pop video Analysis (Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe)

Location

There are 3 main location in this video, the first is of the back garden and window where the girl is watching the man cut the grass, the second main location is on the front lawn where the girl is cleaning her car whilst the man is fixing his car in the front lawn next door to her, the last main location in the garage where most of the signing of the band is located, there is a sub location in her daydream where she is passed out form falling off the car where she and the man are together with a lighthouse and the sea in the background.

Clothes/probs

The girl in the video wears very casual clothes which young people would wear, the man wears a vest top and jeans which was used by the makers to help make the man seem more attractive  as that is the reason the girl is singing about him. There are no specific probs used, the main on's used are band equipment such as guitar and drums, there are other objects such as a lawn mower  or  car where also used in the video.

Cinematography/Effects

There are many long shots of the girl or the man in the distance from the other which was done by the makers  to help show the space between each other and that the man is taking no notice of the girl. There are also close ups of the girl singing and of the band , in the shots of her singing with the band the shot has been focus pulled onto her to blur the garage and band in the background, this is yo make her stand out from the rest of the surroundings. There are only two effects used, there is one when she falls off her car and bangs her head on the floor and then a ripple/fade is used to indicate to the audience that she has passed out from the knock, The second effect is a slight slow motion effect when the man is cutting the grass and taking his shirt off.

Narrative/Continuity

The girl is trying to get the boy’s attention who is cutting the grass and fixing the car, she does this by trying to clean the car erotically and then signs a song to him. There is a mix of continuity and montage footage as there is a criss cross between the storyline of the girl watching the man and cleaning the car being crossed with the scenes of the band playing in the garage then t the end they both meet up and match.