Types of Music Video

Andrew Goodwin states that there are three main categories of music video. These are as follows:

• Illustrative - A video with visuals that relate literally to the lyrics. This would be generally the most boring type of video to try to recreate in my own style.

• Amplifying - A video with visuals that connote a variety of meanings with underlying messages. This type of video could be interesting to work with and the end result would be a lot more entertaining than an illustrative video.

• Disjunctive - A video with visuals that have no relation to the lyrics at all. This type of video might be difficult to pull off but would be very entertaining if it worked properly.

Here is an example of an illustrative video:




Here is an example of an amplifying video:




Here is an example of a disjunctive video: