Star Image Analysis

By Katie Weaver

Lady GaGaStefani Joanne Angelina Gemanottta, formally known as her stage name Lady GaGa was born on March 28 1986. She was born and raised in Manhattan and first appeared in theatres when she was young. She is a song written, musician and actress.

FAMEGaga released her debut album FAME in 2008, including her first single “Just Dance” followed by “Poker Face”. In her first single we already see signs of her becoming and potentially already being a star. She comes across very confident as her first video shows a group of people within a house just waking up from a house party. She is obviously the main focus as she is the only artist and the camera shows shots of her in skimpy outfits dancing in the middle of the room. Her second single Poker Face was also very confident as she emerges from the water in a tight leather cat suit with two Great Danes. This is quite bizarre as we would not expect two huge dogs just laying by the pool with her. Within both of these videos she appears with a lightning bolt across her face. This is called iconography as this is what we would associate her with.

THE FAME MONSTERHer single “Bad Romance” shows her again doing very strange things for example she has huge eyes and is dressed all in white with messy hair in an all white room. Half way through she changes into an all red outfit and like the lightning bolt she makes a triangle shape around her eye with her fingers, resembling the bolt.

TELEPHONEThis song features Beyoncé who is the ultimate diva. This brings Lady GaGa’s star image up massively as although by now she is pretty famous, she is no where near Beyoncé's level. Again, like her previous music video’s, they are very different and the costumes are unique. This makes us remember Lady Gaga for the costumes she wears and the things that she does.

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