Setting is the place or surroundings where an event takes place. Setting in a music video can be anything from the roof of a skyscraper to a rural field.Settings are normally all linked by some sort of theme and can be used to show the passing of time. Props are also part of setting they can be very important and tend to have some symbolic meaning. For example seeing a character holding a gun normally symbolises they have a violent background. Conventional settings in a music video Music videos usually have a few main settings that feature throughout the music video, they are normally always linked through a theme. For example Fifth Harmony's 'work from home' video is all shot around a building site and this is it's main setting. Sigma 'higher' video uses a mountain as it's main setting and represents reaching new limits, which is what the song is about. The settings often reflect the mood of the music video, e.g. dark settings with low natural light ca...