GT- Technical Analysis

Shot Number	Shot Type	Shot Length	Mise-En-Scene
1	Medium longshot	(Titles) 00:14-00:17	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	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.