Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar is one of the best music videos to incorporate a storyline, motivated camera movements and establish a relationship between shots alongside a music track. The video begins with Benatar being kicked out of her family home. The camera angle is a bit lower when viewing the parents (POV of Pat Benatar being smaller and weaker) The camera switched between Pat and her parents with her slowly walking away. The next scenes are with Pat Benatar when she is a bit older. She is walking thru a scratchy part of town. To add effect, the music video flashed between signs that read “Girls, Girls, Girls” or ‘XXX”. Thus not explicitly saying but implying that Pat Benatar might be a sex worker. When she arrives at the club, there is cool tracking shot of the patrons and dancers hanging out. With some wide shots to close ups. The most epic scene was the big dance number in the middle. Once it started, the creepy guy is seen being shoved away from the camera, and then there is a slow pan out while Pat Banatar does the famous shoulder shimmy. Has she keeps dancing, the camera zoom into a close up of the creepy guy showing him being scared, as if he were about to lose a fight. The editing in this piece really helps put the story of the music video together. At the end, the viewer wanted to cheer on Pat Benatar as she walks into the sunset.

-Roberto Moreno