Music Video Analysis- Thinking Of You- Goodwin's Theory

Katy Perry- ‘Thinking Of You’-Goodwin’s theory

Goodwin's theory suggests that there is a visual relationship between the lyrics and the visuals on the screen. This is true in thinking of you’ as Katy Perry is missing her partner who died in war. One of the lyrics is ‘he kissed my lips’ and as the lyrics occur the visuals are mirroring this.

Also as Goodwin suggests there is a relationship between the music and the visuals, as the music is quite slow which matches the slow editing and fading in and out.

As Goodwin suggests, there is also a number of close-ups on Perry as this will make her ore well known and recognisable.

There is also voyeurism in the

video as there are personal shots of the couple in the bedroom and Perry wearing minimal clothing. Also, Perry is shown vulnerable and crying, which we would not normally see as well as lots of framing shots where we see her through mirrors and in doorways which makes it look as though she is being spied on.

There is also some intertextuality in the video such as it being set in 1940’s wold war 2.  Also there are similarities between the video and a film called ‘dear john’ as they have a similar narrative.  There are also similarities between flashback shots and the film ‘the notebook’.

The video has a clear narrative as it is clearly about Perry missing her old boyfriend, the video being narrative also show Perry’s stage in her career as she is big as a pop star enough not to do performative videos.

Although, the music video does not fit into all categories of Goodwin’s theory as it is not stereotypical of its genre as it is a narrative this isn’t conventional of a pop ballad.