This document analyzes and summarizes various music videos through descriptions of shots and imagery within the videos and how they relate to the lyrics and narrative. It discusses how shots in Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U" use winter imagery, doves, and a church setting to represent sadness, love, and loss. It also analyzes the costuming, facial expressions, and tears to convey emotion. For Taylor Swift's "Love Story" it examines locations, costumes, and interactions to portray a fairy tale romance. And it discusses how shots in Jessie J's "Do It Like A Dude" and Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" use clothing, settings, and props to

2. Sinead O'Connor – Nothing compares to you
Low angled long shot, winter dull day
represents sadness and coldness. Also
supports a narrative.
Long shot, doves that
could represent love and
peace.

3. Long shot, narrative
setting could be an
old church represent
sadness and love?
Costume, dark
clothing represents
cold, bereavement
as you would wear
black to a funeral.
Long shot with her back to us
could mean she is walking
away from something or
someone walking away from
her?

4. Mid-shot, statue, wings
could suggest a angle or
represent peace and love
Close up with black
back ground, no make
up dull boring and
stripped back, facial
expression could
represent sadness
which is associated with
the colour back, links in
with meaningful lyrics

5. Close up, black back drop. Tears
representing emotion and is a
traditional representation of women
being soft and kind and weak.

6. Taylor Swift – Love Story
Long shot of building which
could suggest apart of the
narrative or the scene
Two shot which could
indicate some sort of
relationship

7. Medium close up two
shot, looking into each
others eyes, ‘sexual
chemistry’ or a connection
between the two.
Long shot indicates a
place of
importance, a castle
suggesting a fairy tale
.

8. Mid shot of a girl in a
castle
Two shot shows love
and
emotion, costumes
and scene indicates
there a prince and
princess represents a
love story which
highlights the lyrics

9. Costume is a
very traditional
representation
of women, not
much flesh
showing, very
respectable. And
maybe shows
wealth
indicating the
golden colour
Two shot now
shows a romantic
relationship
between them
both, being very
close which
indicates love

10. Jessie J- Do It like a dude
Close
up, rude
gesture.

11. Long
shot, provocative
clothing. Sex
objections set in
church.
Inappropriate
dancing. Long
shot

12. Mid-
shots, showin
g rebellious
characteristic
’s and more of
a masculine
representatio
n, cigar is
associated
with males.

13. Close up and the
lighting shows the
intimate moment
which makes you feel
slightly awkward
Long shot, lighting dark
with sort of like a spot
light, masculine clothing
wouldn’t associate it
with a female. Jessie in
girly provocative
clothing shows a clear
divid

14. Miley Cyrus- Wrecking Ball
Extreme close up, showing the
Tear and emotion representation
Of a weak women, as women are
Seen to be caring and loving but
Also weak
Close up, shows hammer
Associated with males
Are they are stronger and
Seen to have more power

15. Long shot
shows us
setting and
clothing, very
little clothing
women seen
as sex objects.
Hammer could
suggest she is
strong and has
power
Long shot swinging on a
wrecking ball, designed to
wreck things but she is sat on
top of it the narrative telling
us she is in control she has the
power to wreck things she is
not being wrecked anymore
she is the one making the
decisions

16. Mid shot showing
her nudity, swinging
on the wrecking
ball. Show us she’s
letting go and she’s
free now by using
her no clothes to be
free.
Close up connecting
with the audience
showing us her facial
expression, she’s
frustrated pulling her
hair out.

17. Long shot that
everything else
around her has been
wrecked by the ball.
The nudity could
suggest her being
free or that she has
nothing left now
after being wrecked
highlighted by the
lyrics