TH Analysis of Camera Techniques in Music Videos

This big close up sets the tone for a lot of the other shots of the artist in this video; his identity is hidden through big close ups of his face and his dark tinted sunglasses. I like the reflection seen on his glasses, the framing of this shot in particular draws the eye to them

This shot would be very hard to emulate; a lot of time has been spent into creating this low key lighting with two flashlights seemingly doing enough to light the two characters' faces. I like the the flashlight's line of light in the dust, and my group could re-create this at one of our proposed locations.

Once again the protagonist's glasses are used as a device to illustrate what he is seeing; rather like a POV shot but much more artistic. There will be opportunities to use POV shots in our video, but perhaps time constraints would mean that investing time into re-creating this shot may not be worthwhile.

A mid shot allows the audience to observe the artist in greater detail. I admire this shot's framing, there is rule of thirds in the form of diagonal thirds - the protagonist's face in the middle third. My group's video should not waste a shot; every shot used to establish the artist's character should be interesting.

This shot allows the audience to see the artist's face in full and in good lighting too. It is a bit boring in relation to framing but there is movement in the shot. As mentioned above, we must not waste a single shot in our video. Movement is vital in producing a professional-looking music video.

This medium long shot portrays the artist in the background. At first glance, this shot places the officers at more significance than the artist because they are in the foreground. But the protagonist still maintains screen presence because he is shown facing the camera; the audience know who he is.