Denotation - BaeBae NY's Channel
She owns a YouTube channel called BaeBae New York. She works as a designer for an interior company in Manhattan, New York, and shoots vlogs about the lives of ordinary office workers in New York. Her mediocrity builds sympathy for many people, so she can have quite a few subscribers, about 80,000. Thanks to this consensus, her subscribers are steadily increasing. In the page, you can explore three denotative elements : camera shots, narrative style, background music.
Mise-en-scene
Sets, Props, Actors
BaeBae is the main character in her videos. The filming props and location are the surroundings where she lives. Most of the videos on her channel show her going to good restaurant with her friends, working in the companies, and New York City. So these scenes from her videos are her main filming sets and props. In addition, shopping scenes are often seen in her videos, where snacks and frozen foods recommended by BaeBae as props.
Makeup, Costuming, Lighting
The video often introduces her outfits in the mirror in the bathroom after she goes to work. It also appears as her favorite fashion items. Her face is not shown in the video, but as one of the company’s events, nail art is often. Furthermore, Most of the time during her videos, the lighting consists of natural lighting. She does not use artificial lights.
Montage
Cuts, Viewpoints, Sounds
In her videos, she uses many short videos. It also represents music that can express her feelings and at the beginning of the video. Using these background music, she often expresses the atmosphere of her own videos.
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Communication
Narrative Style
​She does not star her face directly in her videos, but uses subtitles to express her thoughts and feelings. The subtitles are located below the screen, so there are Korean subtitles and English subtitles, so people can communicate with her by entering comments. She also made a Q&A videos based on questions subscribers usually wondered about.