Music video genres.

In the lesson we talked about the three different types of music genres and how they are represented through the video.
The three music video genres include:


The performance video
This is usually suited to pop and rock music, where the focus is on the performers performing, be it as a group, a ‘solo’ artist or as a dance routine.

This genre of video is the most common, in that they are the easiest to produce and require the least planning.


The narrative video

nThis is suited to most genres of music.

Narratives rarely have anything to do with the subject matter of the song, they are figurative rather than literal version of the song.

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nIt usually adopts something distinctive or unique – Coldplay’s ‘The Scientist’ told backwards, A-Ha’s ‘Take On Me’ told through moving comic books.

The abstract video

This genre is very detached from the music and/or the lyrics.

nIt usually includes a series of seemingly unconnected images, edited to fit the pace of the music.

nIt also suits most styles of music, particularly the less mainstream types, or the ‘abstract’ music styles.