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Taylor swift music video (1)
1. Taylor Swift- Love Story
In TaylorSwift’smusicvideoforLove Story,Swiftactsasthe maincharacter.At the start of the video
she issimplywearing‘casual’clothes,andisinan educationsettingholdingbooks,suggesting
normality.However,whenthe videorevertsbackintime intowhatappearsto be the 1800s Swift’s
character’sbodylanguage iselegantreminiscentof thatof a princess,whichwouldfitintothe
narrative of the musicvideoandactual song.She isdressedina dresswithclearevidence of anold
fashionedcorsetunderneath relatingtothe periodanderawhichthe videoisset,as womenof that
time wouldhave wore thissortof corset.The era whenthe videosetreflectsthe songlyricsinhowit
isa ‘RomeoandJuliet’love story,inwhichswiftreferencesmultiple times. Swiftmatchesthe
conventionsof hergenre of pop,asshe isa younggirl shownto be in love andwaitingona boy and
thenwhenhe comesto visither,she immediatelylightsup,thisisa verystereotypical conventionof
a pop musicvideo, asmostpop songsare aboutlove.The male representationinthisvideoisalso
verystereotypical,he isayoungattractive male withbrownhairin a contemporaryhairstyle inboth
eras of the video,showinghimtoconformtosocietyinbothpieces.The narrative eventsinthe
musicvideoconformtothe conventionsof popmusic,asthe videoisbasedupona ‘Romeoand
Juliet’love story.Intermsof iconographySwiftisfashioningabronze necklace,made tolookantique
to relate tothe eraof the video.Herhairstyle alsorelatesasitis similartothatof a 1800s woman.
The white horse usedinthe videopossiblyalludestohow the boyisher ‘knightandshiningarmour’.
Finallythe angel statue isreflective of religion whichwasanimportantaspect inthistime alsoa
symbol of love inrelgion,asguardian angelsare seenascomfortingandofferconnotationsof love.
