Research - Genres

Genre comes from the French for 'kind' or 'class'. A genre is a category used to define something. However, there are many of these categories with un-defined boundaries, and there is regularly overlapping of genres to classify products. Genre is used for classification in many areas, but there are three main areas:

• Television Genre
  
• Film Genre
  
• Music Genre

Within each area, there are many genres that help define a product. In the music genre there are 4 criteria which group the genres among themselves. The genres then go on to classify the different music, by artist, records, and songs. The 4 criteria are:

• Art Music
  
• Popular Music
  
• Traditional Music
  
• Regional and National Music

My track, 'Fell From Space' by DoBERMAN, would come under the criteria of popular music, as it is similar to some of the music that is breaking into the charts style wise. How ever, "Pop Music" is itself a genre, and my track more fits the genre of Electronic, and is a cross of many of its sub-genres such as Electro, Glitch, House, and Dubstep.

The genre of Electronic is characterised by its futuristic sound, its use of experimental methods, and its sometimes unique combinations of sounds and experiments with tempo and beat. Some of the main artists who fit under this genre are Sub Focus, a Drum and Bass/Dubstep band/artist, and more similarly to my artist, Daft Punk, an Electronic House band who have managed to force their music into popular culture.

The traits of Electronic music videos are that they look to do something unique, original, and look to create something never seen before by the audience. The video often plays off the beat of the track, as many electronic songs lack the lyrics to create a narrative for the video. Therefore, dancing is sometimes used as the performance element, and often the unique, futuristic sounds help determine the focus of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGBhQbmPwH8 (Link to Daft Punk Video 'One More Time'.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MszVE7aR4 (Link to Daft Punk Video 'Around the World'.)

Above, an image of house band Daft Punk. This image just demonstrates the unique style associated with the Electronic genre.

Above, a screenshot from the video to the track 'Shadrach' by Beastie Boys, which demonstrates a unique style of animation used. Coincidentally, it is done through the method of rotoscoping, which I will be looking to use to animate my piece.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/)
(http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/intgenre/intgenre.html)
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genre)