The mise en scene used in the music video first, was a school which looked a lot like a castle, this could be suggest that she is aiming the music video to a certain age group which are at school, but it could also mean that this was the time period when she went through it herself. We link castles with princesses therefore we expect to see a love story including two people. The fact that we see her carrying some books reinforces that she attends the school and this was a time in her life when she fell in love with someone. Stereo typically we would expect to see a young pretty man who she falls madly in love with, this is exactly what happens in this video, he too is studying which could mean that they attended the same school. Secondly we see flashbacks of Victorian dancing and the clothes they wear. The girl is wearing a cream dress which is fitted around her torso, and the skirt part of her dress is full and floaty, this reaches the floor. Her hair is up and looking neat, this appearance is what you expect to see from the Victorian times. The male is wearing white frills under his clothes, the frills come out of the sleeves for his jacket and the top of the torso, he is also wearing a dark brown waist coat. Then on top of that he is wearing a black blazer with the same colour trousers. His hair is long but also neat, which we see in a shoot that majority of men have their hair like this. These are the clothes of traditional Victorian clothes, this time period is reinforced by more mise en scene since we see the traditional dancing and the castle which they are dancing in is set out like this time period too. The clothes could also represent their personality or their intentions. The fact that the main singer is wearing coloured clothing which is mainly white or cream, suggests that she is pure and doesn't mean she is intending to do anything wrong but also could represent that she has a pure life too. The young man is also wearing white with his outfit, this could link them together, but the dark brown waist coat and black jacket might suggest otherwise. Black is normally assosiated with negative things, so this could mean that he is in the wrong about something, as the narrative is about them seeing eachother without their parents permission so this is where the black clothing could be linked. I noticed that there is a lot of candles used as light and natural light rather then electricty. This adds realism to the narrative but also reinforces the time period to make it look more believable. Another point would be that they are using a horse as transport or use them for other uses. As in Victorian days they wouldnt of used cars asmuch as modern times. The castle which the singer is singing in when it is the Victorian times, there is a painting behind her which could represent that it is quite old and possibly well known. When they couple are sneaking around together, we could link the purety of them into the mise en scene again, as they spend a lot of time in the garden where there is a lot of flowers and natural things rather then objects which would suggest otherwise. When the scene of the garden is shown we can see a angel which is brought into focus, we associate angels with love and the action which the angel is holding looks like she is pleased with love and it looks sweet.
I have taken a snapshot to show this, the fact that we can see the nature surrounding this could represent that it is acceptable and possibly that it is meant to be. Still refering to the nature side of things, the main singer in a scene not long after this one, eats a cherry of the tree. Linking her with the nature, then it could go on to linking her with the angel and then finally linking her to love. The Victorian clothes and the culture in that time period links back to my point of it being like a prince and princess love story. The princess always have a pretty dress on and looks well kept, and the young man is always attractive. In the scene when they are both running towards eachother, slightly before that we her up a height but him on the ground, this could link in with the fairy tale of repunzal, this could attract different age groups; Adults will be able to remember the story from when they were younger, this is also similar for teenagers apart from the fact they will be admiring their relationshop as they will want it themselves, lastly younger childen will link it with the actually story and will become interested in the song and video causing the artist to get more views on youtube and their single being bought more often. We see a slight change in costume for this scene as the young man doesnt have any black on him which suggests that they have now been accepted by their parents. The young man is only wearing his white shirt, but he is also wearing light brown trousers. Within the narrative of the music video this is when they are engaged therefore have been accepted by eachothers family. With the cinematography which is used in the music video, firstly we start with a establishing shot of the school which because of the mise en scene looks a lot like a castle, we see this from a low angle so we are looking up and the building, this is to show the size which is later linked with the second building we see that looks very alike. A track and a pan is used at the same time when the main singer is looking at the young man sitting under the tree, the track is used to represent her walking and the pan is used to represent what she can see while she is walking. After that we quickly see a few shots of close ups of different events, one was a close up of their hands just touching and another was a extreme close up of him whispering into her ear. After this is see a shot reverse shot, this is used to reinforce the love story and that they are trying to recognise eachother. Then there is another few shots which are used at flashbacks. The second establishing shot is of another castle which looks very similar to the school that we had previously seen. It also allows us to see it from the same angle which is a low angle looking up at this massive caslte.The first zoom is then used to show the main singer in the window, this helps us link it together in the sense that it is meant to come across as a fairytale love story, linked in with Victorian times and the modern day. Another one of many high angles are used when she is singing directly into the camera, this could represent that someone is listening to her but also the fact that we as an audience are looking out for her, as well as wanting to know what is going to happen with this narrative. The second track is used when they are in the Victorian times. It is used when the young man is walking into the dancing party and the track is used to represent that he is walking directly towards the main singer. We see the main singer in the castle a lot, and we see her from high and low angles, the low angles could represent where the young man should be or later in the narrative, will be. The first long shot we see is of the two when they meet for the first time. The long shot allows depth of field to be used therefore it is like they are in a world of their own linking back with the love story theme. We see a birdseye view of the traditional dancing, This could suggest that the angel which we saw from the mise en scene might be looking down on them, the same when it is just the main singer in the castle. A long shot is used when the main singer is on her own in the wooded area, and in that framing we can clearly see her but also we can see something ristricting us from getting any closer, this could be representing the angel wanting to get closer but can't. It is shown like we are spying on her and the angel is there for her own saftey. When we first see the young man in the wooded area, we begin to see the angel and it is up a height which reinforces all of the high angles which have previously been used. When we see a long shot of the couple with the horse, the horse is the same colour as the angel, therefore this could link them together. To represent that she is walking away there is a zoom used. It zooms out and it brings you to a meduim shot of him, from this we can see his emotion as he begins to walk away himself.
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