Picture to Burn-Due 9-28

The song and music video Picture to Burn by Taylor Swift is very intense. If the lyrics of the song do not get her message through, her actions through the video sure do.
Fire. It can have different meanings. In this video, Taylor Swift uses it as something to leave her past in the dust. Teenage love is the same way; with all the ups and downs, no one knows what damage will be done behind after a teenage heartbreak. Because a boy broke her heart, Taylor is seeking revenge; after all, her ex-boyfriend is “just another picture to burn.” The beautiful young blonde is gazing at a picture of the two when they were dating. She finds out that boys aren’t always all they’re cracked up to be. Even though everything seemed happy at the beginning, he ended up being just another jerk. The video shows six people dressed from head to toe in black suits, sunglasses, hats, and shoes. They shine their flashlights in the heartbreaker’s dark house, rummaging through all of his possessions like raccoons in a garbage can. They play a game of hate by throwing darts at his picture on a dart board. Just in case he does not get the big picture, they paint it out for him by using shaving cream to spell out the word loser in capital letters on one of his mirrors. They parade around the house, draping toilet paper over and under furniture. One of the house wreckers, a red-headed girl, takes a swig of his blue mouthwash, swishes it around in her mouth, and then spits it back to in the container. As the end of the night tolls, the super-secret agents make their exit. He comes home with his new girlfriend only to find his house completely trashed. His whole world comes to a halt as he looks around at chaotic mess of toilet paper. “Taylor,” he mutters under his breath. Taylor is brought back to reality, realizing she was only envisioning the preceding actions.

Explanation
I wrote about the video in chronological order. By using the lyrics she sang, I mixed in some of the visual and audio together. In some cases, I included comparison, such as when I said, “…rummaging through all of his possessions like raccoons in a garbage can.” Everyone can picture annoying raccoons going through a trash can and making a mess of things, so that is why I used that here. I also tied in the effects if fire, and how fire can be used to describe moods as well as flames.