Features of the Formation of Visual Series of Music Videos

Abstract

This article explores the typology of visual means of modern music videos on the television screen and their impact on the audience. For the first time, there are studied the distinctive features of building visual series of music videos basing on three types of musical compositions. The structure of the visual series is based on their connection with the plot features of the work and their impact on the viewer based on the sense of belonging of the audience to what is happening on the screen, attracting their attention to the aesthetic opportunities of music video products.The article examines the features of building visual series in combination with visual means of music videos. There are considered the origin, periods of development and features of the visual series of music videos. The basis for drawing the foundations of cinema to the visual and expressive means of music videos is its aesthetics, which contributes to constructive transformations in the development of new, modern means of computer technologies. The use of cinematic aesthetics contributes to the development of the narrative thought of music videos. In this study, the following typology of visual video series is highlighted: plot, illustrative, parallel; some examples of music videos are given. There is established that each of the considered visual series of videos is based on the features of the musical content of the work and its plot construction. This is based on a specific perception by the viewer, which causes penetration into the image, a sense of belonging to what is happening on the screen, and feelings for the characters. The article concludes that the viewer’s perception is influenced, to a certain, extent by the features of the visual series of videos, which have their own contrapuntal aesthetics, coupled with the general idea of the music video and the differences in the performer’s vision of the composition.