Planning & Research - Shot Count Analysis

Track: Hymn

Artist: Ultravox

Director: George Martin

Release Date: 1982

Length of video: 4:45

Number of shots in entire video: 77

Average length of shots: 3 seconds

Number of shots in 30 second segment: 10

Within the 30 second segment there are:

Number of Close Ups:

Number of Extreme Close Ups: 1

Number of Long Shot:

Number of Mid-Shots:

Number of panning shots: 1

Number of tilts: 0

Other shots: 0

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length	Description	Edit to next shot
1	mid-shot	0:05	A shot of a bright light, and from the next shot, is the light of a projector	straight cut
222	extreme close-up (but the shot gradually zooms out)	0:05 - 0:10	two people holding hands and then let go. It then zooms out to a man.	straight cut
3	mid-shot	0:10 - 0:12	the man who was sitting down in the cinema gets up.	straight cut
4	close-up, but the shot then follows the man, moving backwards. (steadi-cam???)	0:12 - 0:19	close up of a woman's face who is looking at the man who stood, but then the camera follows the leather-jacketed man	straight cut
5	long-shot	0:19 - 0:20	shows a man standing outside the cinema, with the man being at the far left of the shot, the cinema being the main thing to look at	straight cut
6	long-shot of the man standing outside the cinema with his car	0:20 - 0:22	the man is with his car, standing outside the cinema and the camera slowly moves in.	straight cut
7	mid-shot, pans with the male character	0:22 - 0:25	the man is walking down the street and the camera follows him.	straight cut
8	mid-shot	0:25 - 0:27	the man walks down a dark alley, his shadow casting on the wall	straight cut
9	mid-shot	0:27 - 0:30	the camera moves in closer as his shadow casts on him	straight cut
10	mid-shot / pan	0:30 - 0:35	he walks past a couple of people	straight cut

Analysis - what have you learnt from this process? 

I have learnt that music video shots can be quick and fast, depending on the song that is used and the story behind the song, if there is any, that is shown in the music video. I feel that with my preliminary music video and my actual music video, I will have to make sure I get the filming done as to allow myself ample time to edit and get the lip syncing and the shots completed and edited properly.