Britney Narrative deconstruction

Here the camera zooms into a close up shot to emphasise the fact she is tapping her foot against the table due to her boredom. This conveys a typical stereotype of a teenager, particularly a student, and the type of shoe she is wearing indicates that it is a girl, as well as the fact that she is wearing tights. The shot includes bags in the background to show that they are in a classroom, emphasising the teen feel to the shot. The continuous tapping of her foot makes the audience curious to find out which direction the video will turn and makes them curious to see what the person tapping their foot looks like.

The mid shot here further emphasises the fact that she is a teenager as her hair style is typical of a young person, which conforms to typical stereotypes of young people. Also, the girls in the background emphasises the scholastic and youthful feel to the shot. In addition the fact that we can see that she is looking outside of camera view creates a sense of enigma and the sound of her tapping her foot against the table further emphasises this, though we can safely assume that she is looking at a clock, as teenage students stereotypically are in anticipation for the bell to go off, in addition to the fact that the girls in the background are

The shot develops from her sitting up to leaning on her hand which shows to the audience that her boredom develops in anticipation for her to be able to leave the classroom. Her lack of focus on the class is demonstrated by the fact that she has her book open and isn’t looking at it, which many teens may identify with, which demonstrates the user gratifications theory. The fact that she is looking up and not down or sideways suggests she is looking at something high on the wall which the audience will infer to be a clock.

The close up on the clock follows on from the previous shot to confirm to the audience that it is a clock on the wall she is looking at. This is significant in conveying to the audience that the lesson is dragging which explains the look of boredom on her face in the previous shot; The fact that the camera cuts back and forth between her face and the clock, emphasises that just two or three seconds feels much longer when in a classroom than outside of a classroom, again something which many teenagers will be able to identify with.

The teacher’s face appears to be just as bored as the students, further emphasising the dead atmosphere in the classroom. In addition, the teacher is represented to be very ‘nerdy’ in character and this conforms to typical stereotypes of teachers. The mid-close upon the teacher anchors this stereotype by making it much clearer to the audience. The audience can also infer, by looking at the map in the background on the wall, that they are in a geography lesson, which stereotypically is a boring subject for most students.