http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8

An extract edited in a distinctive way – Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball

The extract in which I have decided to talk about that was edited in a distinctive way is a song called ‘Wrecking ball’ by Miley Cyrus. I have mainly chosen to talk about this song is due to the deep meaning behind the video and not what everyone else thinks it is (a naked girl showing off her girly bits for views).

The video starts off with Mileys face in a close up, and you then see a tear come down from her eye so you can tell that this song is going to be emotional about a break up and that she is heartbroken over someone. It takes 9 seconds into the video before Miley actually starts to sing, this could be a sign that she isn’t feeling confident due to what has happened to her and that she is in a fragile state and therefore could be nervous about this song. She is in a close up of her face until the 31^st second of video, and has she is singing you can see that something drastic has happened to her as she shows no emotion just a straight face.

After her close ups she is then in a close up but it is less zoomed in and you can see she is holding a sledge hammer behind her. We could connote from this that she is vulnerable and that she could do something with this sledge hammer that she could regret. She is also whilst holding the sledge hammer looking up, this may be because she is looking up to the heavens and thinking what has she done to deserve this. You then see other shots of her with the sledge hammer where she is looking at it as if she doesn’t want to be holding it but has no choice to has her life has been ruined.

The video then goes back to a close up of just Mileys face again, so again we get to share the emotion of Mileys, this could be to feel the pain Mileys in and share it with us. Also the music in the background to this point has been really slow, as you would expect with a song like this so the music is parallel to the video.

But after her close up goes you see a medium shot of Miley and the music has a sudden change, you can see that Miley is trying to get rid of the pain and heartbreak she is going through as now the music is at a faster tone and she is standing in this place made of stone walls and has she is walking away you see a massive wrecking ball break the walls has she is going past, that could be to connote what has happened to her world that is has gone crashing down in just an instance. So at first the song was calm and slow which could have been her life at first but after this mishap in her life it is now fast and surreal after the music change goes to a faster pace.

Throughout the video the video shows extreme close ups of Miley as have done from the beginning of the video. She is then standing on top of the wrecking ball and in some parts is also naked, this could show that it could have been her fault to why her life has been wrecked has she is on top of it so she could have controlled what happened to her. She also decided to lick the sledge hammer in a weird way, some could say she is crazy but it could also mean that she has no one left but this sledge hammer and doesn’t want to show her real emotion and try and stay strong.

You see a change in emotion from Miley has the video progresses and it could show that she has grown more confident over the video, this could relate to her real life has at first she was finding it hard but since then she has progressed. You can see this by the extreme close ups have been changed to close ups and she is now blaming her other half for what has happened. She also goes back to the stone wall part which has been ruined and lies on the broken parts of stone, this could be shown has it shows that she is back to the place where everything is ruined and seeing everything again one last time.

However towards the end of the vide Miley starts crying again her extreme close ups and covers her face with her hands, this shows she still is not in the right place as she emotional and has a mixture of feelings and she doesn’t know how to explain them. She goes from blaming him for what has happened to blaming herself, she doesn’t know what has happened and it has finally hit her.

So to conclude this video I believe was made to show a story in to Mileys life and the heart break she has gone through recently. I believe this is true due to the fact that she recently broke up with her fiancé who she was close with for many years, so she is sharing her story with us and showing how vulnerable she is with prime examples being that she is naked in some parts and has been stripped of all her masculinity. We also see that she is too young and weren’t prepared to lose the love of her life and that she is trying to move on.