Before you make a music video, you need to be able to understand what the different types of narrative. That is why I have watched and analysed the narratives of 3 different music videos. I have discovered that most music videos do have a narrative and there aren’t many that use a performance in the video because this can make it hard to follow the story. I also prefer the narrative based videos which helps for when I come ot make my music video. Two out of the three music videos that I have used have an amplified narrative. This is because the video fits in with the lyrics to the song, but it doesn’t fully play out the exact same story. The first video has a disjunctive narrative and includes a performance, which makes it very hard to follow.

We Are Young – Fun

The narrative content in this video is disjunctive because the song has nothing to do with what is happening in the video. In the song they are singing about being young and the music video shows a big fight while they are performing so it is quite hard to understand and follow.

This music video is a combination of a performance and a narrative. This means that the video is a bit confusing to follow, it shows a band performing as chaos happens around them. There is not much context given behind all the people fighting which makes is hard to watch this video and understand what is going on. The ending shows the woman who started the fight, and a few of the other participants walking away from the building. the woman has a smile on her face throughout the fight scene, including when she starts the fight which tells us that she enjoys it for some reason. But the video remains hard to follow because of its disjunctive narrative.

Dangerous – David Guetta

I think this music video has an amplified narrative because the song is about something being dangerous and the video shows a car race, these races can be dangerous so it fits with the song.

The video for this song is entirely narrative based. This means that it is easy to understand what is going on in the video. The video shows two longstanding enemies that are also fierce rivals in a race with each other. The ending shows a big party after one of the drivers has been crowned winner. This party scene leads the video to a more disjunctive narrative as a party doesn’t really fit in with the lyrics of the song which are about a dangerous activity.

The Nights – Avicii

This music video has an amplified narrative. The song is about someone making the most of their life and enjoying it instead of wasting time doing things that he didn’t want to do. This video is entirely narrative based as their is no performance in the video.

It is easier to understand what is going on in the music video because the video goes with the lyrics of the song. The video shows a someone enjoying themselves in the sunny weather. Some scenes show them with their friends and some scenes show the person by themselves.