Monday 22 November 2010

Taylor Swift -Love story



The music video begins with a shot of a high school and the artist Taylor Swift as a school girl walking towards it. Her image in this shot gives learning a more glamorous look, for example she is caring books and wearing clothes that would not be noticed as girly or a stereotype to what a girl should look like, for example skirt and flimsy top, but she is wearing jeans and a dark top, she doesnt carry a bright pink bag or a small bag, but instead a dull coloured big bag, her look clearly states 'typical indie'. Her hair is bright blonde and fully curled, the make up is not pilled on but makes her look pretty delicate. The following shot is a point of view shot from the girl of a boy leaning against a tree reading, this doesnt mirror what a school would be like. It looks as though the girl has just realised the boy she recently glanced at, the boy then looks up from reading his book to see the girl standing before him.

The next shot is a completly different scenery, it is an extreme close up of a boy whispering into the young girls ear, then appears a shot of two hands joining together. The next shot then jumps back to the girl in reality, this identifies the two shots before as a flash back or memory, The boy then takes a long hard look at the girl, in spite to wonder who this girl is. The shot then flashes back to a close up of the girl holding a fan up against her face. The shot following this is of a castle, then standing in the castle peepingn through an open carved window, stands the main girl, looking completly different, in a princess dress. The young lady standing in window is singing about the memory of the night she met her prince charming, i know this because in the shot it contains flash backs of the the boy wondering through a crowded room as if looking for someone. He wears a white neck design. As he look for someone, through the croud appears three young ladies talking to one and another, one of them has her back to the camera, we then see in the next shot that the man was looking for this girl, because we can see a sign of delite in his eyes as she turns around.

The next scene is of them two bowing to one and another in hall, one line for boys and one line for girls, the boys and girls face eachover, they all bow to eachover and step forward and start to dance with their partners, this dancing is called ball room dancing, it is not the typical dancing that we would proberbly see in this day of age in a music video. This music video is different to others in the way that it attracts the younger generation, maybe the age of 10 to 17 and girls rather than boys.

As the music livens up in the song, the sun light from behind the girl in the open window beems through, as is the light is behind her more mentally than physically. The dancing flash back shots only show the main couple dancing, and fades out the others dancing around, as if in a dream, or it could represent the idea that this couple forget about the world when they are together, just like a typical fairytale. Them dancing could symbolise the idea of what the couple has been through to get to where they are now. As the scene keeps cutting back to the singer singing through the window, this could mean that she is lookin through the window to the past or the future, or it is could be that she is the memory inwhich stands in the window. After the boy whispers into her ear again.

The next scene is of the artist walking through a dark forest with a lantern, the next shot of this scene is of the man walking through the forest, as they see eachover in the dark woods they smile and stand close to one and another. there is then a close up of their hands holding and walking through a corn feild. This music video is reflecting on the countryside in the old time, consisting of the props that would make an ideal scenery; for example a lanteren is used, the costuming is old fashioned, and the mansons. The light from the lantern reflects on the couple in the woods, giving a example of passion and desire.

The next shot is of the girl stroking a white horses head, this to me reflects on the idea of unicorns and the idealogy of myths and beliefs, and responds to the music video, as if it is her idea of a dream, or a 'Love Story'. She then leaves him in the woods, as she lets go of his hand he glances at his love, this can be represented as they will not see eachover again, a one night stand but in a loving way. Then a shot of a angel statue is formed on the screen, this can be an ideaoligy of this angel being sent down from the gods to make this night happen.

The next part of the song includes of the girl and the boy dancing in the hall again, could be flash backs. Then the girl is singing on the balcony, there are shots of her just reminising scenery, as if the music video is trying to bring two and two together, so that the next scene is on the balcony. Then a shot of the boy walking through the woods and into the open space infront of her, she then notices him in delite. He starts to run, and she starts to run. As he runs through the field she runs down the stars with her dress trial following behind. A stereotypical love scene, that we usually see in romantic films, or in comdey films where the actors are taking the fun out of it. As they meet, the camera circles the couple standing in the green field on their own. Examplifying the idea of the syaing 'grass is greener on the other side'

The scene then goes back to the beginning of the movie where the boy and girl see eachover on the school premisies, the boy then walks other to the girl. as if they were in eachovers dreams, a fantasy of them two together, and then in reality the boy and girl are wearing casual modern clothing. As they look into eachovers eyes the music video ends.

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