This music video for Linkin Park's 'Faint' clearly represents the genre of the band...
Linkin Park's musical genre would be described today as Nu-metal with their most recent album having a lot more of an electronic and mainstream sound much to the dissapointment of many fans, however earlier in their history they would be described more as rap-metal/rock. This song, 'Faint', from their album 'Meteora' (2002) was one of many songs which had a hint of the electronic music that was to come for their next two studio albums.
The music video has lots of genre conventions of this rap-metal/rock style:
- The performance element - Instrument focus - guitars, drums, microphones, body language of performers.
- The huge audience - all going crazy, jumping etc.
- Lighting - LOADS of lights, but at the back so we get the focus on the silhouettes of the band and movement of the crowd.
- Dress code of band - all appear to be wearing black/dark, baggy clothing, jackets, jeans - typical of genre.
- Mis-en-scene of the stage - like old street, graffiti, etc. - very rock/metal themes
- Editing - lots of cuts to the beat, lots of shots of individual band members
- Slow-motion jumps, guitar moves etc. - typical of heavy rock.
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