I decided to do another two Textual Analysis in order to study a couple of music videos about sexual assault as well. However, I decided to still use a long continuous shot for some scenes and therefore Textual Analysis 1 still refers to my revised pitch.
Lady Gaga is a long time activist for LGBT right, women rights and has repeatedly supported the Black Lives Matter movement along with multiple others throughout her career as an artist. Her activism has brought her a lot of attention as well as outlandish fashion sense and tendency to cause controversy. Although her usual style of music is considered to be pop dance electronic, Gaga shows her vocals in the sombre song Til It Happens To You which speaks out against sexual assault. In her music video, she attempts to highlight the sexual assault that happens on campus to girls, from friends and strangers. It's a powerful song that juxtaposes the rest of her other more upbeat music and is emotional with the message of overcoming abusers and standing tall.
I wanted to take influence from this video from the way that there are almost two sections of the music video: the first half being the vulnerable women who are attacked but the second half shows them conquering this and becoming powerful as they stand with one another. I want this set-up to be used in my own video with the first half being with the singer oppressing the victim and have the woman overcoming their strength in the second half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmWBrN7QV6Y
The music video for Til It Happens To You was created as a visual art piece to bring awareness to sexual assault of young women on campus and the video itself has a very high budget feel. The see of professional cameras suggest at the severity of the topic and the video has a high quality to it, creating a moving and emotional piece. The whole video has a black and white filter, furthering this emotional value to it and suggestive of the deep and meaningful story behind it. There is no performance in the video, instead, giving way to the narrative.
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