JP: Technical analysis

Technical analysis - Bastille - Pompeii

Seconds	Mise-en-scene	Camera work
0:00 -0:10	Artist on roof on concrete building, blue sky	Extreme long shot, Low-angle, zoom in
0:11 -0:14	Cityscape background, artist from behind foreground. Typography – title and artist name	Extreme longshot , handheld
0:15-0:18	artist	Mid-shot
0:19-0:22	City view and artist in foreground	Mid-shot, pan, hand held
0:23-0:26	Artist looking out window, abandoned building	Long/mid shot, rule of thirds
0:27-0:32	Artist looking out window, putting on leather jacket	Tracking close up/mid shot, handicam
0:32-0:34	Lip syncing, notion of looking/artist looking down. Present/absent	Mid-shot

0:35-0:45	Walking down stairs, setting changing	Long shot, rule of thirds
0:45-0:47	Opening large, white, industrial door	Hand held. Mid shot
0:48-:0:52	Location, city establishing, no people/deserted	Long shots
0:52-0:54	Artist on bike, right to left through urban location	Long shot
1:02-1:04	artist	Mid shot

1:19-1:20	Getting drink from Spanish style café	Tracking mid shot from behind, hand held
1:20 – 1:24	Woman serving, him seeing her, kitchen	Shot reverse shot
1:24-1:26	Older woman with black eyes, smiling	Rule of thirds mid/close shot

Doing this technical analysis for Bastille's "Pompeii", has given me more of an idea of the motifs of the band and the meta narrative they are trying to create. I looked at this Bastille video to get an idea of the band's image and the format of the video for reference for when we make our video for a Bastille song. Looking at the video in detail has helped me consider the style and colouring of shots as well as the lengths of shots used by the band.
The video is a narrative based following a male lead and the audience is positioned to be following and sympathising with this character. We plan our recreating this style of following a male lead in our own video.
The idea of being both present and absent is also something that stood out in this video and we may involve this in our concept.
There are some things that after noticing in the Bastille videos that we don't plan on including in our own video. For example, we are not interested in including lip-syncing or too much performance aspects in our concept and we are also planning on deviating from the standard completely narrative video and including more conceptual, studio-based shots.
Looking at the individual shots has been very useful in planning our own shots. We plan to have an extreme long-shots of the locations in our opening as well as featuring the track title over this image.
There are many mid-shots in the narrative of the video which show the character and reveal more about the character and help develop the narrative.
The shots involving other characters are useful to look at for ideas of shots we will use when involving other characters in our own video.
This technical analysis was helpful in getting more of an understanding of the band style and shot types used in their videos. This along with other research into the band will help us develop our concept further and give us a more detailed understanding when storyboarding and shooting our shots.