Nicki Minaj- I Am Your Leader
The opening shot is of a post box, it opens then the camera goes through the post box into a long shot of Nicki stood in the middle of an empty room which is pink and green and in the centre of there is a zebra rug. There are green window frames and green antlors on both walls, as well as a pink fireplace. She is wearing all black, however, her clothes are very revealing. Her clothes are designed to reveal her bum which is her trademark. The next shot displays her in a erotic pose and has quick cuts of her using rapper gestures and also shots of the skull of the wall. There are frequent close ups of her face and her eyes. Her eyes have been made to look big using makeup to give the look of a doll.. She is acting very confident and looking straight at the camera and singing most the words.
There is a shot of Nicki sat in a pink and green chair which is designed to look like a human hand, this applies to the song as she is saying that she is the leader and it as if she is sat on a throne. However, there is also a shot of her peeking through the window so i could symbolise that she feels trapped and small. Next it cuts to Nicki stood with two men in a dark room (still singing) and she is still wearing revealing clothes however they are more authoritive than before as she is trying to imitate a type of military uniform. The men she is stood with have assertive looks as one of them is dressed in steriotypical gangster clothes with a gold chain and the other is dressed like a chav with a snapback.
It then cuts to a new scene where Nicki is in a bath in a low lit room that only has beams of sunlight coming through the windows. The walls are painted pink and black and the floor is black and white checkers as well as the bath being purple. Her hair is now green and she is wearing long sparlky silver boot.The bubbles are covering the main parts of her body which is sexual appeal to the audience. There are bubbles floating round the entire room which fits the scene and Nicki Minajj's character. Then there are frequent cuts between the bath scene and the scene with the two other men.
Next it cuts to a long shot of a topless man sat at the head of a table, he has tattoos all over his body and is wearing gold chains which gives us the impression of being gangster or dangerous. The entire room is gold, including a gold chandlier, gold fruit in a glass bowl and gold candle sticks with gold candles in. This links with his gold chains. He is also wearing sunglasses which gives the effect on the audience of, 'I can see you but you cant see me'. There is then a shot of a woman behind the man on the mantle piece, she is painted all gold in a gold bikini acting as a statue on this mans mantlepiece. This gives the man authority as it gives the audience the impresssion that he can metaphorically control people. The video then cuts to the next scene of the same man stood with Nicki and another man however he is stood in the middle of them as he is still the one rapping as the other two just dance.
The third man is introduced with an extreme high shot looking down at him stood half way down a set of green and purple stairs which are flashing. On the wall behind him are photo frames going down the stairs with moving green and purple animations in them as well as cartoon pictures of all the people involved in the video such as Nicki. As the man is walking down the stairs his shirt is changing colour from dark blue to pink and all the colours in between, this follows the bright colours theme. He is wearing a smart shirt with jeans, a snapback, sunglasses and fashionable shoes, also he has a necklace around his neck with his first initial on which is steriotypically a rappers icon. The camara work has a lot of tilting from side to side very quickly to give the impression of chaos and madness. The camara shot of all three people stood in the hall swings from a long shot to a close up shot. The video ends with an animation of a broken TV in a bath then zooms out and come out the back of the post box and it shuts to show the end of the song. I beleive that the multi coloured rooms and animation make this music video out to be set in a dream land inside of nicki's mind.
The opening shot is of a post box, it opens then the camera goes through the post box into a long shot of Nicki stood in the middle of an empty room which is pink and green and in the centre of there is a zebra rug. There are green window frames and green antlors on both walls, as well as a pink fireplace. She is wearing all black, however, her clothes are very revealing. Her clothes are designed to reveal her bum which is her trademark. The next shot displays her in a erotic pose and has quick cuts of her using rapper gestures and also shots of the skull of the wall. There are frequent close ups of her face and her eyes. Her eyes have been made to look big using makeup to give the look of a doll.. She is acting very confident and looking straight at the camera and singing most the words.
There is a shot of Nicki sat in a pink and green chair which is designed to look like a human hand, this applies to the song as she is saying that she is the leader and it as if she is sat on a throne. However, there is also a shot of her peeking through the window so i could symbolise that she feels trapped and small. Next it cuts to Nicki stood with two men in a dark room (still singing) and she is still wearing revealing clothes however they are more authoritive than before as she is trying to imitate a type of military uniform. The men she is stood with have assertive looks as one of them is dressed in steriotypical gangster clothes with a gold chain and the other is dressed like a chav with a snapback.
It then cuts to a new scene where Nicki is in a bath in a low lit room that only has beams of sunlight coming through the windows. The walls are painted pink and black and the floor is black and white checkers as well as the bath being purple. Her hair is now green and she is wearing long sparlky silver boot.The bubbles are covering the main parts of her body which is sexual appeal to the audience. There are bubbles floating round the entire room which fits the scene and Nicki Minajj's character. Then there are frequent cuts between the bath scene and the scene with the two other men.
Next it cuts to a long shot of a topless man sat at the head of a table, he has tattoos all over his body and is wearing gold chains which gives us the impression of being gangster or dangerous. The entire room is gold, including a gold chandlier, gold fruit in a glass bowl and gold candle sticks with gold candles in. This links with his gold chains. He is also wearing sunglasses which gives the effect on the audience of, 'I can see you but you cant see me'. There is then a shot of a woman behind the man on the mantle piece, she is painted all gold in a gold bikini acting as a statue on this mans mantlepiece. This gives the man authority as it gives the audience the impresssion that he can metaphorically control people. The video then cuts to the next scene of the same man stood with Nicki and another man however he is stood in the middle of them as he is still the one rapping as the other two just dance.
The third man is introduced with an extreme high shot looking down at him stood half way down a set of green and purple stairs which are flashing. On the wall behind him are photo frames going down the stairs with moving green and purple animations in them as well as cartoon pictures of all the people involved in the video such as Nicki. As the man is walking down the stairs his shirt is changing colour from dark blue to pink and all the colours in between, this follows the bright colours theme. He is wearing a smart shirt with jeans, a snapback, sunglasses and fashionable shoes, also he has a necklace around his neck with his first initial on which is steriotypically a rappers icon. The camara work has a lot of tilting from side to side very quickly to give the impression of chaos and madness. The camara shot of all three people stood in the hall swings from a long shot to a close up shot. The video ends with an animation of a broken TV in a bath then zooms out and come out the back of the post box and it shuts to show the end of the song. I beleive that the multi coloured rooms and animation make this music video out to be set in a dream land inside of nicki's mind.
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