1. There is a relationship between the lyrics and the visuals, with the visuals illustrating, amplifying or contradicting the lyrics. Andrew Goodwin identifies 5 key aspects of music videos that we as an audience see when watching a music video. Genres are complex and diverse in terms of music video style and iconography Voyeurism is present in many music videos, especially in the treatment of females, but also in terms of systems of looking. Some examples are screens within screens, cameras, mirrors . there are likely to be intertextual references, either to other music videos or to films and TV texts, these provide further gratification and pleasure for the viewers/fans. Record companies will demand a lot of close-ups of the main artist or vocalist

2. I extracted these particular lyrics from the chorus of the song because they are the lyrics that have the biggest meaning and represent the song and narrative. They contradict with the music video by saying that “Nobody’s watching” when clearly they are, everybody is, because she is viewed in a close up shot hiding away from the public eye. Lyrics Nobody’s watching, nobody’s watching oh my sweet lullaby ILLUSTRATE Music videos use a set of images to convey the meaning and genre AMPLIFY Meanings and specific effects are exaggerated constantly shown to get into your head DISJUNCTURE This word describes the process where the meaning behind the song is totally ignored