A.M: 6 Frames for Technical Analysis

I particularly liked this shot due to the intensity it creates. The ECU of the eyes breaks the forth wall and connects the character to the audience. Seeing characters facial expressions is essential when creating character exposition and I feel this shot would be very useful for our main character as his emotions are a key part in our narrative. I also like the low key lighting used in this shot. It creates atmospheric and dramatic shadows which therefore highlight his right eye in particular.

 As we will have a performance aspect in our video with our main character miming we could use similar lighting to this shot. I think that the lighting high above highlights the girls face and makes her stand out. This would be very effective for our video and ensure that the audience is focusing on the main character.   

In our music video we are going to include female dancers. These shots gave me inspiration as to how we could shoot our dancers. I liked the variety of shots they used such as CU, MS and LS. This will make the our video more diverse and visually enticing. Also I loved the use of low key and strobe lighting, it made the dancing scenes more up beat and create beautiful shadows.

I liked the composition of this shot. I think that a single dancer looks effective and the fact that the composition adheres to the rule of thirds draws the audiences eye straight to the character. We could replicate this shot when at Southbank with our dancers.

This shot inspired us to do some low angle shots following our main characters feet. I liked the fact that a shot of someones feet hides their identity and makes them an enigma. This would be effective at the start of our video to make our character an enigma. Then we would slowly build is character exposition.

These shots both use a high angle slow pan both are used very effectively. The  first shot is used in a club which highlights the strobe lighting and is a great establishing shot for the club scene allowing the audience to see the bigger picture. The second shot pans down to reveal a character sitting down. This makes him look very small and vulnerable, we could imitate this technique for our main character when he is feeling in a low mood.