2. Mise en scene.
• The use of mise en scene in the video ‘Last Friday night’ by Katy Perry shows
the genre of ‘pop’ to a great extent. Throughout the song you see a lot of
block colours such as pinks, greens and yellows which is a connotation of a
‘fun’ artists. These colours are stereotypically worn by young people/
teenagers.
• There is no choreographed dancing but a lot of dancing in the background
which links to the genre showing that the young people are having fun.
There is a fancy dress
3. Camerawork/ cinematography.
• The use of close ups: There are many close ups of Katy Perry (the artist)
which is expected of a pop video. There are mostly close ups when Katy is
singing the lyrics of the song or when she is trying to portray a certain facial
expression. There are also a lot of close ups after she has had her makeover
where she is looking provocatively into the camera, this is predominantly for
the male audience as she is trying to draw them in. This could also be a
metaphor for growing up and the transition into a teenager which could
appeal to the younger children as they start to believe that is what their life
is going to be like when they grow up.
4. sound
• The pace of the video and the music are in time, fitting together well. The
song is a typical pop video, with the music being fast paced and up beat. The
images we see cut on the beat.
• The chorus is important because the tempo fastens and more frequent cuts
occur. During the first chorus there are about 27 straight cuts which last only
one or two seconds each.
5. editing
• In this music video the use of shot reverse shot is used to show the
surroundings and match on action is used to let the artist see what is going
on, overall allowing the audience to relate to the artist making Katy Perry
more likeable.
6. Performance
• The opening of the video shows establishing shots of the suburban house,
throughout they use mid shots to show Katy Perry singing to the words
which shows her ability to perform allowing the audience to relate to the
artist.
