5 Inspirational Narrative Videos

As my group is doing a narrative music video, here are 5 narrative videos that may be influential in the way we film ours. 

Grenade by Bruno Mars - This is a good example of a balance of performance and narrative featuring contrast as the artist cuts between scenes showing the story of a man who would do anything for a girl including pull a piano all the way to her house and dark and dreary moments of performance lipsyncing away from the action. This is something we aim to do in our music video.

Wild by Troye Sivan - My group also had the idea of portraying a young friendship in our video cut in with scenes of them older selves or other adults to show the contrast of old and young and not wanting to grow up. This video is part of a trilogy that chronicles Troye's relationship with this boy as they grow up. I personally like the idea of showing young love or friendship in videos as it is very touching and audiences can maybe relate to their past relationships.

Take Me to Church by Hozier - This video set in a very urban area shows the story of two young men and how they handle their relationship in a very homophobic neighborhood, it is incredibly deep and meaningful and goes along with the lyrics as Hozier is stating that the church does not conventionally find this acceptable and they feel they must be judged. I like this video because of the meaning and social commentary it holds.

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko - Like the previous video, this one also shows a "forbidden" relationship between two girls. I like this video because it is very upbeat but meaningful holds heavy social commentary on how people still find lesbian relationships unethical. I also like the type of daylight it is shot in as it gives the video a very picturesque, suburban sunset look which my group will be aiming for in our video in terms of lighting during some scenes.

Pretty Hurts by Beyonce - this song through the video and the lyrics show how people, girls especially, go through a lot of trouble just to be judged as pretty. Beyonce reflects this ridiculous pageant tradition in a negative light and showing how society feels women should dress and behave to be looked upon as pretty. In a way, it is very cynical but done in classic Beyonce style. I like the way this video is set as it has several different setting but based around one location that fits in with its narrative.