The document discusses conventions in indie music videos, including slow cutting between shots, close-ups on faces to illustrate emotion, dark lighting to convey sadness, and shots of the artist performing. It then summarizes a student's music video project about a girl getting over a breakup by traveling abroad. The student's video incorporates these conventions through close-ups showing the character's emotions and long shots establishing locations. It challenges some conventions by varying the editing pace and switching between bright and dark lighting to match the character's changing moods of sadness and happiness.