There are 5 main types of music video styles which categorise music videos made to present day. Performance, Narrative, Cameo, Notion of looking and animation are the five types which I am going to break down and explain.
Performance:
The 'Performance' style of music video mainly focuses on the band/artist blandly playing by themselves or in front of a crowd. They usually do not have a narrative structure at all in the video and would include a wide variety of camera angles and regular repeats. The performance style of video is popular within the rock genre due to a band focus which is fun to watch through individuals actions playing their instruments, the effort put into their performance and chemistry within bands which makes the performance style video interesting to watch with out a narrative.
Some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4 Guns N Roses- Sweet Child O Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boanuwUMNNQ Metallica- Whiskey In The Jar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30w8DyEJ__0 Arctic Monkeys- Brainstorm
All of these music videos use repeated shots of band members and instruments as a focus of an exaggeration of the music playing. The energetic movements of the members create a focus for the audience and the pace of the visual playing and movements match the songs beat, pace and tone which engages the audience and makes them move. This then makes the basic shots of just the band members interesting to watch and makes a successful 'Performance' music video.
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