Lady Gaga Bad Romance Analysis - Does Lady Gaga's Bad Romance conforms or subverts to the codes and conventions of a typical pop video?

Lady Gaga's video conforms and subverts in many different ways. Bad Romance is an amplification as it is partially derived from the lyrics as it both conforms and subverts. The ways it can conform and subvert   is by the codes and conventions of the video.
The ways it conforms through conventions would be the way Lady Gaga is wearing provocative clothing in this video which would appeal to young viewers, as males could be sexually appealed whilst females could use Lady Gaga as a role model. The colour red in one of the scenes in the video is linked with romance as red is a passionate and loving colour. The Fire in the mise-en-scene conforms as it shows the burning desire of love, its very symbolic towards love and romance. The video can conform because it shows how a man has bought Lady Gaga which is linked with bad romance, so it is an example of forced love.
The way this video conforms using codes would be the different editing and camera movements in the video. The various cross cuttings and direct addresses is linked with bad romance as it establishes the actions within the film. the low key lighting at the start of the video is effective as Lady Gaga isn't really singing and hasn't been introduced into the video as the main singer, the low key lighting is then followed by high key lighting when she starts to sing and gets introduced.
The way this video subverts through conventions would be the lack of symbols within the whole video, as there isn't that much colours of passion or actual symbols of romance or bad romance e.g. women and man fighting. The type of clothes she wears is linked with fashion mainly rather than a romantic dress, so the costumes isn't linked with romance at all except of that one scene in red lingerie. The video shows an unbalanced representation of bad romance so it uses intertextuality and psychotic promotion as it seem disturbing at times.
The way it subverts using codes would be the low angle shots of Lady Gaga standing up and the man sitting down shows that she is dominant over the man however, it is the other way around.
To conclude I believe that the majority of this video subverts to Bad Romance as there are more conventions that subverts rather than conforms.