RESEARCHING GENRE

By Caitlin Bearpark

MY CHOSEN GENRE

I have chosen pop music as my chosen genre.

As a genre, pop music is very electric, often borrowing elements

from other styles including urban, dance, rock, Latin and country.

Nonetheless, there are core elements which define pop. Such as;

generally short-to-medium length songs, written in a basic format

(often the verse-chorus structure), as well as repeated choruses, and a

catchy tune.

KEY COMPONENTS

The images of pop artists are all very posed and bright. In these

images Taylor Swift is posed in such a way that she makes eye contact

with the viewer, and everything in the image is very perfected.

KEY COMPONENTS

The images in the studio are always taken against a plain and bright

background in order to keep the focus on the artist.

KEY COMPONENTS

The facial expressions the artists in the pop music genre tend to be

quite serious, occasionally the artists will pull a funny face in order to

show that they are care free and can relate to normal people that

aren’t famous.

MY WORK

To be of the pop genre my work will need to include certain things:

The model(s) will need to be dressed like a pop artist would, in

fashionable and modern clothing.

The model(s) will need to be against a plain background with bright

lighting and posing in a certain serious manner.

The pages will need to look bright and eye catching

The model(s) will have to have a current hairstyle that relates to how

pop artists look at the moment.

MY WORK

It could include a list of the current ‘pop’ chart

It needs to include information of artists people want to hear

about

Interviews with artists would be very appealing to the viewer

Tour dates and big artists events could be included

Competitions could be included