K:Torgny "Big Day"

I love this video 'Big Day' directed by Emil Trier feat Maria Due. Similarly to 'Isles' by Little Comets this video combines both continuity and montage editing with a varying shot length. The first a particularly successful shot in its composition and framing as well as the juxtaposition of the water movement against the static filming has a slow cutting rate of 8 seconds; gradually reducing to an average of 3. What I note from this video how very low cuttings rate work so well, for example the girl yawning at the beginning lasting 6 seconds, and the slow motion used later of the girls running is very powerful.

The video uses a technique I have previously looked at, cutting from CU of different angles of the same shot; also the exaggerated use of slow motion and expansion of time. Handy cam and pedding down is used- a movement we haven't looked at yet (40 seconds). What I particularly like about this video is the combination of a strong narrative with cuts to random people and settings; immersing the characters in these obscure locations with socially different characters. CU of the characters are used again holding the same blank expression to that we want; with direct piercing eye contact.

Throughout the middle part of the song the cutting rate drops to a gradual 2 seconds reflecting Britain's dominant ideologies and this idea of 'youthful restlessness', the modern yob culture; a catchy and memorable performance by a group of young girls. A blunt yet emotional 'film craft' told through 'beautiful images, precise portraits and surprising themes' as the video artists quotes. The video visually explores the teenagers sense of boredom and rebellion; displaying cultural codes we wish to experiment with. The shot at 1.17 is one to remember, the use of reflections on a window to establish the characters followed by a 180' pan.