AC: Music video technical analysis

Imagine Dragons- Demons:

Shot Number	Duration (seconds)	Camera	Mise-en-scene
1	4	Low angle shot tilting slowly upwards to performer, framed in LS.	The room is dark, before a sudden burst of spotlight on performer, the location is set up at a gig, and we see the crowd’s hands at the bottom of the shot.
2	2	LS again on performer, which is suddenly slowed down.	The singer is very enigmatic, hidden by shadows and hands obstruct vision.
3	2	A LS of the audience again in slow-mo.	The audience are shown enjoying themselves, waving their hands, with only the light from the stage shining on them.
4	3	A low angle shot onto stage from audience again but covered by hands more.	Hard to make out singer through the crowd.
5	4	MS on singer as he begins the song. Canted angle used to film him, camera still.	Looks passionate as singing, main focus on screen, lighting on side of him.
6	3	Camera front on, positioned slightly to the left, eye line shot. Framed as a MS	Stares off to the side rather than first-person mode of address. Light flash in corner of screen, from post production.
7	1.5	Same as shot 5	Less than half the length than 5.
8	1.5	CU on guitarist, low angle, no movement.	Positioned to the left slightly, staring at the guitar.
9	1	CU on drummer, low angles. No movement	Positioned to the right, contrasting the last clip, facial expressions, looking very emotional.
10	2	CU on face, pans to the right of the singer, filmed at eye line.	The singer is in shadow, out of focus, there is lens flash as the camera pans.
11	1.5	LS shot from the audience, low angle onto stage.	The band is in focus, the hands are in front of them, but out of focus.
12	2	MS side view of the singer from on stage, slight low angle used	The blue light used, could connote a mood, making it more emotional and deep, which is added by the lyrics.
13	2	LS shot from audience, barely visible band through hands.	The hands appear to take over the shot more than ever before, makes the audience feel like they are in the crowd.
14	1.5	LS shot from stage of audience, high angle filming down	Blue light shining on audience, all hands are in the air, joining in with the music.
15	1	CU shot of keyboard, low angle.	We see the hand, which immerses the audience with the music, as we see it being played.
16	0.5	Cu on the keyboard players face, eye line shot	Played in slow motion, adds to the music.
17	1	LS of singer of the band, slightly low angle, no movement.	Still obscured by shadow, only blue light in background lighting his figure.
18	1	MS of girl standing in audience, audience move to focus on her.	The light is slightly brighter on the girl, and is centred in the audience making her the focus.
19	0.5	Side on Cu of the girl.	Light on her face, surrounded by darkness, looking serious in crowd. Still in slow motion
20	0.5	MS side on view of singer, slight low angle, no movement	The singer is in better lighting now the music has picked up in rhythm.
21	1	CU, zoom in on singer, with a slight tilt upwards from a low angle.	The light is similar to the last shot, avoiding camera, no first person mode of address.
22	2	Starting from MS, zoom on the girl’s face into CU, eye line, looking into camera.	The girl is in a spotlight, and is the focus as the camera zooms in on her. Changes location as it zooms, but keeps the same expression.
23	0.5	MS of the girl.	The girl is sitting at a funeral; with a coffin covering the left of the screen. This is effective to set the mood of the scene. The colours are dark which also support this.
24	1	MS from behind, slow zoom inwards to the girl.	Shows the remains of the scene, gives a better view, it helps enhance the sad mood used.
25	1	Over the shoulder shot, CU on side of face, focus on girl, background out of focus of relatives.	She tilts her head downwards, and we again see the background, which sets the atmosphere.
26	1	CU on hands holding picture, high angle used.	She is seen holding a picture of her clearly recently dead grandparents, but is slightly out of focus.
27	1	MS of the girl, low angle looking up.	The girl is seen crying, which makes the audience emphasize with her.
28	3	CU on the girl, same as previous shot, but zoomed closer.	The shot is zoomed closer to show her emotion, as she moves her head.
29	0.5	Cu shot of girl.	Brief shot of the girl back in the audience to signify the change in location.
30	0.5	Cu of guitarist, low angle.	The guitarist is shot looking intense as he is playing, focusing on the music, showing the emotion of the song.

From the analysis of the music video, it was helpful to analyse each shot individually, as it allowed me to break it down, and focus on how effective we can make our own production, by looking at he camera techniques used, and the mise-en-scene of each shot.