- Performance Based videos
- Narrative Based videos
- Concept Based videos
Whereby the band or artist is shown performing the song as it plays in perfect sync for most of, if not all of the video. The camera focuses purposely on the lyrics from the artist and the music produced by the band. music videos such as these will be mainly of these two things.
Here is an example of a performance based music video-
A good example of a performance based video is Foo Fighters- Best of you. As you can see the video is based on the artist and the band. This is a performance based music video.
Narrative based videos
Some music videos choose to have a storyline of some sort that relates to the lyrics of the song in some way. This type of video will usually include actors, who can often play out the message of the song. Intertextuality is also included in narrative based videos as this can often show parts of films or news clippings, which also acts out the song lyrics.This is probably the most popular category of music video as it is easy on the eye and esy to follow and understand.
Alot of Basshunter's songs are narrative based as the actors are acting out what is happening within the song and this is quite clearly put across. Here is an example: Basshunter- now you're gone.
Concept based Videos
Concept based music videos usually focus on one concept or idea from a song and is quite often based around animation or a particular type of editing technique. Here is Bruno mars- just the way you are, This video is concept based as you will see due to the single idea and editing technique they use with the cassette tape.
I think my music video will be mixed, it will be partly narrative and partly performance based. As I hope to have part of it focused on the singer and the lyrics and possibly a pianist , then the rest of the video will have a narrative story of which I will either use the singer or another actor to help me get the message of the song across.
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