NICKI MINAJ - 
ANACONDA 
Moises Guilherme
ANACONDA VIDEO
BACKGROUND 
 Anaconda is a song by American recording artist Nicki Minaj, 
from her upcoming third studio album, The Pinkprint. 
 Production for the track was handled by Polow Da Don and Da 
Internz.. 
 "Anaconda" peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, 
becoming Nickij's highest charting single in the United States to date.
MUSIC VIDEO 
 A music video for the track was shot in Los Angeles, California by Colin Tilley 
and was released on August 19, 2014. 
 The video features a cameo appearance by fellow rapper and labelmate Drake. 
 The video broke the 24-hour streaming record on VEVO by accumulating 19.6 
million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.3 million 24-hour record 
previously held by Miley Cyrus for the music video of her song, "Wrecking Ball", in 
2013. 
 11 days after the release of the music video, "Anaconda" was VEVO certified 
for receiving over 100 million views.
MISE EN SCENE 
 The mise on scene follows the conventions of rap 
music with female dancers in very little clothing doing 
very sexual dance moves. 
 The video is set in a tropical rainforest where Nicki 
is with her heard or followers which are her dancers. 
 There is soft high key lighting which makes the 
setting look even more glamorous than it already is. 
 There are constant costume changes as the video 
progresses.
SHOTS 
 Medium Shots 
 Close of Nicki Minaj rapping 
 Longshots – to show the costumes they are wearing. 
 High Angles to show off the choreography. 
 Nicki Minaj is always in the center of the frame as she is the main 
focus of the video.
EDITING 
 The editing is mostly cutting from scene to scene. 
 There is use of slow motion when Minaj is twerking. 
 A series of photo montages of fruit throughout the video.

Anaconda Video Analysis

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    NICKI MINAJ - ANACONDA Moises Guilherme
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    BACKGROUND  Anacondais a song by American recording artist Nicki Minaj, from her upcoming third studio album, The Pinkprint.  Production for the track was handled by Polow Da Don and Da Internz..  "Anaconda" peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Nickij's highest charting single in the United States to date.
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    MUSIC VIDEO A music video for the track was shot in Los Angeles, California by Colin Tilley and was released on August 19, 2014.  The video features a cameo appearance by fellow rapper and labelmate Drake.  The video broke the 24-hour streaming record on VEVO by accumulating 19.6 million views in its first day of release, beating the 19.3 million 24-hour record previously held by Miley Cyrus for the music video of her song, "Wrecking Ball", in 2013.  11 days after the release of the music video, "Anaconda" was VEVO certified for receiving over 100 million views.
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    MISE EN SCENE  The mise on scene follows the conventions of rap music with female dancers in very little clothing doing very sexual dance moves.  The video is set in a tropical rainforest where Nicki is with her heard or followers which are her dancers.  There is soft high key lighting which makes the setting look even more glamorous than it already is.  There are constant costume changes as the video progresses.
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    SHOTS  MediumShots  Close of Nicki Minaj rapping  Longshots – to show the costumes they are wearing.  High Angles to show off the choreography.  Nicki Minaj is always in the center of the frame as she is the main focus of the video.
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    EDITING  Theediting is mostly cutting from scene to scene.  There is use of slow motion when Minaj is twerking.  A series of photo montages of fruit throughout the video.