The music video 'Fine China' by Chris Brown is a per-formative/narrative based video, consisting of scenes where it's solemnly characters speaking (narrative) and scenes were there's full on dancing (performance). You could also argue that this music video is entirely narrative based whilst also containing some elements of performance, I agree with either.
Narrative wise; the opening scene is kicked off without the song for the first minute. In this whole minute the story begins to set, we are introduced to a girl and her dad, that seem to be arguing about a guy she likes but the dad doesn’t give the impression of approval hence why he refers to him as a “outsider, thug”
Then there's a over the shoulder view of the girl looking out the window as a bright red Lamborghini pulls up outside someone steps out an we're introduced to the leading male role, Chris Brown himself. The first scene allows the audience to understand what is going to happen throughout the video and who the main characters of the story are going to be. 56 seconds into the music video the music finally starts as soon as the girl rebels against her dad.
Performance wise; When the music finally starts, Chris Brown and the girl exit the car they arrive at an alley way, this is when he begins to dance and other dancers come out of joining him, from watching the dance performance i noticed it gives off a Micheal Jackson inspired vibe. Brown's attire is very different from a common R&B artist, he looks very dapper with his checkered grey fedora, black slacks, button up shirt and a matching leather jacket, giving this song a jazz/R&B feel.
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