Both sat in bedrooms → communicating via notepads → he closes curtain just as she (Taylor) is about to confess her love → begins to compare to herself to his girlfriend → “what you’re looking for has been here the whole time,” → dancing around her room, singing into her hairbrush, he peaks through curtains and sees her and laughs → she’s sat on a park bench and he joins her → brushes her hair out of her eyes → his girlfriend pulls up in her sports car, and grabs his head and passionately kisses him, whilst looking back at the bench → cuts to football game, with Taylor in the school band, and his girlfriend cheerleading → he wins the game and his girlfriend is flirting with another player, and he storms off → cuts back to bedrooms → he is in his prom suit asking her if she’s going, she tells him she isn’t and that she’s studying and he says that he wishes she was, he walks off → cuts to prom, Taylor arrives in a glamorous prom dress, and he spots her from across the dance floor, and approaches her → his girlfriend intervenes, and he leaves her for Taylor → they meet in the middle of the dance floor → they both hold up sheets from the notepad, both reading, “I love you” → they then kiss passionately in the middle of the dance floor with his girlfriend looking on jealously.
Narrative Theories
Todorov –
Equilibrium = Taylor and the boy are just friends (neighbours)
Disruption = He has a girlfriend who is completely opposite to Taylor
Re-Equilibrium = He breaks up with his girlfriend, and kisses Taylor at their school prom
Levi-Strauss –
Binary oppositions
Geek vs. Popular
Cheerleading vs. Brass Band
Propp –
Hero = Taylor Swift, her mission is to get the boy
Villain = Girlfriend, stops them being together
Princess = The boy, as he is the focus for both Taylor and his girlfriend.
Barthes -
Will they actually end up together ? Will he finish with his girlfriend ?
Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
Boyfriend and Girlfriend on a date at mini golf à Avril gives girlfriend dirty look à kicks boyfriend’s bum to get attention à explains how she doesn’t like his girlfriend and wants to be his new one à pulls him in close whilst saying, “I could be your girlfriend,” à cut to Avril playing in band à mise en scene – very pink and rocky à goes go karting and Avril bumps girlfriend, and she goes flying into the barrier à girlfriend throws a paddy because her boyfriend wont go into the photo booth à Avril pulls her out of the booth and takes her place à takes photos with boyfriend à shows boyfriend and girlfriend sharing their lunch à Avril comes over and takes the food, and kisses boyfriend, whilst girlfriend looks on jealously à at mini gold Avril hits the golf ball and it lands on the girlfriends head, she then falls into the lake à boyfriend and girlfriend fall out à Avril approaches boyfriend and as they get closer psycho ex approaches à girlfriend tries to split them up and ends up falling over, rolling down a hill and landing in a portaloo à boyfriend and Avril canoodle in the toilets
Todorov –
Equilibrium = Avril fancies boy
Disruption = Boy has a girlfriend, who Avril hates
Re-Equilibrium = He breaks up with girlfriend and ‘makes out’ with Avril in the toilet
Levi –Strauss – Binary Opposites
Preppy girl vs. Rock chick
Propp-
Hero = Avril, her mission is to get the boy to be her boyfriend
Villain = The girlfriend, stops Avril and boy being together
Princess = The boy, he is the aim/focus for both his girlfriend and Avril
Barthes-
Will the boy and girl split up ? Will Avril get the boy ?Both texts have chosen to construct their narrative, in this way because it matches the lyrics and every scene that is cut.
In conclusion, both narratives fit in with the songs and their lyrics. The audience understands the videos because it is what they expect to see. They conform to the typical narrative of a teen pop music video.
Abigail Peake and Gabrielle Davies
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