Style of Music Video
Animation is a style of music video occasionally used by artists for their songs. Some artists stick to the idea of animation throughout all of their videos. For example, "Gorillaz" use digital animation in the majority of their videos, for example in their song "Feel Good Inc.". An example of stop motion animation used in a music video is Peter Gabriel's video for "Sledgehammer".
Cinematic is a story based video used on a grand scale. This is a video such as the video for the song "Stan" by Eminem and Dido. This is also the in the style of a narrative based storyline, another style of music videos, something which the video for "Stan" also accounts for.
Parody is a type of video where the artist(s) take the mickey out of another video or artist in their video. A good example of this is the video for the song "Walks like Rihanna" by The Wanted
Studio based is a style of music video where the artist(s) perform the video for their song in a studio. An example of this is the song "Idiot Walk" by The Hives.
Pastiche is a style of music video where the artist(s) work within another artists genre. A good example of this is the song "Hey Ya" by Outkast.
A concert based video is a style of music video where the song is being performed at a concert in the video. An example of this is the video for the song "Snow" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
A surrealist video is a style of music video where the video appears to be very surreal. It is used in the song "Once in a lifetime" by the Talking Heads.
An impressionist video is a style of music video where it is left to interpretation as to what is happening. An example of this is the song by Gotye called "Somebody That I Used To Know".
A homage video is a style of music video that is paying tribute to a genre, for example Michael Jackson's song "Thriller" which pays tribute to the horror genre.
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