1. Analysis of Music
Video
Mirror – Lil Wayne Ft Bruno Mars
ManorajSivantharajah& Michael Kirby

2. Camera work
Close ups- shows emotion, Tattoos shows that he has
past and what makes him himself. Razor blade shows dark
past and perhaps self hatred.
Wide shots- Establish where they are and put them into
context.
Hand Held- shows song getting more fast pace and almost
make it a POV shot from the viewer
Medium shots- To show what the singers are doing within
the music video.
Panning Shots- All very slow to show the movement of
the paint and to expresses what is happening to the
singers in terms of the music video

3. Editing
Long Takes- allows the audience to focus on his tattoos so they can
see the underlying meaning of his past.
Short Takes- represents that things are starting to happen within the
music video and perhaps he is starting to make a change
Slow motion- adds emphasis to the video especially as the red
paint symbolizes things also it is aesthetically pleasing which
engages the audience.
Montage- Not physically but mentally the whole music video
accompanied by the lyrics is of lilwayne rejuvenating himself.
Pull focus – Recreates a human eye squinting and refocusing as if
experiencing self realization which is an underlying theme of the
song. Which makes it an implicit/sub textual meaning of the song.

4. Sound
Music- As the music video is a song there is
musc present within the song.
Juxtaposition- The pace of the song and lyrics
is slow which juxtaposes the paint bucket being
kicked and the short takes
Synchronus sound- The singers are in sync
with the lyrics and it is all sung in time.

5. Special effects
“God” Like effect- (0.27) An effect has been put
behind Lil Wayne to emphasis his power and
makes him look angelic as if God is behind him
both physically and metaphorically.
Contrast changes- They have heightened the
contrast to show between the dark and the light
and also emphasis the color of the red.

6. Mise-en-scene
Lighting- Contrast between tattoos where is dark
and the angelic lighting at 0.27 which can represent
his past and his new found future or his realization
which can also be suggested by the name of the
song “Mirror” and the lyrics.
Tattoos- shows a lot about his past and suggests a
lot about him self. It also an arguably signifier of his
genre.
Red – The red connotates a lot of things such as
love, anger, danger etc. The color is also contrasted
with the black paint and the general darkness within
the video.

7. Laura Mulvey Theory
The song which is from the genre of RnB which is
popular to emphasis Mulvey’s male gaze theory.
However this song contradicts this theory as
there is no mention of women nor any present
female characters or objects associated with the
male gaze theory.