Different Music Videos: Genres

THE GORILLAZ - They are an elctro/rock band who could also be classed as alternative rock. Their videos are pretty interesting as they are alsways in a cartoon format and they tell a story thaat is loosly connected to the actual song. Heres an example:



NICKELBACK - They are a rock band and like many other rock bands their videos always feteaure the band playing the song either in a concert or in a recording studio. this video as well as the video for theie other song Far Away are an example of this:



MISSY ELLIOT AND CIARA - both hip hop and r'n'b artits have dance as a major part of their video. This is common for most videos of this genre as seen in other artists videos like

The Loose Control video by Missy Elliot is a great example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_jlcMVI5xE

As is Ciaras Like A Boy:


BRITNEY SPEARS (early years) - Pop videos as we know it (old school pop like Nsync) have very cheesy dance movement that exaggerate the lyrics in the song:


nsync are the epitemy of the old school boy band as they have a bunch of girls dancing around them as well as having the cheesy boy band moves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIwm9jUjLvk
this song in general sums up the pop genre and the video jus emphasises the ideas they talk about in the song