Friday, 5 October 2012

Narrative, Concept and Performance.


Narrative

  • Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me


Narrative based videos are usually videos that tell a story. They normally 
havce the stpory lines of a boy and a girl together or wanting to be together, them going through a lot in their lives but cioming together in the end and it all working out.                                                                                       Taylor Swifts video for You Belong To Me is a narrative based video as it tells a story of a 'nerdy' girl who falls for a 'popular guy' who has a 'popular' girlfriend who is nasty and mean, after you see them talking to each other at various times, they finally come together as he leaves his 'nasty' girlfriend at the prom for the 'nerdy' girl.


Concept

  • PSY - Gangnam Style



Concept videos are videos that have nothing to do with the song. They usually do not relate to the lyrics and are just random videos that haven't got a story to them. PSY Gangnam style is an example of concept videos as first the song is in Korean which most people will not undersdtand, then the video shows Psy performing a comical horse-riding dance and appearing in unexpected locations around the Gangnam District, such as an outdoor yoga session and a hot tub which clearly has nothing top do with the song as its just a dance video showing PSY and other people dancing.






Performance 

  • Oasis - Wonderwall 


Performance based music videos are usually really basic and simple. The videos usually include the artist/band just miming to their song and thats it really, theres never a story to it or an exciting background its very plain and the main focus is on the artist/band performing their song.
An example for a performance based is Oasis Wonderwall, it features a single fixed camera shot, the same as is seen in the more common video, of the five band members miming to the song with a very plain background and not much else but them miming going on.











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