Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Star Image

This is Lady Gaga showing off one of her extravagant outfits.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is a perfect example of a musician with a strong Star Image. Her status is as a role model and a self esteem booster for her fans swell as a gay rights supporter, trailblazer and fashion icon with a self confirmed attitude. Her albums bring modern social issues  and the inherently subjective nature of her heart. Her image in the sense of fashion is very 'out there'; for example in the 2010 MTV Music Awards where she wore raw meat, this lead to Vogue.com UK calling her the one of the best dressed of 2010, while Times magazine names her the Fashion Statement of 2010.
She is known for her outrageous outfits and amazingly quirky music videos that gain attention from all over the world. She is present on Social Networking Sites such as Twitter and has a strong following, and loyal fans that she calls 'Little Monsters'. She had a mass commercial success with her debut album in 2008 'The Fame' and had some hit singles such as 'Bad Romance' and 'Telephone'. Her tour; the Monster Ball Tour was one of the best grossing concerts in the world, her second album 'Born This Way' topped the album charts in the most major markets.
Lady Gaga takes influence from singers such as David Bowie, Madonna, Micheal Jackson and Queen, evident in her performances. She has sold 24 million albums and 125 million singles, this is because of her popular music genre of pop and glam rock among many over things. She is often compared to artists such as Gwen Stefani due to her wide vocal range, she refuses to lip sync, with her songs often reflect the style of 80s europop. She has her own column in the fashion magazine  V talking of her ability to tune into the evolution of Pop culture meme, she often declares herself as feminist although her performances include sexual exploitation, she says she is trying to empower women.
Gaga is not afraid of showing her natural beauty.
in researching this Popular music artists I learn that individuality is very important, she is organic and refreshing, we don't know what to expect next which keeps her following strong as people are intrigued with her. also the use of representation with dress and make-up can make a 'character' like artist who is merely expressing her inner feelings and beliefs.
Gaga and her famous 'meat dress'.
Gaga often does nude shots and appearances.
Influences to our work:

- Watch popular music videos and pick out parts that we like in particular for intertextuality.
- Dress our singer in appealing outfits that are original.
- Creating camera angles that create vouyerism.
- Represent the female vocalist as powerful.
- Represent the main singer as confident.
- Make it unique and quirky.
- Use different types of costumes/makeup for locations to show all sides of our singer, this will make the audience feel closer to her.

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