Lady Gaga
[Ref: Lady Gaga, Front cover of single ' Judas', 2011]
With my new idea under way, to use found footage, I began to scope through various types of footage that I think would be suitable for my piece. That’s when the newest ‘Hot’ celebrity popped up onto my TV screen singing one of the many famous songs “Bad Romance”. No other than the “Mother Monster” herself, Lady Gaga.
Over a period of time, she’d been striding her way into the public eye, getting noticed and becoming a stand-alone icon of worship and inspiration. Known for her eccentric music videos, and further eccentric style of fashion. It’s become hard not to notice her existence, and a further struggle to fall into the category of appreciative fan, whether it be for her music, her creativity, or her bravery for half of the clothes, make up, accessories, and hairstyles she wears.
If there was ever a celebrity to be classed as the closest to a religious idol, Lady Gaga is striding forth to that title in bright colours, and catching the world by storm. With the amount of publicity that is heading her way currently and no doubt will in the future, and seemingly being this generations biggest influence in pop music ( other generations having ‘The Beatles’ , ‘Prince’ , etc. )
Some footage of her, back stage, on stage etc, felt almost compulsory. Luckily for me she was doing one of the biggest shows of her life, one that she herself had been building up to and dreaming about on her way to the top. In her realisation of her dreams, the footage of the show, covered by HBO, involved backstage footage of her speaking to her friends in confidence, as well as her big show in front of thousands of people. It gave the audience, able to watch the HBO cover, an insight into her true feelings, her background and this ability to relate to her before you see her in front of millions showing her talent.
Large shows like this are a very good example of worship. People pay a lot of money, the bigger the show the more you pay, to spend hours after hours listening to them, staring up at them and pretty much worshipping them. The hysteria of being star struck catches on through the crowd and one can't help but be swept away by it all.
With its clear relationship to worshipping, and Lady Gaga's rising popularity, it seemed more than apt to have her within my piece of work, simply to reinforce the idea to the audience.
