Tuesday, 20 September 2011

B: Technical Analysis

Little Comets- Isles



My Technical analysis









-Here is my first page of analysis of the Little Comets, Isles Video. In this section i deconstructed 30 shots. These ranged from MS, LS, MCU and CU shots thus showing the variety of different shots used within the video, these were roughly equally spread making it smooth and interesting to watch.





-The main image in each shot varied as a variety of people are presented in the video, signifier's such as the British flag in shot one and British countryside connote the cultural codes presented in this video throughout linking each random person therefore making the music video flow.






-The camera had a light movement in most shots which varied from tracking shots to, pans to a slight jolt. This is key to a music video. The shots in which the camera was static had movement from the actor in the shot for example the boy in shot 28, horse in shot 29 and dog running in shot 26 which worked really effectively again linking the video together and giving it a sense of meaning.

-Another shot which linked the video together is the Birdseye view shot of the city and the cars shown and different parts of the track and representing different parts of the day, this links with the lyrics as well as giving the video a sense of continuity in between the montage of other shots.







-Here is my second page of analysis from the video, this page consisted of 33 shots creating 63 shots in total, this shows the fast cutting rate and amount of shots used within the music video.

-This half of the analysis also consisted of CU, MCU, LS and MS shots again showing the variety of shots needed in a video to make it interesting and enjoyable to view for the audience.






-The video also consists of a variety of angles for example shot 54 is a low angle of someone skipping. Shot 45 is a Birdseye view of the city, Shot 41 is a High angle shot of sand falling out of a little girls hand as well as worms eye view shots. This again makes the video more visually pleasing and interesting for the audience to watch thus making an effective video.

- The camera again in these shots has some movement for example shots 56 and 57 are tracking shots along the street. The music video also has some static shots like shot 43 for example the Birdseye view of the city but a time compression effect is used as well as the cars moving making the shot have movement.

What i have learnt

-That every shot has some sort of movement, either the camera moves or the person in the shot is moving.






-The longest amount of time that a single shot is shown is 3 seconds.

-The average time a shot is shown is 1.5 seconds.

-There is an underlying link between some shots, for example the running shots, the panning shots and the Birdseye view of the town and cars shots as well as the artists shot on the sofa, with slight performance.





-There is a variety of different angles used.





-Lots of locations are also used to give variety.



How i can apply this to my work

-Ensure we use a variety of shots within our filming.



-To take enough shots in different locations to ensure we have enough footage to do the cuts in which we require.



-Make sure that there is movement in every shot otherwise it will become static and boring.



-We could also create a link between some shots for example, the tree shots.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with all your points, I also looked at this video and can conclude its necessary to film more footage than expected and varying our cutting rate depending on the scene and mise en scene.

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