Shot Number
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Shot Type
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Shot Length
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Mise-En-Scene
|
1
|
Medium longshot
|
(Titles) 00:14-00:17
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Person wearing Elephant costume. Elephant is shown in captivity
holding on to cage bars with greenery surrounding., signifying a hidden
identity
|
2
|
Pan shot
|
00:17-00:23
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Elephant costume, pans to brick wall with drawings of other elephants
in white
|
3
|
Medium longshot
|
00:23-00:25
|
Elephant sitting on ground, green cage, brick wall with white
drawings on.
|
4
|
Midshot
|
00:25-00:27
|
Elephant shaking cage, connotes imprisonment and isolation
|
5
|
Handicam
|
00:27-00:30
|
Cage padlock, connoting isolation again.
|
6
|
Pan up, low angle Shot
|
00:32-00:34
|
Connotations of freedom as the cage breaks
|
7
|
Zoom in, Pan Shot
|
00:34-00:38
|
Monkey swinging in cage, connotations of enclosure as wells as
freedom as elephant escapes.
|
8
|
Longshot
|
00:38-00:40
|
Walls of captivity, running away from isolation. Greenery
|
9
|
Medium longshot
|
00:40-00:43
|
Bicycle
|
10
|
Longshot/Establishing shot
|
00:43-00:46
|
Wilderness, connotes freedom
|
11
|
Longshot
|
00:46-00:45
|
London, iconic London phone box, urban surroundings
|
12
|
Pan/handicam
|
00:45-00:47
|
Iconic London underground, running of character
|
13
|
Medium longshot
|
00:47-00:48
|
Character holding up sign as though homeless, sign has the songs
lyrics on
|
14
|
Low angle/ longshot
|
00:48-00:49
|
Escalators, ordinary lifestyle conveyed
|
15
|
Midshot
|
00:49-00:50
|
Escalator shot
|
16
|
Medium longshot
|
00:50-00:52
|
London underground, subway, ordinary life conveyed, Dyer- Ordinary yet extraordinary
|
17
|
Quick pan to medium longshot
|
00:52-00:53
|
Elephant on the train, ordinary yet extraordinary, imagination in
ordinary life- Dyer
|
18
|
Medium longshot
|
00:53-00:54
|
Elephant on the train, ordinary yet extraordinary, imagination in
ordinary life
|
19
|
Midshot, pan up
|
00:54-00:55
|
Elephant holding on to rail with trunk, out of the ordinary yet ordinary
|
20
|
Midshot
|
00:55-00:56
|
Elephant with sign showing song lyrics
|
21
|
Medium longshot
|
00:56-00:57
|
Elephant with sign showing song lyrics
|
22
|
Medium longshot
|
00:57-00:57
|
Elephant with sign showing song lyrics
|
23
|
Close-up
|
00:57-00:58
|
Elephant with sign showing song lyrics
|
24
|
Close-up
|
00:57-00:59
|
Elephants face, blank emotion
|
25
|
Close-up
|
01:00-01:01
|
Heathrow airport sign, indicating narrative to video
|
26
|
Midshot
|
01:01-01:03
|
Elephant’s face, peeping round the corner, childish. As though imagined by a child, reflected in the lyrics
|
27
|
Longshot
|
01:03-01:04
|
Airport worker calling plane indicating travel and adventure, continuing narrative of elephant metaphor
|
28
|
Longshot
|
01:04-01:05
|
Underneath plane, secretive, hide and seek
|
29
|
Longshot
|
01:05-01:07
|
Elephant running over to aeroplane
|
30
|
Over the shoulder shot
|
01:07-01:08
|
Elephant running over to aeroplane
|
31
|
Longshot
|
01:07-01:08
|
Elephant getting on aeroplane
|
32
|
Establishing shot
|
01:09-01:09
|
Underneath aeroplane, take off, adventurous, new life
|
33
|
Establishing shot
|
01:09-01:10
|
Aeroplane flying during sunset, ambient
|
34
|
Low angled shot
|
01:10-01:12
|
Elephant grabbing crisps from floor, very childish, secretive
|
35
|
Establishing Shot
|
01:12-01:13
|
Shot of entire island, pacific
|
36
|
Longshot
|
01:13-01:16
|
Plane landing in sunset, ambient, soft orange colouring
|
37
|
Medium longshot
|
01:16-01:19
|
Elephant escaping from suitcase, running, freedom is signified again
|
38
|
Medium longshot
|
01:19-01:22
|
Elephant running from airport, freedom, imagination
|
39
|
Medium longshot
|
01:22-01:24
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background, rebelliousness, youth
|
40
|
Medium longshot
|
01:24-01:26
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background, rebelliousness, youth
|
41
|
Midshot
|
01:26-01:27
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background
|
42
|
Midshot
|
01:27-01:28
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background
|
43
|
Midshot
|
01:28-01:30
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background
|
44
|
Midshot
|
01:30-01:31
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background
|
45
|
Longshot
|
01:31-01:40
|
Sign with lyrics, graffiti in the background
|
46
|
Longshot
|
01:40-01:42
|
Walking through rough area, care free
|
47
|
Establishing Shot
|
01:42-01:43
|
Rail yard, adventure is connoted through trains
|
48
|
Midshot
|
01:43-01:50
|
Buying unicycle in shop, childish, yet ordinary
|
49
|
Longshot
|
02:00-02:04
|
Elephant on unicycle, childishness, freedom, hills and mountains in
the background, escaping reality
|
50
|
Midshot, pans down
|
02:04-02:08
|
Elephant face, sun in the background, ambient
|
51
|
Longshot
|
02:08-02:11
|
Cycling into distance, mountainous area
|
52
|
Longshot, pan shot
|
02:11-02:14
|
Trees in background, cycling across the shot
|
53
|
Longshot
|
02:22-02:28
|
Elephant reveals himself to be lead singer, continues cycling
|
54
|
Midshot
|
02:28-02:35
|
Hitchhiking, carrying unicycle
|
55
|
Establishing shot
|
02:35-02:41
|
Landscape
|
56
|
Longshot, pull focus
|
02:46-02:50
|
Reveals more elephant costumes, with band equipment, friendship is
signified
|
57
|
Over the shoulder shot
|
02:50-02:54
|
Dropping unicycle
|
58
|
Longshot
|
02:57-02:59
|
Band playing, main character running over to join the rest of the
band
|
59
|
Longshot
|
03:03-03:09
|
Main character jumping in the sky, desert, naturalistic, joyful
|
60
|
Pan
|
03:09-03:13
|
Characters high fiving, hugging
|
61
|
Longshot
|
03:14-03:17
|
All 4 characters playing instruments in the desert, one spinning
joyfully
|
62
|
Midshot
|
03:20-03:30
|
All 4 characters playing instruments in the desert, one spinning
joyfully
|
63
|
Midshot
|
03:32-03:35
|
Live shot of concert, wearing same elephant costume
|
64
|
Longshot
|
03:35-03:36
|
Shot of entire crowd audience, shows popularity
|
65
|
Longshot
|
03:36-03:37
|
Dancing elephant on stage at live performance. Completing narrative, as though they all journeyed to get on stage/where they are.
|
66
|
Close-up
|
03:37-03:38
|
Elephant’s face on drums, live performance colourful lights in the background,
upbeat
|
- I learnt the effect of having an extremely frequent cutting rate in a music video by analysing 'Paradise' by Coldplay. The entire notion of the narrative is sped up, and the metaphor of the entire music video can be increased to a large scale narrative. This then allows the video to have a repeatability factor, meaning the audience can view the video and consume the overall image of the band multiple times, as the meaning is obscure.
- Most of the shots, i found to be medium longshots or midshots concentrating on the main character/artist. This adds to the overall image and consumption of the artist as they have on screen prevalence.
- The majority of the shots were taken at eye level which, again, emphasises the artist.
This is an example of one of the shots in the music video. This links in with Dyer's paradox of the star being both ordinary and extraordinary, as the artist is dressed in an elephant suit yet they are holding up a sign as though homeless in the London Underground- an uninspiring location.
This shot has many connotations that link to the overall narrative of the music video. For example, the location of the rail yard connotes freedom, and the ability to travel wherever. The entire narrative of the music video is based around travel and adventure, making this very relevant. Furthermore, it was taken from a bird's eye angle, which links to the theme of freedom.
This shot is interesting, and very conventional of music videos. The band are playing with an ambient sunset in the background, making it easy to consume as an audience.
Finally, this last shot of the band playing on stage immediately ends the narrative and turns into a reality. This also link well with Dyer's paradox of presence and absence, since the band appeared absent throughout the narrative side of the video yet they become present by ending the narrative and allowing us to see them as though live on stage playing.
