Narrative of music videos.

Narrative

Narrative is defined as 'a chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time' (Bordwell and Thompson, Film art, 1980)

Diegesis
This is a style of fiction storytelling which prevents an interior view of the world and is:
1. that world itself experienced by the characters in situations and events of the narrative
2. telling, recounting, as opposed to showing, enacting.
In diegesis the narrator tells the story.



The above video would be an example of diegesis, the narrator is also the main character, she is almost taking us into a different world, she is showing us how she feels everything should be, and how she is feeling at any point of the video. 
Its almost like she is showing us how she wishes everything should end up like, she has created a little fairy tale where everything ends up perfectly for her and her crush. 


Story and Plot 
Story - all events referenced both explicitly in a narrative and inferred, including backstory as well as those projected beyond the action.
Plot - The events directly incorporated into the action of the text and the order in which they are presented. 
The video above is Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' this video clearly has a story, the story would be of a typical break up that the girl doesn't take to well, she wants to get away, so she joins the marines to become stronger and to forget about everything.