MC: Technical Analysis

Jubel - Klingande

This is a technical analysis of a shot by shot break down of Klingande's music video for Jubel for the first minute and a half. I have chosen to technically analyse this music video because it has the style of music video we would like to replicate.

	Duration of Shot	Camera distance, angle and movement	Mise-en-scene
1	3 secs	Moving in slowly and slightly downwards towards a close up of a necklace	Prop of a necklace, woman’s costume of a grey vest top, bright lighting
2	2 secs	Still shot of some curtains blowing in the wind	Prop of white curtains next to a window
3	2 secs	Slightly low angled shot so you can view the woman lying in a bed whilst also being able to see the bright light coming through the window	White bed sheets, white curtains, plant pots and photo frame shots as props on window sill, woman’s costume of grey vest top, bright lighting
4	2 secs	Close up of hand	White bed sheets, grey vest top as woman’s costume, necklace slightly in shot, bright lighting
5	2 secs	Close up of half the woman’s head and some of her shoulder/arm at a slight angle	Blonde hair, bright lighting, woman’s grey vest top, no makeup.
6	4 secs	Still shot of a floating feather that floats out of the frame after 3 secs	Window, bright lighting, white feather
7	2 secs	Over the shoulder shot, slight movement in the camera upwards	Orange, yellow lighting so look like a sunset, blonde hair, tree in far ground
8	2 secs	Close up of woman’s hand holding the feather, camera moves slightly to try follow the hand, slightly slow mo	White feather, sunset, bright lighting, slight view of her costume of a checked shirt
9	2 secs	Long shot of woman walking away	Costume of long checked shirt, bright lighting, sunset, wheat field adds to the colour
10	2 secs	Slow tacking shot, close up of legs	Denim shorts, wheat, see slight image of the white feather in her hand in the background
11	2 secs	Mid shot of walking into distance	Costume of long checked shirt, bright lighting, sunset, wheat field adds to the colour
12	4 secs	Mid close up, slight handicam movement around the side of her head	Bright lighting that makes her hair glow, sunset, checked shirt, blurred background
13	2 secs	Establishing shot	Sunset in distance, bright lighting, wheat field shown, woman in distance
14	2 secs	Establishing shot	Out the back of a moving car, showing the country road behind
15	3 secs	Mid shot	Behind woman walking away along country road into the sunset, bright lighting
16	3 secs	Close up of feathers hanging from review mirror	Woman’s head in side of shot to show she’s in a car, orange feathers,  review mirror
17	6 secs	Establishing shot	Camper van comes into shot next to woman walking along road.
18	2 secs	Mid shot, slight handicam movement to the left	Woman getting into car, another character in front of her in a grey vest
19	1 sec	Still close up	White feather getting spun in a circle with someone holding it.
20	2 secs	Mid shot of someone driving and person in passenger seat from behind	Feather under rear view mirror, country scene in background, both characters shown have long hair
21	1 sec	Mid close up of someone's neck/shoulders/head with a slight handicam tracking movement to show the car is moving	Blonde long hair, country scene in background
22	1 sec	Still close up of hands steering the steering wheel	Tattoo on wrist, brown steering wheel
23	1 sec	Tracking shot to the right out the front window	Country road shown out the window, feathers under rear view mirror, side of man shown
24	1 sec	Slow-mo handicam movement of a close up of woman’s head in centre of frame	Blonde hair, slow-mo of her turning her head, non-verbal language of her smiling
25	2 secs	Tracking shot from woman to man who are sitting in the camper van	Non-verbal language of them smiling, can see country view in background, same clothing and long hair, sunglasses, kind of messy back of the van
26	1 sec	Extreme close up of smile	Beard, white straight teeth
27	2 secs	Close up of feathers in pocket	White and brown feathers in white t-shirt pocket
28	3 secs	Still shot out of front of vehicle, low angle to show the tress going past	Green trees
29	2 secs	Establishing shot	Camper van moves into and out of shot in the background, shows country setting
30	2 secs	Tracking shot from behind the van, moving along with it from a higher angle, van in foreground	Camper van, country setting
31	1 sec	Slight handicam of a mid-shot of 4 people sitting in the van,	If you apply rule of thirds there are two people sitting to the left, two people sitting to the right.
32	1 sec	Mid close up in slow mo	Woman sticking her hair out the window in centre of frame, blonde hair blowing in slow mo
33	1 sec	Mid close up in slow mo of people moving around the van	Man with long hair and beard, woman in checked shirt
34	1 sec	Same as shot 33, jump cutted forward	Same as shot 33
35	1 sec	Establishing shot done in a moving car	Country setting
36	1 sec	Close up of woman	Non-verbal language is her smiling, hair blowing in slow mo
37	1 sec	Same as shot 30	Same as shot 30
38	1 sec	Low angle, slight worms eye view, looking up at trees	Trees and sky
39	2 secs	Corner of camper van shown moving along in a close up	Camper van
40	1 sec	Same as shot 32 however this time shot from inside the van so shows back of her head	Same as shot 32

These are 6 stills of shots that I thought were really effective in this music video:

• From analysing this music video I have learnt that the use of close ups is very important in a music video with a fast cutting rate. It breaks up the narrative and makes it more visually interesting.
• There are no shots of the lead singer within this music video as it is primarily narrative based. The majority of the shots show the effective location.
• The shots have an average of 2/3 seconds per shot however there is occasionally a long shot of 6 seconds but that is the longest shot used.
• Rule of thirds is a common visual technique used to make the shots seem more professional. It helps to frame the shot a lot better to create an effective piece.
• Handicam and steadicam are camera techniques that are quite often used within this music video to add some subtle movement into the music video without it being too much for the look it is trying to create. We will try to replicate this style in our music video.