Analysis of a pop video 2.

By Lucy King.

Mise en scene.• The use of mise en scene in the video ‘Last Friday night’ by Katy

Perry shows the genre of ‘pop’ to a great extent. Throughout the song you see a lot of block colours such as pinks, greens and yellows which is a connotation of a ‘fun’ artists. These colours are stereotypically worn by young people/ teenagers. • There is no choreographed dancing but a lot of dancing in the

background which links to the genre showing that the young people are having fun. There is a fancy dress

Camerawork/ cinematography. • The use of close ups: There are many close ups of Katy Perry (the artist)

which is expected of a pop video. There are mostly close ups when Katy is singing the lyrics of the song or when she is trying to portray a certain facial expression. There are also a lot of close ups after she has had her makeover where she is looking provocatively into the camera, this is predominantly for the male audience as she is trying to draw them in. This could also be a metaphor for growing up and the transition into a teenager which could appeal to the younger children as they start to believe that is what their life is going to be like when they grow up.

sound• The pace of the video and the music are in time, fitting

together well. The song is a typical pop video, with the music being fast paced and up beat. The images we see cut on the beat. • The chorus is important because the tempo fastens and more

frequent cuts occur. During the first chorus there are about 27 straight cuts which last only one or two seconds each.

editing

• In this music video the use of shot reverse shot is used to show the surroundings and match on action is used to let the artist see what is going on, overall allowing the audience to relate to the artist making Katy Perry more likeable.

Performance

• The opening of the video shows establishing shots of the suburban house, throughout they use mid shots to show Katy Perry singing to the words which shows her ability to perform allowing the audience to relate to the artist.