RG - Techincal Analysis

'The 1975 - Robbers' Technical Analysis

 

Shot Number	Duration	Camera Technique	Mise-En-Scene
1	0:00-0:07	The shot present is a MS, combined with a shaky handicam moving to follow their action on screen. This instantly creates an urban feel to the music video, as the shot is not static, creating a sense of the audience being present with the characters.	Dark colouring, with the male and female characters hugging to show their love for each other.
2	0:07-0:09	Same as previous shot, however from a different angle behind them, with less movement as the characters are walking in a straight line.	The lovers are walking away from the screen; text instantly appears on screen with the name of the song and the artists.
3	0:20-0:23	Close up of male character face, static shot.	Bright colouring, the character looking sad out of a window, the sun reflecting on his face.
4	0:27-0:30	Long shot of male character, following his direction of walking, whilst moving from upper body to lower. Handicam is used again to make the shot shaky.	Male character walking along by a skate park, smoking, looking sad, with beer bottles lying around him.
5	0:31-0:33	Same as previous shot however from inside the ramp at the skate park. Portrays a different angle at a different point of time.	A group of young adults/teenagers, sitting around by a skate park, smoking and drinking. With the two lovers walking together in the background holding hands.
6	0:35-0:37	Close up of both the lovers, slight movement from the handicam, however remains focused on the two of them.	Natural lighting, with a similar darkened colour-wash to the rest of the footage. The male and female are exchanging smoking a cigarette and then kissing whilst still in the skate park.
7	0:48-0:51	Close up of male characters face, handicam, which pans left to reveal female in background out of focus looking at the male.	The male is sad, looking down at the floor, when the camera moves to reveal the female; she is in the darkness, leaning against a wall, looking down upon the male character.
8	1:12-1:17	Mid shot of both male and female. Handicam, the shot follows the male character as he is bending down slowly, whilst remaining shaky.	Both characters are lit from behind to create a silhouette of them. The lighting is dark and red from fairy lights in the background. The male is bending towards the female as she is below him as he sings into the microphone to her.
9	1:18-1:19	Mid shot of male and female, shaky, following them walking away from the camera at a fast pace. Similar to shot 2.	They are walking towards a shop, wearing vintage/”indie” clothing. Holding hands, whilst appearing to possibly be moving in a drunken manner.
10	1:19-1:20	Similar to shot 8. However, just the male is present, and it is a low angle shot.	The male character has his shirt unbuttoned, and is spreading is arms out wide and throwing his head back, to possibly connote power.

From this technical analysis, I have learnt that in a narrative video such as this one, which we would like to stylise in our final piece, there are dominantly only two main characters throughout the music video, and that is the female and the male. With the song being sung by the male, he features in 95% of the shots, as the story is being told from his position, this would be the same in our piece, as the song 'Careless' by 'Royal Blood' is a male duo group.

The shots that feature in this music video are all of a short length. The creates an fast cutting rate throughout the music video. The song is about love and the struggle through love, therefore, this cutting rate creates a dramatic sense to the music video. Also, with all of the shots being filmed in the style of a handicam rather than just being static, creates an edgy and urban feel to the video. This relates to the characters in the footage as they are shown to be struggling for money, and have drug addiction, therefore, they rob the store at the end of the music video.

The framing in the video often obeys the rule of thirds, or just features the characters central in the frame. The effect of this is that the characters present in the video are always in the eye line of the viewer, therefore, they are made the focus of the music video. This would be effective for the narrative section of the music video we are planning to produce. Therefore, the idea of not breaking the convention of having the rule of thirds throughout the music video, or having the characters central would be ideal to duplicate, as we also want to ensure our character in the narrative is the focal point.