Categories of Music Videos

A performance based music video is a music video with the location being a performance scene, such as a concert or a gig. I think this type of music video is effective as it portrays the musician performing which in essence, is their profession and their passion. An example of this is Jay-Z and Kanye West's music video for "N****s in Paris" which spectacles them doing a live concert with a mirrored video effect.

A narrative based music video is a music video which demonstrates a storyline or a plot. These are entertaining to watch and often visually express the lyrical meaning. An example of this is Rihanna's music video for "Man Down" which shows her going back in time from when she shot a man down.

A concept based music video doesn't follow a plot, instead it displays a concept. Concept based videos often are completely random and don't link to the song or the artist. Concept based music videos generally appeal to me the most because, due to the fact that they don't link to the song, musicians have a ton of creative freedom with these types of videos and frequently release a video which is unlike anything we've seen before, non-cliché. An example of this is Coldplay's "Up&Up" which is a video founded on collage-ism. Collage art is the concept and so throughout the video we watch snippets of collage clips.

My video will be a concept based music video and the concept will be illustration-overlays, which we will manage to do with editing. Our video won't have a narrative, it will simply follow the singer around an urban area.

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