Carol vernallis

• There is not necessarily a balance between narrative and performance
• The narrative is not always complete
• The structure of the video may appear disjointed
• Describes how verbal, musical, and visual codes combine in music video to create defining representations of Race,Class,Gender.
• Camera may move in time the music.

LADY GAGA POKER FACE

• The video is cut in time to the beat
• Uses alot of fancy and jump cuts
• There are lots of close ups and extreme close ups of mainly her face but also her body
• The structure of the video is very disjointed as it cuts from different locations.
• Lady Gaga is shown throughout in both perfomance and narrative.
• Master track is of her dancing when the songs goes back to the chorous and the base track is the close ups of her face when she sings the versus