A narrative music video is a video that has a story to it that is easy to follow and normally relevant to the lyrics/music.
An example of this is 'No Love' by Eminem and Lil Wayne:
I used this video by Lil Wayne and Eminem to demonstrate a narrative video, as it tells a story about a boy who is getting bullied and then stands up to his fears.
In this shot we can see the boy sitting down being surrounded by the bullies. As this scene is in black and white it symbolises the pain and misery of the scene.
The video uses quick transitions to switch between the artists, Eminem and Lil Wayne, lip syncing and the narrative video of the boy.
Again this scene is in black and white to symbolise the boys' fear.
A variety of camera shots is used throughout the music video including whilst filming the artists lip syncing.
In this screenshot we can see more into the narrative story of how the boy has to see his parents whilst beaten and bruised from his school bullies.
In the end of the video the boy retaliates and stands up to his bullies. This ends the music video and concludes the storyline of the video.
No Love by Eminem and Lil Wayne includes extracts from this video 'What Is Love' by Haddaway. The lyrics go 'what is love, baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more' which is illustrated from the 'No Love' music video as the boy that is getting bullied wants it to come to a stop.
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