- Illustration- where the lyrics are matched by the visuals (this is synchronous), however, this is not always done in a literal way and illustration could be symbolic. Often here the lyrics and narrative will go together tightly.
- Amplification- where new layers of meaning are added to the lyrics by the visuals.
- Disjuncture- where a contradiction occurs between the lyrics and image.
Avril Lavigne- 'Nobody's Home'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbm4G_7rGzQ
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This video I think is a good example of the relationship between the lyrics and visuals being illustrative, especially at the part where the homeless girl tries to call home, which indicates that she probably does 'want to go home'. However, it is a more symbolic relationship as someone picks up the phone, and therefore somebody is 'home'- so perhaps it is that 'nobody's home' in the way that she doesn't feel that she has a real 'home' to go to.
In this way the relationship is also one of amplification as it adds new meaning to the lyrics. We would not have necessarily linked the song with a story about a homeless girl who appears to have ran away from home for some reason without seeing the video.
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