Aesthetics of Cinematography in Visualization of Music Videos

The relevance of the topic is to analyze the formation of the musical content of clips created with the involvement of the plots of cinematographic works in their text, and the impact of the clip on the perception of the viewer; to study the development of visual means attracted to the textual factors of the clip. The purpose of the present research is to study the influence of the plot intent of the scenic features of a cinematographic work on the visual and musical series of the clip, related to the associative perception of the viewer. Novelty — for the first time the influence of aesthetic-plastic and ascetic ideas of cinematography on the formation of mediaverbal texts of music videos has been investigated. Objective — to investigate the possibilities and effectiveness of the use of cinematographic techniques in music videos and their impact on the viewer’s perception of the musical work. The research methodology is based on descriptive, inductive and iconological methods. The possibilities of using plastic means of cinematography in the construction of imagery, music videos and their comprehension by the viewer are studied. The possibility of determining the genre characteristic of a music video shot on the basis of the storyline of a cinematographic work is considered. The high degree of non-verbal nature of music video lyrics, which incorporate the storylines of cinematic works, allows the viewer to experience the charm of artistic possibilities complemented by the world of classic cinematic works. This is the unique potential of music videos, in the context of which the aesthetic constants of cinematographic works are used, the possibilities of visualization of which are not limited.

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