COS - Technical Analysis

Andy C-Heartbeat Loud

Plot overview: The video follows the story of two child jockeys in a tribal setting and focuses on their training up to a race, where they are portrayed as rivals until they are seen to be friends at the end.
Shot by Shot analysis:

 

Mise en Scene	Camera	Time
Artistic shot of a silhouetted horse on the beach with a rider on it at sunset	Long Shot/Rule of thirds	0:00-0:07
A child is walking the horse by its reigns in slowish motion	Long shot	0:10
The Childs face is now seen in a shot that shows both him and the horse	Close up	0:11
Horse starts to run in water after being let go by the boy in slow motion	Long shot	0:13
A man is shown in a different desert location with the horse on a lead training it	Extreme long shot	0:14
A close up of the seasoned trainer	Close up	0:15
The boy is on the horse with an orange background with the trainers shoulder slightly in shot	Over shoulder shot/mid shot	0:17
Shadowed boy with sun setting in background looking off into the distance	Close up	0:18
Fire in tent, ritualistic setting with people round the fire	Close up	0:19
2 Rival boys playing in water	Long shot/slight pan	2:52
Boy is sitting on the horse and the horse rears up making a splash	Mid close up/Rule of thirds	2:53
The sunset is largely visible with the boy on his horse	Midshot	2:54
The boys are shown in water with the horses with the sun in-between them	Long shot	2:56
Two boys silhouettes with sun breaking around them	Mid Close up	2:57
Starts from over the boys shoulder and goes to focus on the other boy	Pan right/over the shoulder	2:58
Everything is completely shadowed, pink sunset showing setting	Extreme Long shot	2:59
Better lighting than previous shot, boys riding horses and laughing	Midshot	3:00
Close up of the boys with their arms interlocked with the sunsetting on the left	Close up/rule of thirds	3:00 to finish

 Analysis:

This video uses a very high cutting rate, as you can see by the shot by shot analysis, several only last one second, this does not leave a lot of time for camera movement, so most of it is very slight, but the video is made interesting by its framing and lighting, the angles are not too diverse, however there are some high/low angles and an example of a canted angle, but mainly at eye level. The range of shots also help to make the video visually pleasing as it cuts between long distance and close up shots continuously.

 

 

A lot of the video is in slow motion, such as the more artistic scenes such as the horse splashing water, but the high cutting rate keeps the video fast paced, which then matches the pace of the music.

The artist is not featured in the video at all, his name isn't integrated into the background or anything, meaning he does not get any focus apart from the intro. This is likely because it doesn't match the tribal/countryside theme in the video, and would only break up the flow of it and take away from its artistic, tranquil style.

A similar theme of the sunset is used throughout the video, it is incorporated into most of the shots within the beginning and the end, some frames which really took my interest where utilising the rule of thirds by placing the sun on the left then the focus of the shot on the right, making full use of the screen.

There is no fade or anything to create transition between the sots, it is just cut straight to the other shot, the editing style is quite good, as it is faced paced but relaxed due to the mise-en-scene and the pace of the shots.

It is likely that the colours of the sky were enhanced in after effects as they are very bright and almost too beautiful to be natural.

 

 The mise en scene makes this video so interesting to look at, the lighting in almost all of the shots is dim, as if it is later or sunset. This helps to give the song a chilled out mood. This would be good to replicate within our production

The framing of the horse shot is very intersting, the the camera appears to be half above water and half below it, this would be good to replicate within our video, however with a wall or something similar to help show the protagonist in an urban environment, much like this video shows the beauty of this environment.

 

 

This mid long shot shows the boy as isolated, which can be used within our music video, t would also be good as a digipack pane, as it would help to build a cohersive band image to display the metanarrative of the band, as he is distant and alone creating an emotive impression, as if he is going on a journey, raising questions about the band for the audience to solve by consuming their products.