Saturday, 14 April 2012

Music Video Analysis 2 (Shot Selection)

 As of today I have only posted one music video analysis, so I have decided to another of a local band which me and my colleauges like. I thought this would be a good idea if for this particullar analysis I focused on picking out certain shots and describing why they work and what they have done to achieve this. This is extremely usefull as we are hopefull that the 'clean' singer of this band is going to as the lead singer of our music video and therefore we can hopefully compare the form of shot they have used here with ones we hope to use ourselves, and take ideas of what looks good with the particullar actor.

When we break down the video, it is clear a wide range of shots are used with excellent lighting and cohesion between them all.


The first shot of the music video is of the clean singer, establishing the beginning of the story by introducing the farm type area that they are in as well as this black book. As the music begins, we are shown an establishing shot of the abandoned barn and due to the lighting from this shot, it leaves alot of mystery as you can only see the band members outline. The next shot, is a close up of Toby, as he sings the clean vocals at the start of the song. During the first 30 seconds of the song, we are shown elements of the story, all of the band members and a number of close-ups.


No comments:

Post a Comment