1) A shot that shows a link between

lyrics and/or music and visuals.

This shot is a clear example of Andrew

Goodwins theory of illustration within
music videos, stating that a common
convention of music videos is the imagery
in a music video reflecting the lyrics being
sung. In this shot, we see Jason, the lead
character of the music video; pick up a pair
of scissors and go to cut an image of his
late ex girlfriend. As he does so, we hear
the lyrics, And then you cut- you cut it
out. This shot specifically is among the
longest running shots within the video,
where he scans his eyes and hands across
his desk searching for the perfect picture,
to the creeping eerie music being played,
as he picks up the picture of his girlfriend,
the music alters, moving up to a higher
tone. As the singer sings and then you
cut- the shot alters to an over shoulder
shot of Jason cutting the image, following
the lyrics demands.

2) A shot that typifies the way a

record company would want
their artist to be represented.

In this shot on the top right of the frame we

have added the artwork of our album cover.
The album covers presence within the music
video makes it clear that the character is a fan
of the artist, and creates promotional material
for our album. The nature of this shot builds
off of the melancholy tone that has been set
throughout the video, and sets the tone for the
type of music that will be available within the
album.

3) A shot that illustrates how

your video uses music genre.

This shot is indicative of the

indie/alternative genre. The shot
presents the lead character in deep
thought provoking an emotional state
that matches the tone of the song
and genre. The actors positioning
within the frame is off centre,
resembling a common feature within
the indie genre.

4) A shot that shows an

intertextual reference.

The top image is a screenshot of our music

video; the bottom image is a screenshot of a
Better Call Saul promotional preview. The
shot from our music video is an intertextual
reference to the cinematography of Breaking
Bad and Better Call Saul. Our use of lighting
within this shot reflects the different stages of
mentality that the character goes through
within the music video.

5) A shot that
demonstrates your
use of camera.

In this shot, we can see

our use of camera in last
years coursework video
(above), in comparison to
this years (bottom). Last
year, we used a Sony
Handycam. The footage
that we shot last year,
had a far lower quality in
definition, and we used
auto-focus, resulting in
the camera occasionally
focusing in on the wrong
area of the scene. This
year I bought a Canon
EOS Rebel T5i, along with
a kit of different sized
lenses, ranging from 1855mm to 70-130mm, and
a telescopic lens, in order
to ensure that we were
able to capture the
perfect types of shots
that we wanted for our
music video. As you can
see above, the quality
and focus of the image
are drastically different.
With the new camera, we
were able to change the
focus in the frame and
get a higher quality
image. Throughout our
music video we focus in
and out of multiple
objects in order to set a
tone of unknowing, and
make the viewers pay
attention to one specific
part of the shot. In the
shot from our music
video (bottom) we not

6) A shot that
demonstrates
your use of
lighting.

7) A shot that
demonstrates
your use of
mise-en-scene.

8/9) Two shots that

you feel
demonstrate
something that
shows you have
watched other
music videos.

In these two shots

taken from our video
we see a teddy bear
sitting on a
windowsill with the
blind rolled down
(above). We also see
a shot taken from
the surface of a
desk, with two drug
packets and the
bottom right of the
frame in primary
focus (bottom). We
designed this shot to
resemble the
cinematic style from
the television series
Breaking Bad, using
natural light and
manual focus in
order to create a
certain atmosphere
and depth to the
shot. In order to set
the darker, more
melancholy tone
within the shot we
set up the teddy
bear in the window,
and pulled down the
blind to just about
the centre of its
head in order to
create a beam of
light coming through
the gap where its
head meets its body.
The effect created
can be seen in the
shot on the bottom,
where the light blue

In these three shots

from our music video,
you can see our use
of mise-en-scene.
These shots are used
in order to give the
viewers a sense of our
lead characters
mental issues. The
lead character in the
music video is an
obsessive, sick, and
depressed character,
in order to create the
implication of his
illnesses we shot
some of the scenes
from specific angles,
presenting to the
viewers what state
the character is, or
has been, in. These
shots present to the
audience his
bandages for his
illness (above) his
obsession for his
girlfriend, and his
drug abuse. The use
of focus within the
shots puts a strong
emphasis on the
pieces of the set that
emphasize his many
issues.

As opposed to conventional
music videos, where an
action takes place and we
see it in focus, in our video
we have moved the focus to
an object on the desk
relating to the mentality of
the character rather than
the physical actions he is
making. The lighting in the
room is warm, as opposed to
the cold blue from the
opening scene. This shows
the character is more
comfortable in this
environment, and more in
control of his mental state,
emphasized by the presence
of his medication. The use of
lighting within the music
video reflects the
conventions of other music
videos, where the director
has chosen to set a specific
lighting in order to set a
specific tone or mood to the
music video. The bottom
shot is a close up shot, not
fully in focus, as you would
normally see when
displaying a character in a
close up. The droplet from
the nose of the character
falls on the beat, which is a
convention of many music
videos, linking the song to
the visuals. Conventionally,
the main focus is in the
centre of a shot. In our case,
we made sure that the
character was off centre in
order to give the video an

only used the manual

focus, but created a
shaky frame using a
GoPro stick in order to
maintain control of the
shaking motion of the
camera. This presents a
clear improvement of our
use of a camera

ray of light is cast

over the room lit
desk, creating a
contrasting colour
scheme within the
shot.

irregular tone.