Analysis of a Music Video - Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift // Pop

 The video begins with Taylor Swift in a large bold font with a long shot of grassland in the background. It cuts to an aerial shot of zebra's running through the grassland with the directors name in the same large bold font. It then cuts between a shot of the sun in the sky to a lighting director, maybe saying that the sun sets and shows finish. A shot of a giraffe with a fan in the corner shows the difference between the wild and man. It then shows the artist, Taylor Swift, for the first time,with her looking down in a mirrors reflection. The next shot shows a beginning of a film with a board being slammed down and a side shot of the light director and an old style camera. It cuts back to a shot of Taylor, with her makeup being done and the camera zooming out to reveal an old car in the back ground with a cut to a pan showing the set of the film. Taylor is then shown to still be having her makeup done, and then with her looking to left at a man. The man turns to look at her and she looks away.
The next scene begins to show them filming - the board is slammed together and a shot shows the director and all the behind the scenes people watching the scene. They kiss and the camera zooms forward past the cameras in the film as the line 'say you'll remember me'. The next shows him with his arms around Taylor with them watching a sunset as she shes 'standing in a nice dress staring at the sunset' - a quick cut shows them wear sunglasses that are from the 40's/50's era. The next shot lines up with the lyrics 'red lips and rosy cheeks', with his hand on her cheek and her smiling and looking down. The shot the changes to show the behind the scenes filming them. An aerial shot of a waterfall is cut into the shot of the Giraffe and Taylor in a long yellow dress. The dress can be symbol to show that she is free and yellow also means a few things - it means happiness but can also mean jealously.
The next shot matches the waterfall - they are stood together on top of the waterfall - this is to further emphasize the romance between their on screen characters.
The next scene shows them in a bedroom with the mise en scene being that of a safari lodge. It shows further proof that this is set in the 40's/50's - there is a gramophone in the corner, old style suitcases stacked on drawers, they're drinking brandy, there is a hat that a woman would have worn in the 40's.
The camera changes to show Taylor and the man having an argument on set - she walks off and the director just looks at the behind the scenes camera - this could be to show that she has feelings for the man outside of the film. They then go back to the scene mentioned earlier but another take - Taylor looks down and presses her lips together to try and get herself under control and they restart that scene.
The aerial shot of the zebra/wildebeest is resumed but with a plane flying over them and then its revealed Taylor is in the plane with the man flying. She wears a headscarf and cat eye sunglasses, showing the fashion of the women in the 40's. The plane is also from the that same era, The camera is off center with the plane in the left and shows the man swinging Taylor round when they've landed.
They then begin to cut between three different types of scenes - Taylor with a lion behind her/Taylor on her own, shots of her and the man acting and shots of the African grasslands. This is used to make the film look more romantic and put emphasis back on Taylor singing.
The camera then pulls back to reveal then in a studio with a background of the grasslands and all the behind the scenes people watching them act, with Taylor looking longingly towards the man and it is clear she has feelings for him.
The camera pulls back again as the scene changes to a huge premier - Taylor steps out wearing silk and fur with further shows the era as if you wear fur nowadays you are frowned upon. It cuts the man and a shot of his hands covered with the woman who is kissing him to reveal that they are married. A close up on Taylor face confirms that she has feelings for the man. She runs from the premiere with the man running out after her which suggests that he has feelings for her too.

The video is considered quite conversational as it is filmed in Africa in the style of the 40's with only white people in it, but is actually quite true to the time - only white Hollywood stars would have been in movies no matter where it is filmed.