Goodwin's sub Genres.
Performance
This is where the artist or band will perform
their song, this will often be done by metal core bands as instruments are more
important to the videos than other genres such as pop, often there will be
guitar or drum solos meaning an entire section of the video will be based
around it unlike modern boy bands who don't play instruments and only sing. The
example I have used for this is "If You Can't Hang" By Sleeping with
Sirens where the entirety of the music video is the band performing their song.
Narrative
Narrative is a short film in the music video
which will often go along to the music. Often this will be done by more pop
bands and singers but is not uncommon amungst alternative rock bands. The
example I have used for this is Ice Nine Kills cover of "Someone like
you" in which the band acts in a short story about a dog.
Cameo
This is similar to narrative in the sense of it
being a short story with the primary difference being that the band/singer does
not appear performing at all. This once again is common amongst pop singers and
boy/girl bands. The two examples I have for this are "A Team" and
"Lego House" by Ed Sheeran, one of which is a celebrity cameo where
the artist isn't show performing or in the video but a different celebrity
does.
Dance routine
As the name suggests, this is when an artist or
band performs a dance routine throughout the song, this is more common in the
hip-hop genre. The example I'm using for this is Soulja Boy "Tell'em-
Crank that"
