The document discusses different types of music videos and how they relate to the song lyrics. It describes connotative music videos that use surrealism or abstraction to interpret lyrics, illustrative videos that directly visualize and denote lyrics, and abstract videos completely unrelated to the lyrics that use repetition. Examples are provided of each type including Lily Allen's "The Fear" using surrealism, Audioslave's "Cochise" both performing and illustrating lyrics, and The xx's "The xx" repeating an abstract dance.

2. ž A visual interpretation video to add meaning to
the lyrics of the song. Created by the director
to exemplify the style and tone of the song and
lyrics. This is a connotive approach to a music
video and uses surrealism or create
interpretations and meaning behind the song.
ž http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-
c6cx98ls
ž In the video for The Fear – Lily Allen, surrealism is
used to put a hidden meaning behind the lyrics
into the video and connotes the lyrics instead
of denoting them and showing the meaning of
them in a clear way.

3. ž The illustrative music video is the most common music
video. An illustration approach to a music video
contains a narrative or a performance video or both.
The purpose, opposite of amplification is to denote
the lyrics and visualize the meaning of the lyrics in a
clear way.
ž http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMvN45sjo4
ž The video for Audioslave – Cochise is both a
performance and illustrative form of music video and
shows the use of the vocalists and the band using
instruments and well as telling a story of the meaning
of the lyrics and denoting them throughout the video.

4. ž This type of music video is most common
among the indie genre of music. It uses a
completely abstract idea which contains no
link or meaning to the song or its lyrics. It may
use a repetitive approach such as a repeated
dance routine or movement.
ž http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PElhV8z7I60
ž The video for Islands – The xx uses a repeated
dance routine throughout the video in
meaning of a completely abstract idea and
shows no meaning behind the lyrics and so
uses a connotive approach.