Narrative
A narrative structure is where the music video tells a story which doesn't necessarily have to be parallel to the song that is being played.
Narrative videos are usually used by a range of different genres. The example above is pop genre but other examples can be used. For example: Bon Jovi - Always is a rock song and Rihanna - Take a bow is an RnB song.
Performance
A performance structure is where the film is based around some sort of performance by the singer or by characters within the video.
Performance strutures can be used in any music video genre. The above video is from a techno band and they use each different group of people to represent an instrument within the song.
Abstract
An abstract video is where the content within the video has no real relevance to the song that is being played.
This song is of pop genre and is named 'California Gurls' however the video appears to be a boardgame made of sweets in which humans are used as the characters. There is no correlation between the theme of hte video and the song which therefore makes it abstract.
Hybrid
A hybrid structure music video is made of a mixture of 2 or more sturctures. For example, the music video could be both performance and narrative. This would be the case if the video told a story and had focus on the singer performing in the video.
This song is of RnB and Rap genre however is uses both a performance and a narrative structure within the video. It is also common for other genres to use this structue for their music videos.
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