Today we began to study the subject of Semiotics with Vanessa and then
had a lecture. The source we studied from Critical Theory Today: A
User-Friendly Guide (Tyson,
2006) .
By studying Lady Gaga’s music video “Telephone” (Telephone, 2010) I began to dissect the signs and
symbols within it. Here is s short synopsis of what was discussed about the
music video:
· A prison setting indicated that Gaga was being held in
prison
· She answers the telephone, a sign of
communication – the telephone gives a degree of distance from person to person…
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Also Gaga has said that the ‘telephone’ ringing does not
only mean a physical telephone. To her it represents her Super Ego, demanding
her to work harder and harder: "That's my fear — that the phone's ringing
and my head's ringing. Whether it's a telephone or it's just the thoughts in
your head, that's another fear." (MTV, 2009)
·
The
music is almost overwhelming in its beat, Gaga herself said that the main
inspiration was “Fear of
suffocation—something that I have or fear is never being able to enjoy myself,” (MTV, 2009) presumably
because of the inundation of noise and technology the modern world uses.
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Gaga wears her hair in rollers made
of Coca-Cola cans. Coca-Cola could be seen
- http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627050/lady-gaga-explains-inspiration-behind-beyonce-collabo-telephone.jhtml
- http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/03/deconstructing-lady-gagas-telephone-video/37458/
Works Cited
Telephone. 2010. [Music Video] Directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Los
Angeles, USA: Darkchild.
Tyson, L.,
2006. Semiotics. In Unknown, ed. Critical Theory Today: A User Friendly
Guide. 2nd ed. Unknown: Routledge. pp.326-29.
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