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The main person for the narrative theories in music would be Andrew
Goodwin. His theory mainly explores:
Thought beats
Narrative
Performance
Star Image
Andrew Goodwin believes that there are 5 things that basically make a good
music video:
1. Thought through beat this simply means how the lyrics are
interpreted through the video, and what the lyrics actually mean. For
example, in the song were doing, there is a line: Size me up, I know
you did. Care for you, you know I did. From this we can interpret that
they grew up together and she clearly cared for him. The deeper
meaning could be that she actually cared for him and he knew that.
But he mistook her care to be a liking towards him.
2. Relationship between songs and visuals this is basically how the
song was created through what we see. For example, camera shots,
locations, actors and acting, etc. Using the same example in point one,
we decided to have a shot where hes checking her out and she looks
and him and smiles -when she says Size me up, I know you did he
checks her out, and when it says Care for you, you know I did shes
going to smile at him. This is a good example of how song is used to
create a relationship between the visuals.
3. Performance and narrative of the song performance is basically
shots of the singer/performer actually singing or playing an instrument,
whereas the narrative is the actor actually acting out the lyrics of the
song.
4. Technical aspects this mainly involves how the camera is used and
how the video is edited. Also, lighting and colour is a technical aspect
that can help create meanings within the visuals, linking it to the lyrics.
5. Star Image the protagonist (main actor/actress) is also an important
part of any music video. It makes the protagonist centre of attention
giving the artist/performer to show the way the protagonist is being
portrayed.