1. Performance Shots
From Another Video
I have researched another video from the same genre, looking at the performance shots to see
if they are similar or different to the way in which we have filmed ours. I have looked at the
shots they repeat, the length of shots, how many cuts they do and what angles they use.
Madness – It Must Be Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmezII
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2. These are a few shots from the main performance. It
cuts from two shots of them singing the song with the
instruments in the background to a couple of close ups
of the band members playing different instruments.
This is so that the audience can see all the band
members and it looks more like a performance of the
song, makes it look like they are actually playing the
song there and then. It then cuts to a group shot of
most of the band members playing instruments and
singing, this is important because the audience need to
see the whole group together. If this shot was not there
then the audience would not know that they are all in
the same room and doing the same performance.

3. The next few shots in this performance cut from a close
up of the lead singer singing with a band member in the
background to a shot of the drummer. This is an
important shot because it shows that there is still
something going on in the background. It also counts as
continuity because we saw the drummer in a previous
shot as well.
It then cuts to another group shot. There seems to be a
pattern occurring. It starts of with a close up of a singer,
then it cuts to a close up of an instrument being played
and then it will go to a group shot of a the whole group
performing the song.
Using this method of filming the performance shots
seems to work and are present in the other videos that
I have analysed which are also on this blog. It works
because the audience can see all the members of the
band and are aware that all the instruments are
included and being played. It makes it appear more
realistic.

4. These four shots are very similar to
the previous ones used because they
cut between close up shots of the
instruments being played by the band
and others singing the song. It will
then again end up on a group shot.
They have chosen to use a different
angle for this group shot, I presume
they did this so that it adds variety.
Although the type of shot is repetitive
the angle doesn’t have to be.

5. This part of the song starts off with a group shot
but it’s focused on the main singer with who is in
the centre. This shows that the band is still in the
background and helps with continuity.
It then cuts to an outside scene where the
camera is at a low angle and the band members
look down on it. It’s dark outside so you can tell
that the scene has been lit up with lights so that
you can see the band clearly enough. This is a
good thing to think about when doing our music
video. Although we don’t have any scenes set
outside at night it’s interesting to see how it’s
done as we had problems with lighting in AS.
The close up of a band member singing and a
group shot of some of the band performing is
then repeated again as the performance scenes
continue.

6. There is then another close up of a different
instrument, this being the piano. From this I can
see that it is important to get a variety of close
ups of the things in the shot not only so the
audience can recognise them but to make it
more appealing and entertaining for the viewers.
The final cut I chose to write about is a repeated
shot at a low angle where the camera looks as
though it is as the bottom of a grave. The whole
band has now joined so it’s also a group shot.