Taylor Swifts videos have a tenancy to be an over exaggerated narrative, This video of hers applies to that as it shows her power and dominance over the relationship with her partner, how full of emotion she is, yet, unemotional when the guy changes. In this video, we side multiple sides to Taylor as she is shown as the loving, girly, sweet girlfriend, to the over powering, dominant and jealous/angry girlfriend. With this video, i feel that the way the narrative is conveyed in a comical and over dramatic way is very effective as it makes the subject light, yet it still address' the idea of women empowerment, which is an idea of our music video. I also enjoy the way Taylor transforms with her mise-en-scene, as to begin with, she is this glamours female with the perfect home and perfect boyfriend, but as the song continues, you see her change to a mess crying on the floor, in this shot, she is alone, showing that she does not like to show her emotion in front of people as when she is present with her boyfriend, she is the strong woman. The idea of this to show the power in woman but also a change in personality is something we would want to explore further into.
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