Types of Music Video

So we've established why music videos exist, but now let's have a little looky-do at the different kinds of music video.

First up we have Performance based:

Probably one of the most iconic music videos of this decade, Beyoncé's Single Ladies really shows off her assets (in more ways than one...)

 

When it comes to an artist such as Bruno Mars, sometimes all you need is your performance to make for a successful music video. If you got it, flaunt it!

Here's Michael Bublé with his usual charm, but this time with added sass. Up the Bubble!

 

Next up it's Narrative Based:

Katy Perry's Part of Me here - her boyfriend cheats, so she cuts her hair and

joins the marines, standard.

 

Green Day at their best, true story tellers (yes, its another army based narrative,

I swear I'm not doing this on purpose)

 

Oh look ol' Swifty's with a break up song! What a surprise!

 

And the final type is Concept (these aren't as common as the others, but still used a lot):

Gnarls Barkley's Crazy. The concept? Ink blots... Yep, that makes you crazy

 

In Your Arms by Kina Grannis (no, I'd never heard of her either) - I'm not even going to try to make a joke about this video, it is simply incredible! It's a stop motion video, make using jelly beans!

 

 Ok Go are best known for their incredibly creative music videos, but this one takes it to a whole new level! I think I get why they call themselves Ok Go now, as I'm sure that phrase is used many, many times by them.

 

 

So there you have it! Three main types of music video all wrapped into one post, wonderful! I have got to say, through searching for videos for this post, concept based videos are by far my favourite! They are simply mind blowing! However the practicalities of creating one of my own seem low unfortunately (sad face).

 

Until next time! Ciao!