I selected three videos to evaluate in order to perhaps develop a better knowledge of narrative for when I come to create my own music video. For this task, we are exploring the narrative of a music video and how it relates to the lyrics of a song.

The three types of narratives that can be used in a music video to tell a story were Amplified, Illustrative, and Disjunctive. Amplified narratives use the song’s lyrics to encourage viewers to think about the song’s various themes, while Illustrative narratives have lyrics that are clearly related to and simple to follow. Disjunctive is when the lyrics and the video have no relation and the narrative is whatever the audience think it is.

We also learned the four different Narrative structures.

• Episodic – self contained stories within a story
• Anachronic –  the include flashbacks and don’t stick to a chronological time frame – they may jump about.  Commonly used.
• Thematic –  will  amplify the lyrics and illustrate the ideas in visual metaphors.
• Linear –  the classic, beginning, middle and end of a narrative.  Rarely used.