Narrative and Performance music videos used together

In most music videos, there tends to be a mix of both narrative and performance techniques. It's very effective because it is good to see a band/artist performing though too much performing could become a bit boring and repetitive for the viewer. So by having a storyline it makes the video more interesting but not too complicated as the performing splits it up a little.

Here are some examples:

The Cribs: I'm A Realist



The Coral: 1000 Years



Deneice Williams - Let's Hear It For The Boy

Narrative videos

A narrative music video is like a short film accompanied by a musical background. It contains a short story that is easy to follow for the viewer and the lyrics can sometimes be put in time to various things going on in the short story. Sometimes there is no lip synchronisation but most music videos tend to use a bit of both for their music video.

Here are some examples of narrative music videos:

Armand Van Helden - I Want Your Soul

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

Yolanda Be Cool Vrs DCup: We no speak Americano

Performance music videos

A performance music video is when a vocalist and sometimes other members of the band are miming/singing the song in the video in either one setting or it can be a variety of settings. For instance they may stay in the same setting if it is a live gig performance, or it may be abstract showing them in a desert and these can be graphically enhanced into videos.

In a performance video you can see the vocalist singing/miming the song and you can see the instruments involved in the song shown in the video. I think that older music video's are more likely to be performance videos. This could be because technology was not what it is today back in that music's era.


Here are some examples of performance videos:

Oasis - Whatever:

Though I can't get the embed code for my blog here is a link to Kings of Leon - Molly's Chambers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2WGS6O2y0A&feature=PlayList&p=FE9353F2CA45CB11&playnext_from=

PL&playnext=1&index=18

Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer

Gloria Estefan - Rhythm is gonna get you

Jermaine Stewart: We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off