Feminist

theory

the theory of feminist refers to Sexually objectification of women. were women are seen as objects.

type

this music video is a performance video because it has the artist performing with the lyrics and the beat of the music which amplifies the lyrics and the music. its is also an conceptual video because its cross cutting between the performance and the conceptual part of the music video. i also thing that the music video has some elements of narration because first we see her in the bath tub then se gets taken away and forced to dance so ti thing is fare to say it has some narrative.

mise-en-scene

costume: lady gaga being lady gaga the costume is very reviling but its not as someone is making her do it. it uses exhibitionism which shows her body. is some shots the costume is not reviling any skin but it is showing her figure. in the opening of the video we see her and lots of other people but she stands out because all the men are wearing black all the women are wearing white and she is wearing gold. its an interesting choice because she is portraying women as innocent withe the choice of colour. and men as evil with the black and piercing and the tattoos.

props: the coffins at eh beginning of the video where the women are coming out of which starts to show the women stepping up.

lighting: in the opening of the music video there is a lens flair. then through out the video the lighting is quiet high key. towards the end of the video the lights switch off after her performance.

cinematography: often the camera person uses the rule if thirds to bring lady gaga in attention of the audience by making them focusing on her. there are lots of close up shots of her called beauty shots. which again brings the artist in focus and often the face of the artist fills the shot.

editing: when she is standing there and lots of diamonds are surrounding her its either the invisible thread or they are using an special effect in which you have lots of camera (baring in mind with the 180 rule) around the person and they shoot at the same time in which when edited and put together all the footage from the cameras we see the object at the same place but all the way around this technique was developed by the director the the film matrix and it used there a lot.

lady gaga doesn't portray women and her self as sexual objects instead she is trying to break this barrier of women considered week and helpless. but in this video she is shown as a sexual object but at the ending of the video she kills the man showing that women should stand up. the shot above shows her sitting on a thrown. this goes against the theory of intertextuality as it doesn't show her as a sexual object.