Narrative music videos are generally story based. Eminem uses this form in "Toy Soldiers" to illustrate the events in the song.
Impressionist
Impressionism uses art and artistic concepts to illustrate the song. Gotye used an impressionist style in Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Surrealist
Surrealism in music videos is difficult to pinpoint as they generally use something that can be described as illogical or dreamlike. However a good example of surrealism being used is the video for "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz.
Pastiche
This is done by mimicking another time or genre; Michael Jackson did this with thriller which can be described as a mini horror film. Christine Aguilera used the pastiche style of video in her video candyman.
Parody
Parodies are perhaps the easiest music video to find online as there are numerous artists that unofficially make them. They are used to make fun of the original artist of the song, someone famous for doing this is "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Homage
Homage is basically a tribute to an artist, such as Justin Timberlake making references to Michael Jacksons Billie Jean video.
IntertextualityIntertextual videos make reference to another artists video, a famous example of this is Madonnas reference to Marilyn Monroe. Madonna did this by wearing a similar dress, background and dancers.
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