Music Videos Style and Techniques

In Concert and as live footage-

For Live footage i have chosen Bon Jovi- Wanted Dead or Alive. This video is made with live footage of Bon Jovi performing on the stage in front of all of their fans. 

Narrative and Interpretive-

For Narrative i have chosen to use the song by Train- 50 ways to say goodbye. This music video uses the songs lyrics to make the music video in which when the singer says each way the person died the music video then has a scene showing this off. This is a very good music video to show a narrative story with an ending that surprises the viewer and the characters within the video.
For interpretive i have chosen to use the song Something good by Alt-J. This song is made in a way in which it sounds similar to some of the latin music around the world with the instruments used to make the backing track. The video then focuses on a man in a ring with a bull in one of these latin countries as he doesn't realise he has been beaten until it's too late.

Surrealist-

For Surrealist i have chosen the song Kids by MGMT. This is a video that has shocked many viewers around the world when they watched this as they were not expecting what this video is compared to when they listened to the song on its own. The reason for me chosing this song is because there are not many like it. This video takes viewers into the mind of the child in the video. This young boy has been taken out for the day with his mum, but when seeing adults he doesn't see actual people, he sees them as monsters trying to hurt him. 

Impressionist-

Impressionist videos do not try to follow the standards of what the lyrics say and instead they try to capture emotion from the viewer. The song i have chosen for this is Taro by Alt-J. This video shows emotion through the video by showing how people in Africa live everyday. This is a very heart warming video as its not trying to upset the viewers, in fact its showing the people of Africa going about their days, having fun and being happy with what small things they have.

Synergy-

Synergy videos are made alongside other things like films and tv shows. For this i have chosen See You Again by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth. This song was made for the 7th installment of the Fast And Furious franchise called Fast 7. In this video its all about how Paul Walker died and that he has now gone off to a better place where Vin Diesel will one day go and see his friend again.

Animation-

For animation i have chosen the song I'm blue da ba dee by Eiffel 65. This video is a solely animated video of a blue alien. This shows off animation very well as it is all animated for the purpose of the song. each thing within the video links in to the lyrics of the song.

Lip Synch-

For Lip Synch i have chosen Coldplay's song The Scientist. This video shows the singer Lip synching his entire song as the video plays backwards. The one problem is that it doesn't quite match the dialogue some of the time which caused a lot of viewers to not like the video when they watched it. But this is still one of the best examples of the performer Lip Synching to one of their songs. 

Editing-Cutting to the beat-

For cutting to the beat i have decided to choose Ariana Grande's song Dangerous Woman. This video is a slow paced one which cuts each shot to the beat of the song. This is a very good example of Cutting to the beat as it's not too fast paced and keeps the viewer interested all through the video.

Post Production Visual Effects-

For this i have chosen the song Vodoo by Nick Jonas. This video features a lot of Post Production Visual Effects as it uses some different ways editing and overlapping the video with colorful lines and streaks making up different looks on the characters within the video.

Split-Screen-

For Split-Screen i have chosen the song We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez. This song features the two characters going about their life at the same time while in different parts of New York City. This is one example of an interesting editing technique in which t doesn't cause the editor too much hassle in putting the parts together.

Chroma-Key-

For this i have decided to use the song Earthquake by Labrinth and Tinie Tempah. This video uses chroma key alot in the way that he has speakers set up around him in the air moving about to the bass of the song. Chroma Key is a more technical term for the use of a green screen to make backdrops and visual effects around the artist during the music video.