Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools
In the Kendrick Lamar video, Swimming Pools, there is a lot of cross cutting. It often goes from shots of him in an empty house, to a crowded room. Throughout the video there are 3 main colors used: red, white, and black. the red could stand for danger, the black could stand for fear and the white could stand for innocence. In the video it appears that he is in his old house from his childhood, wearing white. This could mean he wants to go back to his childhood when he was innocent and didn't have to worry about anything. The lighting of the video is very dark and very rarely see his face. Towards the end of the video he falls into water which usually symbolizes cleansing.
Beyonce- Pretty Hurts
In Beyonce's video for Pretty Hurts it takes her back to her beauty pageant days. There are multiple establishing shots. One of the first ones is in the dressing room and nobody looks happy or healthy. This video is full of cross cuts, going from the pageant, to her house, to the bathroom, back to the pageant. There are a ton of close ups and things out of focus in some shots. One of the better shots with the most intricate mise-en-scene is in the house with all the trophies. There is a scene where there is diegetic music even though it seems non-diegetic. But because the music is originating from the video it is diegetic. In this video she is wearing a blue dress which could symbolize her sadness. In one of the scenes she even says she just wants to be happy. In this video Beyonce also falls into the water symbolizing cleansing or a new start.
Walter White- Final scene of Breaking Bad
The focus of this photo is Walt. Analyzing this photo more you can see there is blood all over Walt and his jacket. If you look closer you can see there is a very light blue light shining over Walt which could represent his meth. Since this point of view is commonly called God's Eye View, you can infer that this is God saying his meth business killed him.
Once again, the focus of this picture is Walter. There is only one real source of light and it's behind Walter. There are multiple dead bodies in the background suggesting that maybe Jesse, with the gun, killed all of them and will kill Walter too. But if someone watches the episode they know that Walter is the real killer in this episode.
This scene from Game of Thrones shows that Khaleesi is very respected. She is the only one where bright colors showing that she could also be the hero or queen. There are two men carrying her while everyone else reaches out to her like she is their savior. The first thing a person notices in this picture is her making her the main focus.
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