Catergories of music videos

There are three different types of category for a music video:

•  Performance Based,
•  Concept Based,
• Narrative based.

A performance based music video is a music video that shows band/artist performing.

A narrative based music video is a music video that has a story behind it.

You can get a mixture of the two where the music video has two storylines and shows the band performing and will then show a narrative side to it and switch between the two.

A concept video is a music video based around one idea. These music videos aren't very common and most music videos tend not to be purely based on the concept video and may include Performance and Narrative based.