Country Music

Country music has declined over time.

Older country music is more successful than current country music.

We have the opportunity to bring a sense of creativity to more current country music because the views and stereotypes have progressed during the decline.

Conventions

The use of simple, rural settings.

Conventions

A focus on high key lighting but occasionally, there is the use of low key lighting.

Conventions

There was a time where the costume of a country girl would be shorts, crop top and cowboy boots.

As time has changed, country girls are portrayed as more innocent with the use of traditional, simple costume, hair and makeup.

Some videos click into the current generation with modern aspects of costume.

Conventions

There is almost always aspects of performance as well as a narrative to accompany the lyrics of the song.

Conventions

Props aren’t a large factor to country music, although there are typical props that are associated with country music such as the truck and also acoustic guitars in the performance element.

Possible Country Music

Maddie & Tae

Girl In A Country Song

This song is actually based on the stereotypes and makes humour out of them stereotypes bringing new aspects and conventions of country music meaning

there is room for creativity.

Luke Bryan

Roller Coaster

This song is based on the singers childhood romance with aspects of performance as well as a narrative. The narrative appears to be quite modern as oppose to an

old love story.

There are many more current country songs to choose from, but these two are examples that would enable us to really explore the conventions, not only the older, general conventions but the newly experimented conventions that are portrayed in the lyrics.

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