In yesterday's lesson, we watched a couple of indie/rock music videos to identify the camerawork used so we could refer to it when we need to make our music video.
Givers - Up Up Up
1. High angle on the road, which indicates that the band are high up and are looking down on the world in this particular situation. In this music video, there are a lot of high angles and this links in with the title of the song, "Up Up Up", therefore the director has considered the meaning of the song with which angle is necessary in each shot.
2. Close up - on the band, as they are one of the main focuses.
3. Low angle on the building, this could be an establishing shot of a building that could be linked to the band. It is a building in the city they are in, which looks like New York, and one of the band members is walking alongside another building in New York, so the idea of one character being in one location one minute and a completely different one the next minute is introduced, which is a common theme in music videos. It tells us that the action is not necessarily happening all at once!
4. Master shot - the main shot in this music video, ie the "master shot", is the band, who are "Up" in the sky.
5. Tracking - this is when the camera is following one person or a group of people in a shot. In this scenario, a band member playing an instrument is being "tracked" by the camera.
We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet
1. Close up - again, on the band itself.
2. Master shot - The band performing this song at a house party
3. Medium and long shot - these shots were included as well as a close up to show them playing instruments and the whole band together
4. Narrative - when the song has a bridge section, the plot became more dramatic and we had more time to focus on the drama. As soon as the chorus comes back in, the camera focuses on the band again. This is especially something that we should consider when filming our music video.
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