Narrative Based Music Video

A narrative based music video is usually like a short film, it has a beginning, middle and end. The video will normally have some visual link to the lyrics, or theme  of the song, my example is Katy Perry - Part Of Me, who has broken up with her boyfriend and joined the marines to show her independence. Usually the artist or frontman of a band will perform the lead within the narrative, like in my example, but this is not always the case. When other actors are performing the roles its often a hybrid music video by having the artist/band perform instead of acting; so they're still shown in the music video. The only exception to this is a music video by Owl City, which is only a boy making a racecar.