BS: Technical Analysis (Performance)

Hard-fi - Hard To Beat - Performance Aspect

 

Shot number

Shot Type

Camera Movement/ Mise-en-scene

Duration

1	CU	Static camera, focusing on a guitar but not the artists. From the outset of this video a more vintage sepia theme is established	1s
2	CU	Panning up slowly, establishing the drums, but without focusing on the band members	1s
3	CU	Static camera shot, focusing on the guitar which is playing in time to the music	1s
4	CU	Panning left to right, focusing again on the drums being played to establish the beat of the track	1s
5	MCU	Shows the drummer for the first time, starts to introduce the band members and artist, establishing costume which is ordinary and does not establish much of a “star image”	1s
6	CU	On the guitarist, camera is drawn from the instruments and more to the actual band members, establishing their style through costume	1s
7	MLS	In the frame we see in the foreground the bass guitar, and in the background the drummer is fully in shot keeping the rhythm of the song. The camera then pans left to a CU shot focusing on the bass guitar when it is first heard within the track	1s
8	LS	Slow pan right to left, showing the bass guitarist, establishing normal costume which conforms to the band image, again the artist is playing in time to the bass line of the song	1s
9	LS	Panning out and left, showing the whole band together as the beat of the song increases, presenting a form of band unity. Also establishes the overall grading of the shot, a more retro alternative look	2s
10	CU	Static shot, showing the singer as the lyrics are introduced to the song, again costume is normal, similar to the rest of the band members, but presents this artist with more star image as he is breaking the 4th wall by looking straight at the audience	3s
11	LS	Panning  right to left, shows the band again all playing together and also the location, it is very simplistic and the lighting is low key, again adding to the more alternative and sepia tone	4s
12	CU	Series of static close-up shots in quick succession of each band  member’s face	7s
13	LS	Fast pan right to left focusing on the band, this is only a short shot as it is intercut within the narrative storyline	4s
14	XCU	Static shot showing the singer’s eyes, as the lyrics “I said come on let’s dance” this is more sexual as the singer raises his eyebrows	1s

 

• I decided to focus on the performance aspect of this video as the visual style, which is more vintage/sepia is what we want to achieve within our video, and is a more appropriate example of what we want to emulate within our piece.

 

 

• Within this video, and much like the majority of performance based videos, the cutting rate is extremely fast, featuring 1 second shots the majority of the time. It is also clear that each shot is cut on beat, so changes to the beat and rhythm of the music.

 

 

 

• I also looked at this video because there is performance intercut within a narrative story line, this is something we want to do within our video as oppose to the Bloc Party analysis I had previously conducted which is performance for the whole duration of the video

 

 

 

• The mise-en-scene within this video constructs a very vintage/retro/sepia feel throughout the video which is also similar to some of The Family Rain's existing videos and is a style we want to achieve. The location is also something we will consider, as it is made to look low budget as it is very simplistic with simple low key lighting; this is something easily achievable within our video as we are working on a low budget.