Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Types of Music Videos

Performance

 Performance videos focuses on the artist or brand just plainly performing either on their own or in from of a crowd. There is no sort of narrative what so ever throughout the video and would usually have a wide variety of camera angles and regularly repeats. This is very popular amongst the rock artists videos and much preferred to other styles of music videos.

Some examples of this are:

All these music videos used the same camera angles and showed the bands playing on stage and occasionally switches from each band member. However, the Bon Jovi's video is the only one to introduce the audience into the video, this gives the sense you are really there.

Narrative 

A narrative performance video is usually mixed in with a little bit of performance involved with the artists/s signing or with a guitar etc. this is usually popular amongst hip hop artists  as they show little performance and show what the video is about. It usually has a story behind the video, this is a way artists can connect with their audience and fans.

Some examples of this are:


All these music videos have a story line and a meaning to them, its like they are trying to put out across a message to their fans. They usually follow close to the lyrics of the song. 

Cameo

These type of music videos often feature other artists for example from the same label. This can also be when famous appear in the music video but are not involved in the singing. 

Some examples of this are:

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