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Textual Analysis of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi,[object Object],Gemma Davey,[object Object]
Introduction,[object Object],Short film title: Paparazzi,[object Object],Genre: Music video/Drama,[object Object],Year: 2009,[object Object],Director: Jonas Akerlund,[object Object],Producer: Rob Fusari,[object Object],Source (web address): youtube.com,[object Object]
MICRO ELEMENTS,[object Object],Camera angle, movement and position,[object Object],A lot of close ups on her and her boyfriend: almost intrusive,[object Object],Close ups on objects such as flowers, the water feature etc. – calm atmosphere. A strong contrast for the chaos that later occurs,[object Object],sense of chaos: confusion is created with the upward shots of the paparazzi’s flashing cameras,[object Object]
Framing,[object Object],Lady Gaga is centre frame,[object Object],‘We love her again’.,[object Object]
Editing and special effects,[object Object],Use of fades,[object Object],There are quick edits,[object Object],When she kills her boyfriend at the end, there are quick edits of close ups of her and her boyfriend,[object Object],To show the passage of time during the police investigations, editing is used here where the people disappear and reappear having moved on in their investigation,[object Object],The flash of a camera to change the shot, complementing the paparazzi that are obsessed with lady Gaga,[object Object]
Mise en scene,[object Object],Many different forms of media: the camera’s of the paparazzi, newspapers, reporters and microphones etc.,[object Object],Lady Gaga is wearing costume that audiences would never wear,[object Object]
Sound,[object Object],Diegetic sound: the birds tweeting, the rustle of the wind, the water fountain,[object Object],The major scale on the piano: ,[object Object],Soft,[object Object],Rhythmic,[object Object],Regular,[object Object],hypnotic effect indicative of normality.,[object Object],However this changes to a minor scale again, foreshadowing something bad may happen,[object Object],The song – non diegetic?,[object Object]
Titles/Institutional references,[object Object],The titles are in keeping with the comic-like feel of the whole video because of the font they are in and bright colours,[object Object],‘The End’ - quite a traditional idea,[object Object]
MACRO ELEMENTS,[object Object],Two narratives,[object Object],A girl who appears at first sweet and innocent who is betrayed by her boyfriend and she kills him,[object Object],The second , the lyrics of the song which shows the portrayal of the media:,[object Object],‘we are the crowd’, ‘need that picture of you’,[object Object],‘this photo of us, it don't have a price’,[object Object],‘I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me’,[object Object],‘chase you downuntil you love me papa-paparazzi’,[object Object],‘I'll be your girl backstage at your show’,[object Object],‘my lashes are dry, purple teardrops I cry it don't have a price’ – purple is the colour of mourning,[object Object],‘we're plastic but we still have fun’,[object Object]
Representation,[object Object],Lady Gaga:,[object Object],Principal character,[object Object],At the beginning: quiet and ‘loved up’, dependant on her boyfriend’s love,[object Object],At the end: a very different person,[object Object],She also ‘plays up’ to the camera whereas before she was ‘camera shy’,[object Object],The media:,[object Object],This short film shows the power of the media – a critique of the media,[object Object],Manipulative: they influence the public on their view of Lady Gaga,[object Object]
Audience,[object Object],pop music,[object Object],Scenes of a sexual nature – not for younger viewers,[object Object]
Themes/Messages,[object Object],Critique of ‘the Media’ and ‘Celebrity’,[object Object],The constant theme of chaos,[object Object]

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