Types of Muisc Vidoes

The three different types of music video refer to their narrative content rather than their style.

1. Narrative-The narrative style of music video follows a fixed narrative story that mostly but not always follows the story told by the lyrics. However the narrative doesn't always need to follow the lyrics, as some song with no or minimal lyrics may have a narrative type music video, as it is the very existence of the contextual story with a beginning middle and end that defines a music video as a narrative.
2. Performance-This is the most simple type of music video, as it is simply the band or artist performing their song in front of the camera, often times with very few theatrics. There is still variety however as this can vary from simple footage from a live performance or a more staged set up in an environment that suits the tone of the song. Either way, if it is simply the band preforming the song, it is a performance type video.
3. Conceptual-The conceptual type of music video often bares little relationship to the lyrics of the song and is simply a series of entertaining visuals that compliment the music they are set to and have little relevance. Because of this, many dance albums use a conceptual style of music video as dance music as a genre is less about context and more about just creating stimulating music.
4. Animated-Animated music videos are, as the title implies is animated. This can be through any means of animation, like hand drawn, stop motion, or combination with live actions footage through methods like rotoscoping.
5. Mixture-While the above four types of music videos are established, very few music videos conform to only one, and most music videos can be classed as a mixture of two or even three of these types. Some examples could include 'I Got U' by Duke Dumont which, while mostly consisting of a conceptual style due to the abstract visuals, is in some ways a narrative as well because of the first few scenes that establish a main character and why we are seeing the visuals. Other examples include 'Bohemian Rasphody' by Queen which combines conceptual and performance typesof video. Finally, 'Feel Good Inc.' by the Gorillaz is a music video that combines the animated and performance types of video.