Katy Perry - Firework Music Video

People who feel that they are different and go through emotional and physical pain are being represented in the text through the use of the singer Katy Perry describing the narrative in the lyrics (e.g. "You don't have to feel like a waste of space"). The representation is fair as it is not a biased representation, the audience see the injustice/sadness of the different characters. The change in facial expressions, body language and actions is an opportunity for self-representation for the characters (e.g the homosexual who feels a lone in the club seen has a depressed face expression, then after he has "ignite the light" he gains the confidence to approach another male and kiss him.)

The "firework" has many connotations in this text referring to each characters situation for example when the two children are listening to their father abuse their mother, the lyrics change to "like the 4th of July" referring to the American Independence, so in this case the fireworks connote freedom. This is when the young boy decides to intervene and stop his father from arguing and abusing the mother. The firework shown in the medium shot of the boy coming between his parents can connote anger and a spark of emotions.

Another point to note is the colour scheme of the text as whole, everything starts off dreary, dull and depressing (e.g the hospital, the pool party) but when the fireworks come to each character the whole text appears to have more colour.