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In terms of cinematography the opening shot to Taylor Swifts Love story is an establishing shot. This is shown in 00:00 showing the college , which both the protagonist and antagonist are attending. This allows the audience to create a stereotype of who may appear within the video. Within this shot you can see the two trees either side of the college, this can imply isolation as if they will not be able to get away from the college. However this could also imply weddings due to the fact the trees arch, this implies that the college is the start of a love story (that being the song title).

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In terms of cinematography the opening shot to Taylor Swifts Love

story is an establishing shot. This is shown in 00:00 showing the college ,

which both the protagonist and antagonist are attending. This allows the audience to create a stereotype of who may appear within the video. Within this shot you can see the two trees either side of the college, this can imply isolation as if they will not be able to get away from the college.

However this could also imply weddings due to the fact the trees arch, this implies that the college is

the start of a love story (that being the song title).

Another Implication which can be made is the form of sexual

reference, this being the arches of the trees implicate the females private areas where the tall thin

town in between the trees imply a males part which implies what

both the protagonist and antagonist what (this is

conventional to love) this form of reference is seen in the wide shot of the antagonist this mise0en-

scene of the tall thin tree implies again the males private area.

In terms of cinematography this shot is a medium close up. This shot introduces us as

an audience to Taylor Swift . Taylor has blonde hair his fulfils the typical conventions to a princess’ aka. Sleeping beauty &Cinderella

and Rapunzel this portrays that this narrative is a love story based on prince and princess. This shot is framed on her own, implicating that she is single and that she is ‘in need of

her prince’The shot below shows a glowing edit around Taylor which implies magic, as if she to good

to be true. (Better than the average).

In terms of cinematography this shot is a medium close up. This shot helps to represent Taylor as a princess, the use of the updo hair is conventional to princess’ as well as ball gowns. The use of mise-en-scene in the shot add to the

In terms of cinematography this shot is long shot. This centrally frames the antagonist showing his importance within the narrative. Within this shot the use of mise-en-scene carry connotations, this is the fact that the antagonist has a book in hand whereas the males in the background are carrying an American football this portrays that the he doesn’t fit with the others and is one of a kind (being a diamond in the rough).

In terms of cinematography this shot is a close up. This is a conventional shot of a love story this being the hands of the ones in love either close to touching or touching this conveys affection and represents a relationship between the two characters. In this shot the males hand is foregrounded (In front of Taylors hand) this could represent how he stands up for her and protects her. The simplistic blurred lights in the background adds to the fairy-tale atmosphere to the video.

In terms of cinematography this shot is a close up. This helps to establish that Taylor is the princess within this piece. The use of mise-en-scene helps to establish that she's slightly mysterious due to the fan over the face, the fact that the fan is an ivory/white colour suggests the connotations of innocents. A reoccurring theme is the simplistic blurred lights in the background adds to the fairy-tale atmosphere to the video.

In terms of cinematography this shot is a long establishing shot. This shot could be an implication which can be made is the form of sexual reference, this being that the Tallest points of the castle implicate the females private areas and the centre arch is again the females private areas. The tall trees arched around the full castle could implicate how she is pure and protective helping to show how she would only be open to the one guy.