power Kanye west

Music video analysis

In the establishing shot we get an extreme close up of Kanye west face, he is also wearing some type of gold chain which relates to most rappers. we can also see that he is looking

straight at us which indicated direct mode of address.

As the image zooms out we starts to see other characters within the shot, it would also seem as if Kanye is the garden to this world as he has guards one both sids of him. as the image opens up the background becomes lighter, giving the impression that they are meant to be in heaven and

Kanye west is portraying himself as the key to the gate. which then relates to the song title power, as he has the power who passes though and who doesn’t.

In this shot we see a median close up normal looking woman which is juxstiposted as all the other characters around look like a different species. this could have been added in by

Kanye West to show that he has the power to have a good looking women next to him.

In this shot its noticeable that Kanye west has a halo above his head, this syblods that he is the leader/god in the image. there is also a sward within

the halo, this could be a symbol of protection, at the artist is trying to portray that he is protected.

In this music video ‘power’ we can see that Kanye west has tried to portray his video in the same image as a Michelangelo master piece. This could be as Kanye west sees

himself as the Michelangelo of rap. This could also relate that to the fact that Michelangelo is an artist and Kanye west is also an artist, both being genius in creative ways. he has also centred himself within the video to create the image that he is a god, which is ironic as the song is called ‘power’ he has also used a lot of creative charters to

surround him.

Throughout the video there two men get closer towards Kanye west who's stood

still in the middle,

in the last shot we can see that it has been edited so that you can see the background, its also ironic as its the name

of the song that appears at the end.