�  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.

�  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-c6cx98ls

�  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.

�  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.

�  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMvN45sjo4 �  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.

�  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.

�  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PElhV8z7I60

�  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.