The performers-School girl and school boy both wearing casual clothing, girls make up is natural but you can see that she has made an effort, both have well groomed hair, in the video it shows clearer that they are students because the boy is sitting down with a book in his lap and the girl is walking and holding a book, they then make eye contact showing that they like each other, when this is shown it cuts to the same characters in Elizabethan costumes the girl is wearing a long cream high class looking dress and the boy is wearing a high class suit, he is well shaven and his hair is done well, her hair is up which shows efforts been put into her and make up is quite heavy, these costumes are used because they relate to Romeo and Juliet which is what the music video from what we can see is based around.
The costumes vary to the kind of clothes that we wear now but in the beginning of the cong the same kind of style is used to what we wear now.
Natural lighting in the day light when outside of school, when they are at the castle outside it is a bright light. When she is on her own she is in front of the bright sun this could show she is quite innocent and angel lie, in the evening when they are hiding out it is dark with a dime lamp this may show us that at night she is hiding something that may soon be known, we know that she is hiding something because she is with a boy that she isn’t supposed to be with the lyrics state this clearly, she uses a fan in front of her face this may show also that she is hiding something.
What music genre does the song belong to?-The style of the video does fit in because the genre of this song is country pop and the video is set in a castle in the countryside.
It is a realistic video but because it is based around the film Romeo and Juliet it also has the aspect of it being a fairytale but because it starts with them as students it almost makes it as though it’s a dream.
Taylor Swift with her fans, these are the type of people who listen to her music as you can see most of the people are teenagers.
Camera and editing-The end shot is particularly interesting because they are staring at each other, which captures the love between them, also I like that they have shown them at the beginning as quick shots as students at school, and then as if it was a dreamy fairy tale love story, their lives changed and they were in a fairy tale similar to Romeo and Juliet, which in the songs video and lyrics have referred to as the tale of Romeo and Juliet. They create this atmosphere by using candles and keeping them close together throughout most of the music video.
These are two shots that are interesting and show the relationship between the couple.
This is the end shot which shows the love between them.
Mise en scene-Camera work- first shot sets the scene, many cuts and mixes are used often to show
the transactions, a lot of close up shots that showed they were looking at each other, almost like it was there point of view shot, and reverse shots were used often to show the love between them.
Reaction shots are used often to show that from what they have seen a reaction has been made, two shots to show they are close together and also a bird’s eye view is used showing not only them but a glance of people around them, this could tell us there in there won world which suggests the Romeo and Juliet love story. The lighting in the film is mainly natural lighting in the day light when outside of school, when they are at the castle outside it is a bright light. When she is on her own she is in front of the bright sun this could show she is quite innocent and angelic, in the evening when they are hiding out it is dark with a dim lamp this may show us that at night she is hiding something that may soon be known, we know that she is hiding something because she is with a boy that she isn’t supposed to be with the lyrics state this clearly, she uses a fan in front of her face this may show also that she is hiding something.
The intertexuality in this music video is that is refers to Romeo and Juliet(Baz Luhrmann version) this is mainly shown from what she is singing and the costumes they are wearing, Romeo and Juliet was based in Elizabethan times so what they are wearing in the video is the same era.
The lyrics and the video both complement each other because the lyrics go well with what is shown in the video.
In the modern sequences in the video can be referred to films such as mean girls, 10 things I hate about you and other films which are set in schools.
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