Genre Characteristics of R'n'B

After trying to research what characteristics consistantly appear in R&B Music Videos, I didn't find any information so i decided to research myself. After watching many music videos which fall under the category of R&B, I created my own list of common techniques conventions.

• A Running Narrative of a love/heartbreak story
• Close-ups of Females- A lot of Objectification
• Extreme Close-ups in general
• Women Dressed revealingly
•  Some form of Performance/Miming
• A Male actor in female artist videos
• A Female actress in Male artist videos
• Expression of Rich and Poor- Usually jewelry/money
• Hand held camerawork
• Slow Motion scenes- (Emphasis on artist usually)
• Glamourous costumes
• Lots of Pans over the artist/Narrative
• A Solid dance routine throughout/featured in the video
• Contrasting lighting tones- either warm colours signifying love, or cold colours.
• 'Backstreet' Scenes especially  in Hip-hop style R&B
• An expression of Race- usually involving black/half cast actors

After reviewing my list of common traits found within R&B music videos, it will definitely help me add codes and characteristics to my own music video to make it more realistic.