Video Clips as a Relevant Format for Presenting Classical Music and Their Use in the Educational Practices of Universities

Abstract

The article examines the audiovisual format of a video clip created around a piece of classical music. Content of this kind is widely available on the Internet. A review of the literature on the topic demonstrates the fundamental focus of researchers on the general socio-psychological typology of music videos and the almost complete lack of attention paid to the methods of their implementation. Focusing on the use of this format of work in the pedagogical practice of music universities, the article considers two general technological approaches for creating a video clip. The first type consists of a simple music track assembled in a presentation program to accompany slides reflecting the individual associations of the creator. The second type represents a visualised commentary on the emotional character of the music that corresponds to the logic of the musical structure of the piece and the forms of presentation of the thematic material (motifs, phrases, sentences). A distinctive subspecies of this type takes the form of a replacement of the sound design of a scene from a movie. To inform the discussion, around twenty projects presented on the creator-owned channels of Liudmila Naryzhnaya and Galina Taraeva are analysed.

Keywords: classical music video clip, video clip creation techniques, video clips in educational practice