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1. Andrew Goodwin's theory on
Taylor Swift Love Story
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xg3vE
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2. Links Between lyrics and
visuals.
“we were both young when I
first saw you”
the visuals and lyrics match
up at this scene because
the mis en scene used on
Taylor Swift makes her look
really young
“Im standing on a balcony
in summer air” The use of
mis en scene shows exactly
that she's on a balcony,
which links the visuals and
lyrics.
“I sneak out to the garden to see
you”
“Marry me Juliet you never have to be
alone”

3. How does it link between lyrics
and visuals
 Taylor Swift love story is a narrative video which
represents its image with the lyrics
 The images gives a meaning to the music. The genre of
this song was country / pop , We saw the relationship
and the use of mis en scene relating to the genre,
because the setting was based in a rural area , where
there was more of a country side feeling . E.g “I sneak
out to the garden to see
you”. There are lots of outside rural settings which are
conventional with country/pop. The image that was set
at that moment was her in a really big field , this is an
example visual and lyrics match the genre its based at
cause we can see her in a field. Therefore this music
video demonstrated the genre characteristic.
 Therefore Andrew Goodwin's theory seems true more
is clear between, links between lyrics and visuals.

4. Links between music and
visuals
 There are lots of cuts and shots to
emphasis the beat , rhythm of the
song, which is an example of impact
between the music and the video. The
audience stays focused on the music.
There is a dance scene in
the video which has been
cut and edited well to fit the
beat of the song, so the
relationship of music and
visuals fit together

5. Genre Characteristic
 Most country pop artists base their video
around their self, so that all the attention
is on them an example of this ( being on
a field singing , and having nothing on
the background , this will encourage the
audience to just look at the character as
there is nothing at the background) So in
the video the main focus was on Taylor
Swift. Most Country/pop videos include
narrative, such as this Taylor Swift love
story, its based on a story line of Romeo
and Juliet, and the story is performed in
the video.

6. Notion of looking and
voyeurism As the song is based on a love story , and
the narrative of Romeo and Juliet, it is easy
to sense that the relationship in the video is a
secret. “Somewhere we can be alone” the
camera work uses close up of the couple,
this suggests that there is closeness between
both them, and it creates dramatic irony
because the audience is able to tell that its a
secret; More over there was a long shot used
to show that the couple has sneaked out ,
which may have been used to suggest that it
may be danger.

7. Multiple close ups of the artist /
record labels need to sell extra
 Taylor Swift plays the main character and
also the main actor in the music video, so
there are so many close ups. Screen type
which is always focused on her, selling her
as an artist , this will be conventional as
the song relates to the genre its from such
as country/popYou can see by the album cover , that she is in an old
fashion clothing , with a really posh texture of old building
which all relates to the image of her , therefore record labels
can sell extra as it is something different not many artist
use this type of convention.

8. Intertextual reference
 One of the Intertextual reference from the
video was Romeo and Juliet within the
lyrics “ cause you were Romeo , Daddy
said stay away from Juliet” at this point of
the video the artist was shown in the
balcony.
More over Intertextual
reference was shown by the
time period, through the use
of mis en scene , such as
the clothing and setting.