Katy Perry's music video for "Roar" subverts stereotypes about femininity and women's empowerment. In the beginning, Katy is vulnerable and helpless after a plane crash, conforming to traditional female roles. However, she transforms by turning her high heels into weapons and swinging through the jungle like Tarzan. Through overcoming challenges, she becomes a strong, independent, and powerful woman who has conquered the jungle and doesn't need to be saved by anyone. In the end, she is surrounded by bright flowers, sitting proudly on a throne as the queen who has tamed the jungle's king, the tiger.

1. • Mid shot we see plane crash and vain boyfriend in background who
doesn’t comprehend the problem that they’re in
• Katy seen with helpless look – explorer style clothes torn – she is cov
ered up
• She is vulnerable and literally lost for words as well as lost in the mid

2. • Mid shot boyfriend is eaten by tiger – challenges
hegemonic notions of masculinity
• Katy is scared and conforms to the role of her sex since she seems li
ke a damsel in distress and needs someone to came and save her

3. • Over the shoulder – Katy is turning her heels into a weapon – so she’s
breaking away from the vunerable Katy and turning into a strong and i
ndependent woman which subverts the stereotypes of women
• subverting stereotypical representation of women

4. • Starting Transformation – amplifies lyrics ‘zero to hero’
• Clothes are more revealing as she is feeling more confident and in con
trol
• Strong stance as she is feeling empowered - mid shot

5. • Notion of looking – it’s empowering as she is washing her old self out
of her hair –
she is a now new woman

6. • She is taking up the masculine role as she is swinging through the fore
st on a vine like Tarzan
• Low angle shot to show her dominance

7. • Low angle shot to show her dominance coupled with her wide leg sta
nce shows Katy as powerful figure who has conquered the jungle
• She is shown as a strong woman who doesn’t need to be saved by any
one

8. • We see Katy surrounded by bright coloured flower to appeal to her te
enage audience – you see her thrown and Katy as she sits on it proudl
y, this shows that she is not vulnerable any more – she is now in fa
ct a ‘champion’
• Costume more revealing but not in an objectified way – she has a cro
wn on her head to dhow that she is the queen of the jungle
• Confident stance and mid shot – we see Katy take up the whole shot t
o show and emphasize her new power within the jungle

9. • She has tamed the tiger, who was the king of the jungle – Hum-our in
the sign

10. • Direct address- she is telling her fans to be champions too
• Close up of Star
• Crown shows she is the queen of Jungle