‘WHAT MAKES A GOOD MUSIC VIDEO?’

By Sophie Hughes-Narborough

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MUSIC VIDEO?

Promotes a single and, normally, an album Promotes the artist or band Creates, adapts or feeds into a ‘star image’ Entertains the audience Sets the ‘meanings’ of a song by the use of images

Music videos include a number of different elements:

Performance Narrative Concept: Thematic Symbolic

PERFORMANCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlot0i3Zykw&safe=active

NARRATIVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkElfR_NPBI

THEMATIC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob7vObnFUJc

SYMBOLIC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Xr-JFLxik