Illustrative is the simplest narrative type where key words or phrases from the song are visually displayed. For example, in Owl City's "Fireflies" music video, the word "Fireflies" is spelled out by a robot as it is sung. Amplification builds on illustration by adding deeper meaning to the lyrics through additional visuals. Disjuncture ignores the original meaning of the song completely, using abstract and unrelated imagery to create an entirely new interpretation, such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Can't Stop" video where the band members dress up in random objects for no apparent reason.

1. Assignment 10 Narrative Types
Cameron McDade

2. Illustrative
Illustrative is the most common and simple forms of Narrative Types. All Illustrative Music Videos are, are when
the word or song lyrics that are being said come up on the screen in Visual Form. So key words and maybe even
the song title are shown in the video while being said or sung.
In the ‘Fireflies’ video by Owl City when the lead singer is singing he says the song
name Fireflies and as he says this the words spell out on a Robot. This is a good
example of how the Artist has used an interesting and different way of expressing the
song lyrics as it is different to just signing and listening to the words and lyrics
normally.

3. Amplification
Amplification enables the director to become more of a creative force within the making and construction of
the music video. Amplification still links closely to the lyrics of the song however it adds more meaning to the
song.

4. Disjuncture
The idea of Disjuncture is that it ignores nearly all the meanings and concepts of the song and instead through
different videos and images creates a whole new and different meaning to the song. These videos don’t tend to
make a lot of sense and often use abstract imagery. A good example of this is ‘Can’t Stop’ by The Red Hot Chili
Peppers:
In the video it is a mix of performance and narrative. The band are seen carrying,
sitting and dressing up as weird things and as object that have no relevance or
meaning. As you can see above the lead singer is dressed as a tent and the band are
just carrying random lights for no reason. So Disjuncture allows Bands and artists to
be creative and make a whole new meaning for the song.