CAMERA ANGLE ANALYSIS ON

YOUNG BEAUTIFUL

Joshua Pedro

LONG SHOT

At the very beginning of the music video there is a long shot showing Lana Del Ray and the area in which the music video is shot. Having a long shot at the beginning of the music video allows the audience to see the environment where the music video is show and also set the tone of music video. The tone in this particular music video being negative. This is highlighted that the shot apart from showing “Lana”, also shows the negative dark lighting in the background.

HIGH ANGLE SHOT

The high angle shot looking down at “Lana Del Ray” portrays her as being vulnerable. As a result of the high angle shot looking down at “Lana”, it could be interpreted that the shot is trying to evoke vicarious feelings from the audience in the sense that we are seeing her in a vulnerable state.

The fact that the high angle shot solely focuses on “Lana”, it can be perceived that the shot is promoting as an artist and also her music.

ZOOM

The zoom shot focusing on “Lana Del Ray” faces shows her facial expression and emotion that she is trying to convey through it. The zoom camera angle is also used for promoting her as an artist. This highlights to the audience that she is the centre of attention. The zoom camera angle also gives the feeling that we are watching her every move and seeing the true her rather than as an artist.

LONG SHOT

The use of the long shot focusing on the chior shows how big the chior. It also portrays the chior to have a significant precence in the music video. As a result of this, it could be said that it almost gives the music in the background more of a significant feel for the viewer. It also portrays "Lana Del Ray" to a certain degree as being isolated.

LOW ANGLE SHOT

The low angle shot looking up at the conductor portrays him as having a lot of power in the video. It also makes the audience seem inferior to him as a result of us as the audience looking up towards him and seeing him from a owner perspective.