Digipak - Polygon Tutorial For Inside Panel

I thought I saw a lady gaga picture with this sort of idea so I found a tutorial on youtube.

This is where my idea came from

Max Headroom 

Kryten

Digipak Example1 - Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster

I found this whilst scrolling through Amazon, This seems to be a fairly old one due to The Fame being released in the summer of 2008. I love the inside! it is something that I hope that we can recreate or at least take some strong inspiration from! The contrasting black and white is SO striking! Plus the photos inside just add to the effect created.

Rear panel

Inside panels

Inside panels

Front panel

Instagram - Target of 300 followers

Finally we reached our 300 target! Next stop 500!

Smoke Machine Influences And Ideas

We liked this for the use of the smoke machine within the video as we saw this in other videos and thought it looked effective. we thought the video for this was good as it provided more than just one location which is usually the studio in which they shoot. The outdoor studio effect as well as actually going outside is something that i really like.

Lady Gaga - Our Influences - Depeche Mode - Heaven

Within this video there is heavy use of a woman in a mask, this is something we would like to take some inspiration from as in Bad Romance Lady Gaga can be seen wearing a mask. Although we can't copy the style of that mask, what we can take is the idea from this instead as the idea behind it is a lot more subtle.

I really like the effect in this one.

The close up in this is really effective, I also like the mask used. 

Although not of the mask itself the cloak adds another dimension.

Plain and simple but highly effective. 

Audience Research Instagram - Song Choices

An Instagram post asking our followers to come up with Lady Gaga songs if they were asked by Lady Gaga to name some.

Instagram - Filming!

We thought it would be good to have a shot that didn't just include pictures of Gaga but had a them amongst them. Therefore we thought it fitted to put the Lady Gaga wig on something other than ' Lady Gaga' Our fans loved it and we received roughly 18 likes.

CW: VidEG Genre12 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi

About the Video:

Directed by: Jonas Åkerlund

Track: Paparazzi
Genre: Dance-Pop

Lyrics

Summary:

Jonas Åkerlund presents a very filmic video, taking heavy inspiration from classic french silent films, particularly in the style of the titles. This video presents a clear storyline, though is something of a concept video, as the story bears little resemblance to the lyrics

Video Synopsis:

The video starts with various artistic shots of a seaside mansion, which leads to gaga and her boyfriend, kissing in bed. They head outside, and kiss on a balcony, there are shots that look to be from a camera, and gaga is pushed from the balcony and is shown falling on a spinning spiral background. there are multiple photographers around her when she has fallen, we then see gaga getting out of a car, she is wearing a costume with what looks like a neck brace on it. she is lifted into a wheelchair and then starts to change clothes. She changes into a gold robotic costumes, and gets up with the help of crutches. the next verse focuses on gaga cavorting on a sofa while singing the song, this is interspersed with images of dead women. She then enters a room with various similarly dressed dancers and dances through this chorus with them. The bridge is made up of shots of gaga in an elevator with flashing lights and one of her great danes. She is back with her boyfriend and starts preparing drinks, putting poison in his. He dies and she calls the police. The final part of the video shows gaga, still hounded by photographers being escorted away by police.

Costumes:

A total of 9 costumes from Gaga in this video. Which appears to be just above average for her.

Costume number 1

Neck brace costume

Metropolis costume

Sofa costume

Cirque du soleil

Elevator costume

Micky-Mouse Costume

Arrested costume

Jail costume

Intertextuality:

I personally, immediately felt the titles were references to silent films it felt, to me, that it was specifically french silent films, even though i had not seen any film with titles like it.
There are a few intertextual references that I did not notice, but were drawn to my attention through my research.
these include a reference to vertigo, a classic by Alfred Hitchcock, with the spirals and the way in which gaga falls and is rushed to.
There is also a reference to Metropolis, in the metal outfit.

Instagram - Lady Gaga in Elberses' Blockbusters

Elberses' Blockbuster book is highly useful for both our AS work but also now our A2 as we decided to focus on Lady Gaga. Elberse talks about Lady Gagas rise to fame through the work of social media. Which wouldnt not have been available 10 years ago. We thought it would be great to take a photo of this and share it with our own 'little monster' fan base.

CW: VidEG Genre11 Lady Gaga - Poker Face

About the Video:

Directed by: Ray Kay

Track(s): Poker Face

Genre: Pop

Lyrics

Summary:

Seemingly standard video from Gaga. The video, much like the song, is fairly risqué, but without being overwhelmingly so.

Video Synopsis:

This video shows gaga as something of a Diva/pop princess, she presents herself as being something of a player, fitting very well with the track and it's lyrics. She is shown at various points dancing with a group of men, and in another, similar shot at the same location she is stood alone, perhaps presenting a view of gaga being backed by men, but standing well independently. When we take this video as being a branding asset for gaga, which for many videos is the case, we are shown gaga as being someone who isn't afraid to use and abuse. The intertextuality at the start shows gaga as building on existing ideas. The video does well to appeal to gaga's growing fanbase, featuring both men and women stripping in a game of poker shows her need to appeal to both the heterosexual male, but also the homosexual male. And similarly with women. gaga is presented as someone the majority of the men at the party want to get with, showing the application of the aspiration and personal indentity side of the Uses and Gratifications theory from Dennis Mcquail. Through the video, Gaga cavorts in various places in varying states of lonelyness, sometimes on her own, and other times with a large crowd around her.

Costumes:

A total of 7 costumes, which is a little low for Gaga. Here's a list:

Black glossy swimsuit

Rather plain black crop top and leggings

Glimmery beaded silver top and gold triangle on face

Pop Culture Glasses

Blue Swimsuit

White swimsuit

Intertextuality:

There was a significant reference to James Bond as the video started, and gaga left the pool.

From my own experiences I can find no further intertextual references, and research that I have done has not been helpful.

CW: VidEG Genre10 Lady Gaga - G.U.Y. - An Artpop Film

About the Video:

Directed by: Lady Gaga

Track(s): Artpop, Venus, G.U.Y., Manicure
Genre: Pop/Dance

Lyrics

Summary:

A very filmic video from gaga, combining 4 songs into one video, although not full songs.

Video Synopsis:

The start we see a group of men fighting with each other over a falling cloud of money, they carry bows and there are arrows scattered on the ground, as the men leaven we see Gaga, who has wings and wears a full tight-like suit, she has been shot by an arrow. She has wings which look a lot like the wings from Skellig. we get the title for art pop showing in a similar way to the titles for alejandro. The camer then pans away, to show the men walking off victorious. Gaga starts to rise, building her strength as the song builds. she then falls, unable to continue. we see a helicopter shot and return at sunset, where she begins to rise. and removes the arrow head from herself. Then we see her approach a palace, but fall at its gate. the guards come and help her up. Venus begins as she is carried, like a messiah. venus' title shows on screen like Artpop's, she makes her way by various dancers and gets covered in flower and lowered into a pool, where she is moved away from the edge and pushed under. We go over to the real houswives and cut back for the start of GUY,  where gaga arises from a huddle of people. We see gaga in various places, incuding in front of a rose wall, and in the middle of a room of dancers. after the chorus, gaga is in a pool, and also dancing with various men. She also approaches a popular minecraft youtuber, skydoesminecraft, who uses a computer running something like the game minecraft to ressurect Michael Jackson, Ghandi and Jesus, as they wake we see gaga on a lego sculpture. We then go to another room of dancers, were they all perform a very sexual dance. next gaga enters an office and starts assinating people, replaceing them with the G.U.Y. clones. the video finishes after another dance sequence, with various clones being released into the world.

Costumes:

I have counted 12 costumes in this video. They are:

Skellig

White Swimsuit

White Bikini

White Goddess

Bear Swimsuit cover

Black Swimsuit

Gold Swimsuit

Leg Body

White Dress

Long Coat

Bejewelled Leotard

Clear/Silver Dress

Red Swimsuit

Topless (Hair Bra)

Topless (Blue Cloth)

Intertexuality:

In the music video I noted various intertextual references:

• Skellig
• Reference to Alejandro's titles
• Reference to minecraft (video game)
• Reference to Nathan Sawaya's Yellow

I, personally couldn't pick up any more intertextual references, but noticed the real housewives of beverly hills featured in the video, as did people dressed as Jesus, Ghandi and Michael Jackson. Andy Cohen starred as Zeus and Minecraft Youtuber SkyDoesMinecraft stars in the resurrection scene.