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Paparazzi Music video
Postmodern – Paparazzi
Lady Gaga has quickly become one of the most
successful female artists winning multiple awards for her recognizable uniqueness.
Lady Gaga’s upbeat song ‘Paparazzi’ directed by Jonas Akerlund, was her last
debut song in her album ‘The fame’, which describes the struggles of her quest
to fame.
Lady Gaga’s song paparazzi uses many characteristics of post modernism such as; pastiche, homage and blurring of the boundaries.
The beginning of the music video we see various shots e.g. medium and close up and establishing shots which helps the audience identify the scene.
The establishing shot of the large house and the mise-en-scene of money lying everywhere shows wealth to the audience as the 'paparazzi' are obsessed with the rich and famous.
The mise-en-scene of props of jewellery and money everywhere and newspaper with lady gaga on the front cover which displays to the audience her popularity also, Her face on the cover on American money may be inferring her popularity and fame. This may have some intertextuality referencing to Sunset Boulevard a popular film from the 1950s.
There is narrative referencing alongside stylistic similarities to this film.
further into the music video the audience gets a feeling of an old Hollywood style referencing as the typography seems very old fashioned, this is an example of patische /homage as this lets us know there will be some type of narrative in this video. (displaying that this is a narrative music video) the subtitles at the very end are the same as they seem very old fashioned as well. The text 'lady gaga in paparazzi' is a generic convention as it is a lady playing a leading role in a production (Andrew Goodwin).
As we come to the next scene we see lady gaga making out with her partner/lover we get a strong sense that this is going to be a narrative video as no music is being played and this scene is like an introduction. As lady gaga comes upon the balcony we see a point of view shoot as a photographer is taking pictures of her. Lady Gaga is thrown off the balcony by her boyfriend after being slapped. We then see Hitchcock homage it is a reference to one of his films ‘vertigo’. Where there is a use of a blonde 'femme fatale' this referencing is very powerful for audiences to understand Lady Gaga state of mind. We see lady gaga doing some performance which is conventional of a pop track. (Andrew Goodwin).
As the video continues we see a mid shot of a dead body in a bathroom, Also a close up, medium shot and long shot of a dead body at the end the stairs. A manikin is seen as well on the grass. This may be showing her mind state as she may want revenge on her boyfriend. We see lady gaga wearing a humanoid kind of costume, this intertextuality reference is a breakdown of distinction between binary divides. There is a blurring of reality of fiction and as we see lady gaga represented in two different ways. At the start of the video she seems sweet and innocent at the end she becomes popular after killing her boyfriend she innocent, the papers still love her after what she’s done. We then she her taking mug shot as she in a police station the mise-en-secene helps us to identify this.
We see lady gaga wearing a mini mouse costume and the poisoning her boyfriend. This costume could help her relate to younger audiences who listen to pop music. There is a very mixed feeling as she tries to look innocent about it. Overall we can see this video has many different readings which lady gaga promotes well through a good use of mise-en-scene. Lady Gaga wearing this mini mouse costume is an example of post modernism as it is referencing popular culture.
Lady Gaga’s song paparazzi uses many characteristics of post modernism such as; pastiche, homage and blurring of the boundaries.
The beginning of the music video we see various shots e.g. medium and close up and establishing shots which helps the audience identify the scene.
The establishing shot of the large house and the mise-en-scene of money lying everywhere shows wealth to the audience as the 'paparazzi' are obsessed with the rich and famous.
The mise-en-scene of props of jewellery and money everywhere and newspaper with lady gaga on the front cover which displays to the audience her popularity also, Her face on the cover on American money may be inferring her popularity and fame. This may have some intertextuality referencing to Sunset Boulevard a popular film from the 1950s.
There is narrative referencing alongside stylistic similarities to this film.
further into the music video the audience gets a feeling of an old Hollywood style referencing as the typography seems very old fashioned, this is an example of patische /homage as this lets us know there will be some type of narrative in this video. (displaying that this is a narrative music video) the subtitles at the very end are the same as they seem very old fashioned as well. The text 'lady gaga in paparazzi' is a generic convention as it is a lady playing a leading role in a production (Andrew Goodwin).
As we come to the next scene we see lady gaga making out with her partner/lover we get a strong sense that this is going to be a narrative video as no music is being played and this scene is like an introduction. As lady gaga comes upon the balcony we see a point of view shoot as a photographer is taking pictures of her. Lady Gaga is thrown off the balcony by her boyfriend after being slapped. We then see Hitchcock homage it is a reference to one of his films ‘vertigo’. Where there is a use of a blonde 'femme fatale' this referencing is very powerful for audiences to understand Lady Gaga state of mind. We see lady gaga doing some performance which is conventional of a pop track. (Andrew Goodwin).
As the video continues we see a mid shot of a dead body in a bathroom, Also a close up, medium shot and long shot of a dead body at the end the stairs. A manikin is seen as well on the grass. This may be showing her mind state as she may want revenge on her boyfriend. We see lady gaga wearing a humanoid kind of costume, this intertextuality reference is a breakdown of distinction between binary divides. There is a blurring of reality of fiction and as we see lady gaga represented in two different ways. At the start of the video she seems sweet and innocent at the end she becomes popular after killing her boyfriend she innocent, the papers still love her after what she’s done. We then she her taking mug shot as she in a police station the mise-en-secene helps us to identify this.
We see lady gaga wearing a mini mouse costume and the poisoning her boyfriend. This costume could help her relate to younger audiences who listen to pop music. There is a very mixed feeling as she tries to look innocent about it. Overall we can see this video has many different readings which lady gaga promotes well through a good use of mise-en-scene. Lady Gaga wearing this mini mouse costume is an example of post modernism as it is referencing popular culture.
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Sunday, 21 June 2015
Definitions
Bricolage- the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings fromdifferent periods and in different architectural styles.
Pastiche- an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
Aesthetics- a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.
Relativism- the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
Motivation- a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Intent- intention or purpose.
Pastiche- an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.
Aesthetics- a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.
Relativism- the doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
Motivation- a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Intent- intention or purpose.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
defintions
Post modernism- a late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.
Modernism- is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Modernism- is a philosophical movement that, along with cultural trends and changes, arose from wide-scale and far-reaching transformations in Western society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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