The first scene in this video shows an expensive house, next to the scene and has been made to look like it is in Greece, and also resembles the white house.
The titles look like it from a film noir era, perhaps suggesting that it will take the same route or inspiration from the era. The chandelier shows wealth and old fashioned house along with the money has lady gagas face on it showing that at this point of the video she has all the power and wealth.his also also product placement through the fact that a pair of headphones is slung over money, which could be a earlyversion of lady gaga's headphone brand.
Another product placement is used within the next scene, with "DIOR" written on her rings with is a connection to their perfume and also her own branding of perfume.Within a minute and ten seconds there are plenty of product placements, but none of them directly related to gaga till her necklaces appeared, which she sold as part of her own branding.
This scene shows that the boyfriend has the power as he picks up her and takes her to the balcony. It also it directed towards the male eye as she is wearing a corset. It is also white, perhaps showing that she is currently innnocent.
When they get to the balcony, he then spots the paparazzi and starts to kiss her forceful, like he wants to be seen with her and having the power. She tells him to stop as she realizes who is watching.
She then punches him and he throws her off the balcony still displaying his power over her.
The next scene I think is to show a representation of how falling feels, she also ends up in a position that looks like jesus on the cross.When she lands, within all the blood there are jewels, again showing the wealth. The paparazzi crowd round to take photos, but you don't see any of their faces, showing that they are just nameless faceless force just there to exploit celebrities
The next scene shows lady gaga in wheelchair, with her assistants helping her. The assistant are all black men, suggesting towards the racial injustice in the world. She is also still in glamor, maybe showing that people in wheelchairs can still be glamorous. She also has sunglasses on, which she then lifts up a lid, showing that she was blind to her boyfriends actions but shes starting to see.
This scene is put into the video very quickly, maybe meant to be a subconscious thought. It shows a dead woman in the bath with bunny ears on, suggesting a wild party, but she'd dead. It's not clear who's hands she died by or whether it was her own.
She strips off and then begins to walk on crutches, showing her recovery. Shes wearing a gold outfit which relates into the wealth that she has. She walks up a purple carpet which shows royalty.
More dead girls flash by, one wearing a diamond jeweled mask, another dead on the stairs in a white outfit, showing the innocence in her. They could the past wives/girlfriends of gaga's boyfriend. The next one is almost in film noir style with 40's kind of style with the fur and next to the fireplace. The next one is dead next to pool, but doesn't look drowned. She also stays on screen for longer then all of the other, suggesting that she was important in some way.
The next dead girl a maid - but her blood is gold. It also says that all of these girls do jobs that are considered to be just gendered for girls, especially with next flash of the gardener.
The next scene is lady gaga on the settee with men styled like 80's rock stars - this suggests that gaga is trying to say that the media doesn't change, but also pleases the male eye because they are being very sexual towards each other.
The hanging girl could be a controversial piece of this video as MTV wouldn't be able to play and it could trigger someone, but it seems like this was put in to almost show the pressures of society and how some girls end up.
A dance scene starts after with lady gaga in an outfit that could be for a man and woman - its a jumpsuit which mean could wear but is feminine in the fact it has a skirt and a massive rose on her shoulder. It might also represent an internal struggle - the rose could be an 'angel' and the other should has nothing on it perhaps representing the devil.
She then goes into a blank wood room with lights flashes for the bridge of the song. In the flashes a dead girl in the leaves appears, maybe suggesting that gaga is to blame for her death.
In the next scene the maid reappears with gaga and the boyfriend. The boyfriend has an eye patch on and is reading the newspaper - the eye patch saying that he is blind to gaga's actions. She has more product placement on her in this scene - she is wearing a jumpsuit with mickey mouse on. 'The new it girl' magazine suggests that she is now back into a good place with the media.
The ring that looks the least lethal is what hides the drug she gives, suggesting that even the most softest of people can hide some huge secrets.
They don't look at each other in this scene, and gaga just mainly looks at the camera. She shuts the glasses and the places it on his head, showing that she now has the power and that he blind to her actions all along.
They take his body away and arrest gaga with the press still walking round her asking her questions again showing she has the power and will still come out of this in the good with press.
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