Performance vs Narrative music videos

To compare the music video styles of performance and narrative first we need to understand what each of them mean.

Performance

A performance based music video is simply that it is the band or the artist singing/playing there instruments for the whole song although this can sometimes cut to the crowd is is mostly the band/artist with little story behind the video. This makes these simpler to produce and also cheaper. These do have there advantages though as the buzz of the crowd can give you video a high tempo.




Narrative

A narrative music video attempts to tell a story it is mostly footage. The story is usually linked to the lyrics in one or another. Narrative music videos are very popular in the pop genre as this allows the audience to feel with the artist and get a deep connection by using relatable topic and subject matters.


The difference between narrative and performance is narrative allows the artist to tell a story and make the audience feel like they have a connection to the artist while with performance you can make the listener feel excited and buzz when listening to the music. Also a narrative will be a lot harder to film and cost a lot more while with performance you could just video a gig the band or artist is playing.