Madonna and Lady GaGa's video's have many similarities in each of their video's when compared with each others. For example Madonna's 'Vogue' and Lady GaGa's 'Bad Romance' have very similar aspects in both music videos. Lady GaGa actually does the 'Vogue' dance in her video 'Bad Romance' and also many of the camera shots and lighting are the same. Lady GaGa also wears her hair like Madonna's as well as other aspects of mise en scene in her video. Two of their video's that are also the same are Madonna's 'Express Yourself' and Lady GaGa's 'Alejandro' they both include lots of dark lighting at the beginning of the music video with some completely black frames. They also both include a lot of fuzzy close up shots of the stars faces with 'crazy' props and out of the ordinary mise en scene . Very bright lights are also used in both videos to give a look of disorientation for the viewer. In my opinion i think that Madonna is a seminal icon for many other artists that may steal ideas from her video's to make their own video's.
An example of a homage to a particular star would be Chris Brown's 'Fine China' to Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal'. This is almost like dedicating a tribute to the other star by using their dance moves and singing in their style. Chris brown does this in his video as he sets it in the same setting as Michael Jacksons 'Smooth Criminal'. In my opinion I would not say that this is copying Michael's work but paying a tribute to what he has made in the past and respecting that it was
affective to an audience and that it still works now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ZUuHXgQ8k Lady GaGa- Alejandro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsVcUzP_O_8 Madonna- Express Yourself
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