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Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness
Music video analysis
Opening shot – Time Lapse• The video begins
with a time lapse of the sky• There is a yellow
hue - dystopia• Music hasn’t
began yet – just murmured speech
Performance shot – Colours• Stationary shot of
Lana• Streaks of colour
fill the screen• Streaks change
from yellow to red• Cause Lana to
appear as a silhouette
Establishing shot – Forest• Pan of forest• Establishing shot
that sets the scene for the video• Causes the
audience to associate with nature and serenity
Low angle shot – Forest• Low angle shot of
Lana in the forest – essentially a combination of the two previous shots• Emphasises how
high up she is – key for the next shot
Performance shot– Forest• Profile shot of
Lana singing amongst the trees
Falling shot– Forest• Profile shot of
Lana singing amongst the trees• She jumps off the
edge of the cliff• Very ambiguous
Abstract/Performance shot – Smoke• Abstract shot of
smoke filling screen• Smoke has
negative connotations –death/choking• Lana being
overlaid changes implications • Especially
because she is dressed in white – makes the scene seem somewhat heavenly
New character• Introduced to a
new character• Close up of a lady
in a car• ‘Femme fatal’
look
Illustrating lyrics – Projector• Telephone wires
projected onto Lana as she sings the words “telephone wires”• Unique way of
illustrating lyrics
Performance shot – Pan• Performance shot• Pan of Lana that
starts at the bottom – empowering• Adds power and
status to her star persona
Genre conventions – Close up• The video
conforms to the more traditional means of creating enigmatic shots
Performance shot – Silhouette• Unique and
different performance shot• Shows confidence
in star construction – Lana recognisable by just her shadow
New character - Revealed• Shot of the girl
previously seen in the car• She is spinning as
if holding onto the camera• Then see Lana
spinning with the camera• Audience can
infer their friendship
Car shots• Profile shot of
Lana singing amongst the trees• Switches between
two angles
Narrative shots• Home video
styled shots• Aimed to imply
the closeness of the two characters
Performance shots• Profile shot of
Lana singing amongst the trees• Switches between
two angles
Abstract shots• Fire/Smoke/Rain/
Bleached out flowers• Abstract shots
focus on the elements• Negative
connotations conveyed• Glass dropping
foreshadows girl jumpring
The fall• Foreshadows the
jump• The notion of
suicide is insinuated, but not made explicit• Graphic match to
Jesus statue – Religious imagery
Narrative conclusion• Towards the end
of the video, the audience are shown more snippets of the jump• The suicide is
somewhat romanticized through the scenic background and use of bokeh
Surrealism• The body falls
from the bridge into the surreal world where the artist was seen preforming• Lack of definition
between reality and illusion
Ending shot - Overlay• The video ends
with an overlaid edit of Lana• Supernatural and
eerie