styles of music videos

There are a wide range of styles of music videos that we have learned about to help us build our knowledge and also give us ideas for our own music video.

Narrative 

This is when the music video tells a story to its audience and it has a meaning. for my example I have chosen 'Shine' by Years & Years, in this video the song uses light as a metaphor to pertain to the "overwhelming and unstable feeling of falling in love. In the video they are placed in a house in the woods (inspiration from E.T, Poltergeist etc) and there was no light, during the song sparks come from plug sockets and lights start to flicker, there is then a strong wind that blows the group members all about the house and by the end a big beam of light is shone on Olly. 


Animation 

Ive chosen 'Move your feet' by Junior Senior. The whole video is a pixelated style animation, its a very colourful random video with lots going on which is why I chose it.




pastiche 

A pastiche is a video that is set in a certain time period. This could be a certain era or year etc.

My example of a Pastiche is "Hey Ya! - Outcast". This video is set in the 1950s

Parody 

A parody is a video that mocks and mimics a certain feature. This could be a person or costume or even an act. A parody is where this feature is made fun of.
I have chosen "Walks like Rihanna by The Wanted". This music video is used to make fun of other boy bands and there costumes, dances and settings. They mock numerous big boy bands including take that, Backstreet boys and NSYNC. 




Performance based 

For performance based I chose 'Smells like Teen spirit' by Nirvana. A performance based is a video where the artist is seen performing the song, so they will be singing and playing an instrument.



Intertextual

Intertextual is similar to a parody but instead of being used to make fun off or mock; its used to show appreciation. This means in these types of videos features may be copied to show respect.
 I have chose "Love Story - Taylor Swift". This is a intertextual video as many features make reference to Romeo and Juliet and this video provides a modern theme to the love story. 


Concert live 

This is where the music video is made from live concert footage, I have chosen Catfish and the Bottlemen with their song 'Outside' which was performed live at Castlefield Bowl and the footage has been used for their music video.




Cinematic

This type of video is where the video seems like a movie, it has actors and props that all come together to provide a deeper meaning. I have chosen Lady Gaga ft Beyonce 'Telephone' as it was the only song I could think of. This video is like a short film as there is acting and dancing. 





Abstract

abstract is where the video seems a bit weird and has mostly has no connection to the lyrics of the song. I have chosen 'Emperors New Clothes' by Panic! At The Disco, the video is very scary and devilish like whereas the song is about an Emperor, I really like the costume and the effects of this video as its weird but also creative.