Music Video Analysis- Narrative

This video is an example of narrative as it tells the story of a girl who is in love with her next door neighbor but he has a girlfriend who is a cheerleader and the typical popular high school girl. At the end of the video, the boy realises who he really should be with and ends up with Taylor Swift. This supports Andrew Goodwins theory about music videos illustrating the lyrics. She sings 'Your on the phone to your girlfriend, she's upset', and one of the first visuals we see if the boy on the phone to someone looking as though he is upset or annoyed. Another example is when she sings ' laughing to myself on a park bench, thinking hey isn't this easy', which she sings whilst the two are sitting on a park bench having a casual conversation. At the end of the video Taylor completely changes her look and ends up the with the boy which, showing the conclusion to the story.