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Jul 30, 2021 · The 100 Greatest Music Videos. From Adele to ZZ Top — our ranked list of the best music videos of all time. By. David Browne, Mankaprr Conteh, Brenna Ehrlich, David Fear, Maria Fontoura, Jon ...
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- David Browne,Mankaprr Conteh,Brenna Ehrlich,David Fear,Maria Fontoura,Jon Freeman,Elisabeth Garber-Paul,Andy Greene,Kory Grow,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Jason Newman,Angie Martoccio,Jerry Portwood,Claire Shaffer,Rob Sheffield,Hank Shteamer,Brittany Spanos,Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Performance Music Videos
- Narrative Music Videos
- Concept Music Videos
- Lyrics Music Videos
- Animated Music Videos
This music video is probably the oldest and most commonly used music video. In performance music videos, you'll typically see the band, well, performing - meaning it's a recording of them playing on their instruments. A performance-based music video can include dancing, lip-syncing, and band members playing their various instruments. It can even be...
A narrative-based music video is a music video where the artist(s) are trying to tell some sort of story. It is essentially a short filmbased on the song. Narrative music videos typically include a structure of a beginning, middle, and end. There are also usually no lip-syncing or musical performances in the video. The band creates a narrative arou...
Concept music videos are videos without a storyline and typically have no relevance to the lyrics themselves. The concept music video is usually based on the artist's vision. It can be seen as a way to expand their creative vision with the song. The concept music video typically includes a performance or a narrative, so the audience doesn't get all...
Lyric music videos are just what it sounds like. Music videos with lyrics on the screen as the song goes along. These videos were extremely popular in the early days of YouTube, albeit they were usually uploaded by a third-party source who didn't have the rights. Lyric videos started out as windows movie maker videos, with a blue background and the...
Animated music videos mean everything from a simple 2D animation to stop motion or CGI. Animation music videos typically follow the same structure as other music video types. In some ways, you can see the animated music video as a hybrid. If we look at famous animated music videos, we can look at Kanye West's Heartless. This video features an anima...
May 30, 2023 · Madonna - "Vogue". View full post on Youtube. Madonna's black-and-white "Vogue" video, directed by David Fincher, is a loving sendup of the Golden Age of Hollywood, as well as the New York City ...
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Examples of performance-based music videos from well-known artists: “Thriller” by Michael Jackson: This iconic music video features a captivating performance by Michael Jackson, complete with choreographed dance moves and theatrical storytelling. It set a new standard for performance-based music videos and remains a timeless classic.
- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
Jan 17, 2022 · Advertising. 7. ‘Closer’ by Nine Inch Nails. Director Mark Romanek, who’s behind some of the best music videos of the last 25 years (Fiona Apple’s ‘Criminal’ and Jay-Z’s ‘99 ...
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