3. My definition of a ‘Music Video’
I think a music video is a short film which uses visual imagery
related to the song it is based on.
4. Narrative
Narrative- a music video that tells a story of the song
Examples- Madonna, Bad Girl
Eminem, Not Afraid
Bruno Mars, Grenade
5. Performance
This is where the artist is performing within the video.
Examples- 5SOS, What I Like About You
Jay-z ft. Kanye West – Niggas In Paris
All Time Low - Weightless
6. Successful Music Videos
PSY – Gangnam Style currently has 2,445,499,942 views and is the highest viewed music
video on YouTube.
Justin Bieber – Baby currently has 1,232,435,165 views on his first hit song.
Taylor Swift – Blank Space currently has 1,258,628,244 views on her video.
7. The Purpose of a Music Video
A music video promotes a artists song as now most music videos now get
shown on TV, YouTube etc… showing the music video for people to hear the
song to then make people buy the song to listen too. It also servers as a
platform to attract people to the label. A Music video’s also give people a
better understanding of the song in a visual interoperation showing what the
artist want people to see (if narrative). A music video is also to entertain the
viewer just to provide enjoyment and pleasure and for the artist to show off
other talents they may have. A music video also gets more money due to
music video costing more money than just a simple download of the song.
Some music videos are to promote a movie for example the bond films theme
tunes are released before the film and show little clips of the film to try and
promote that film and it also brings in the audience as it says bond theme
tune it get more people to watch it. It creates a more memorable visual for
the view that just listening to the song.
