGHTING
- From very dim or very light
- Dim connotes fear of the unknown
- Blue is commonly used for calming effects
PROPS
- Props like drinking or smoking to fit stereotypical narrative of the youth
- promotes downfall of character
