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 I Can See You (Taylor's Version) 

CAMS- Establishing shot: Mysterious van sitting outside of an unmarked building 

              Close up: Of a girl looking at all of the costumes, sees one from her and Taylor's first meeting, signifies importance of saving a friend.

              Two shot: Two people seen in a vault, trying to find something while hiding from people

              Tracking: Follows them down the stairs, getting closer to rescuing Taylor 

               Pan: Compares two sides of the story, the rescuers and the rescued

               Zoom: Girl lighting the torch, final touch of escape

               Wide: Van driving away, successful mission, but ends on scary aspect as it indicates someone is still watching them

               Low angle: Walking to the entrance of the unmarked building, suspicions rise

               Eye level: With Taylor, shows worry in her eyes, as something is to happen if she is not rescued soon

Editing- Insert: Taylor's lips singing the song, importance of those specific lyrics is emphasized

                Pyrotechnics from explosion: Once again goes to the extent of the rescue

Sounds- Non-diegetic Sound: Lyrics of the song, play throughout the video (importance of lyrics on acting)

              Diegetic Sound: Kicking down the door, fighting sounds, glass breaking 

Mis En Scene- Lighting: dark, nighttime, known horror aspect; Purple lighting, within the night this makes the author stand out

              Props: Computers, questions arise on who is watching who: Mannequins with dresses, indicates Taylor's past Brief case: Carrying something important 

              Make-up: Three stars on her face, red lipstick, 13 marked on her hand, Taylor swift frame

              Acting: Fighting, stress, karate


 Look What You Made Me Do

CAMS- Establishing shot: graveyard introduces horror aspect of music video

              Zoom: Emphasizes "Here lies Taylor Swift's Reputation" on a tombstone, as if something has died

              Eye level: Zombie emerging from ground, jump scare

              Dutch/Canted: Her world (graveyard) is off balanced

              High Angle: She is filling in her own grave

              Aerial Shot: Transition from her grave into a bathtub of diamonds (rags to riches)

             Wide Shot: She is sitting in the bathtub playing with diamonds

             Close Up: emphasizes the lyrics, speaking from her heart

Editing- Pyrotechnics from gun shot

               Fade out: Shows her supremacy, she is in a high position

Sounds-Diegetic sound- thunder/lightning: gives off spooky vibes, cheering for all the reputations, 

              Non Diegetic sound- lyrics coming from background of video

              Dialogue- all the reputations are talking to each other

Mis-en-scene- Makeup: bold eyeliner, zombie makeup, red lipstick , sparkly eyeshadow, dark red lip 

                         Props: shovel when shes digging her grave, diamond necklace that she plays with in the bath of diamonds, throne of snakes, car crashing, pile of money on fire, gold in vault, guitar, trophy 

                         Lighting: dark foggy lighting, lightning in graveyard, flashing lights as she is swinging in the cage, red lights as she is speaking to her army, low lighting with blue lighting coming from the "T"

                         Acting: crawling from her grave in an intimidating tone, choreography, facial expressions in all scenes 


Bad Blood

CAMS- Establishing shot: multiple buildings shown at night 

              Zoom-: She just finished beating up someone, she put on lipstick showing dominance

              Pan: she slides in a chair across the room, shows the scene of the fight

              Wide shot: Another girl is beating up more guys

              Over the shoulder: shows one girl being pushes through the window by the other girl

              Low angle: multiple girls in a room getting ready to fight

              Tracking shot: shows a girl walking through a hallway of weaponry

              Two shot: two girls are fighting 

Editing-Pyrotechnics from explosion behind a group of girls

              Fade in: shows a big building then transitions into an office space

Sounds- Diegetic sound: glass shattering, fighting sound effects, alarm

               Non-Diegetic: lyrics in the background of the video

Mis-En-Scene- Lighting: dark nighttime sky, white light in the office, red lights

               Props: Lipstick, mirror, briefcase: contains something important, desk: someone is thrown on top of it.

               Makeup: dark lipstick, bold eyeliner, 

              Acting: fight scene, facial expressions




              

             

         


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