Katy Perry- E.T ft. Kanye West



This is a pop music video by Katy perry, this video has a large range of special effects and shots. The video follows katy (a alien) floating around space in extravagant outfits and finally landing on a planet and descovering another alien and leaving the plant with it. As the song is called E.T the video is very suitable to this as the katy in the video is a alien. There are long shots used when she is floating in space this shows off the space like surrounding more, the long shot also means you can see katy floating in the sky with her large floaty dress and headpeice in full view, this adds to the querky surreal look of the video. There are mid close ups on her face when she is floating, this shows her over the top alien like make up and prospetics she has on her head and face, this is in keeping with the Extra Terrestrial theme the video is aiming to use. Katy perry is known for being a artist that pushes the boundrys and comes up with outfits and videos that we havnt seen before, her individual style is loved by her fans and a music video as over the top as this will really apeal to the fan base. As she lands on the planet the surface of the planet is made up of old metal and car peices, this set is very effective and looks amazing on screen. A over the sholder shot is used when shes looking down at the strange alien she has just descoverd on the planet this helps create atmosfere and a tense build up to descovering what it actually is. Intense special effects are then used to create a magical explotion around katy as the alien turns into a human shape. There are beams of light and colour with a space theme all around her, this is in keeping with the out of space alien theme. Katy also has alien like Nails on her hands, this makes her look more like a alien along with her patchy facepaint and strangly shaped hair. A long shot is then used to show katy and the alien holding hands on the derelict scrap yard like planet with a beam of light shining down on them. this is a good way to end the video as it shows the two aliens leaving the planet together.