Katy Perry is the central focus of the "California Girls" music video. She is portrayed as the leader of a group of girls who enter a fantasy world made entirely of sweets. Throughout the video, Perry is dressed in skimpy outfits and appears naked to emphasize her sex appeal and attract teenage boys as viewers. Her sexy image and role as the focal point are intentionally enhanced by the record company to promote her star persona.

1. Katy Perry California Girls

2. Katy Perry The role that Katy Perry plays in her music video is the part of the leader of the group, At first it is like she's entering another world. She is established as the focal point of the video as there are prolonged shots of her and she is at the centre of the action. The video set is full of sweets, which could have reference to Perry as an artist as being sweet but a guilty pleasure which everyone enjoys The video is there to give Perry sex appeal as she is dressed in very skimpy outfits and appears naked on a cloud. This adds to her star Persona as being very attractive and makes teenage boys also want to watch her music videos, whereas her music appeals to more girls. When she is dancing with a group of girls she is at the centre of attention with a shorter outfit than the rest, The record company will want to enhance this in the video to make her look sexy as its part of her image. She most also appear fun and cute at the same time which she does by being surrounded by sweets and being seen naked in a cloud in a godly like pose, which gives the impression she is the star even more.

6. Did you choose a subjective or objective character identity in your music video and why? In the music video Katy Perry is a objective character as she is the focus of the video and the story of her arriving in a world of sweets is about her, The sweets are meant to represent California as a wonderful city which everyone enjoys such as sweets. The character is the hero but also the godly figure, she is seen as the leader of the group and it is clear she is in control. We see many different outfit changes from Perry such as different skirts, hot pants etc all used to give her a sexual attraction, She flaunts about in these looking sexy. Snoop Dogg appears in the video as King of the city of sweets, he has done this video to appeal to a mainstream audience such as young teens and children, he is portrayed in a lighter manner than usual as it more of a PG video rather than his usual however it does feature a number of girls which im sure he enjoys.

7. Importance of the Mise en scene in your narrative? The world is a sweet therefore it doesn’t add authentic to the music video, it is a fantasy world where Katy Perry is dressed in magical outfit which have been carefully has been design to fit the theme of the video and draw attention to her assets. Also as the set is sweets and treat it symbolise that Katy Perry is that way and shows her in a fun light. She also licks lollipops in a sexy way and this is a innuendo applying she likes to lick things which will get the boys excited. There is also cream squirted from her chest which also adds to her appeal as a sexy artist and this helps this, it may also be how boys feel about Katy Perry They are also on a beach with represents California as it has many beaches and attractive girls on them so having hot girls dancing on the beach helps link in with the lyrics. It is not establishing a relationship just her looking sexy and having a good time which will appeal to a wide mainstream audience.