Music Video Genres

This year I am making a music video. For music videos there are five key genres and they are; narrative, images, performance, spectacle and personal. These genres are often linked to music genres. Usually narrative is used with the indie genre; image is usually associated with the pop genre; performance is linked to metal music; spectacle is seen with rock music and personal could be seen in a rap music video. Some theorist have defined genres in different ways. David Bordwell suggest that the audience defines the genre of the music video rather than the director because it is about how the individual perceives it. Mark Reid adds to this as he implies that the genre of the music video is based on what you are told. He uses the example of tomato puree in a supermarket and suggest if it was put next to cake, people would use it on cake.
We have made some stills and edited them to demonstrate some genres, they are rock, indie and pop music.

Rock Genre

Indie Genre

 For the rock genre we used desaturise

Pop Genre