Analysis of Music Videos

  • 0.00

    0.00
    The video starts, with no music playing and a fade in from black to an establishing shot.
  • 0.02

    0.02
    The car appears, still an establishing but with a slight pan.
  • 0.07

    0.07
    Titles appear, the name of the song and the artist, whislt there is a still a slight pan going across and upwards, whilst the car drives forward. The Music starts at this point.
  • 0.11

    A cross fade from the opeing title to, a bar where the camera slowly pans upwards.
  • 0.12

    0.12
    Complete shot of the table, again, with a little camera pan.
  • 0.14

    0.14
    As the hand appears, the singing begins. The camera speeds up the pan as the singing is introcued and the hand appears.
  • 0.15/0.16

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    The camera pans up and then zoom in on the waitress face and the singing continues.
  • 0.20

    0.20
    There is an eye line match between the waitress and a group of men. When the camers is on the men, it pans across to the right, and it gives off a slow motion effect.
  • 0.21

    0.21
    The camera cuts back to the waitress, as a close up, and as most of the camera time (so far) has been on her, that the audience should identify with her as the main character.
  • 0.23

    0.23
    The camera cuts, the a long shot which allows the audeience to see the location. The camera stays still and doesn't move as the waitress walks towards the camera.
  • 0.24

    0.24
    There is continuos editing used in the music video, giving it more of a story feel. The camera then cuts to the waitress' back for a brief second.
  • 0.26

    0.26
    The camera cuts back to a mid shot, so we can see the waitress face again. However it's positioned slightly to the left, so there is a use of negative space.
  • 0.27

    0.27
    The camera cuts back to the position it was in, when it was filming the waitress' back, as she looks over her shoulder.
  • 0.29

    0.29
    The camera goes back to a close up on the waitress' face as she turns back. The shot is longer than normal, as her face to begin with is out of focus and the man in the backgrounds face is in focus, signifying he could be someone that has a major part to play in the video.
  • 0.30

    0.30
    The camera, stays in the same position, but refocuses so that the waitress is now in focus.
  • 0.31

    0.31
    The camera moves away from the waitress and cuts too a low show of a woman walking through a door.
  • 0.32

    0.32
    The camera cuts to the woman's face and, just like the men at the beginning, there seems to have been a slow motion effect added onto it.
  • 0.35

    0.35
    The camera cuts back to the waitress who is looking over her shoulder at the woman who has just entered, as a mid shot as well as a slight pan across.
  • 0.36

    0.36
    The camera cuts back to the woman as a close up, and we get the impression that she is looking toward the waitress. Again, there seems to be a slow motion effect on the clip.
  • 0.37

    0.37
    There is a cut back to a close up with a pan across of the waitress' face. She smirks which signifys that her and the other woman are connected somehow and that they both play a major part in the video.
  • 0.40

    0.40
    The camera cuts back, as a mid shot, to the woman as she walks to the bar.
  • 0.41

    0.41
    There is then a close up of a shot glass being put down on the bar.
  • 0.41

    0.41
    The camera moves to an extreme close up on the woman taking the shot glass, which shows that the shot before was of some importance and wasn't completely pointless.
  • 0.44

    0.44
    The camera cuts back to the waitress, but the focus is placed on the woman at the bar as she takes the shot.
  • 0.44

    0.44
    The camera then re-focuses on the waitress again telling the audience that the two women are both linked.
  • 0.45

    0.45
    The camera cuts to the waitress' apron as she gets something out.
  • 0.45

    0.45
    The camera cuts back to the woman at the bar as she throws the shot glass. The pace of the edits start to become quicker as the song starts to reach the chorus.
  • 0.46

    0.46
    The camera cuts to the wall as the shot glass is being thrown and it smashes.
  • 0.47

    0.47
    The camera cuts away breifly to the the men that we saw at the beginning of the video. The edits have become quicker now, so there is more than one thing happening in each second.
  • 0.47

    0.47
    The camera cuts back to a mid shot of the waitress as it's revealed that she's taking a gun out of her apron.
  • 0.48

    0.48
    The camera cuts to the women who is now standing up on a chair, placing a low angel on her giving her the power.
  • 0.49

    0.49
    The camera cuts back to a mid shot of the waitress, who is turning around. This shot confirms the beliefe that she's working with the other woman.
  • 0.50

    0.50
    There is then a low angle placed on the woman as she points a gun at the bartender, showing she has the most power in the situation.
  • 0.51

    0.51
    There is then a wide/mid shot showing the waitress telling the other people in the bar to get down, we can also see the other woman standing on the stool in the background.
  • 0.51

    0.51
    The camera cuts back to a mid shot of a man that we saw in the beginning of the video.
  • 0.52

    0.52
    There is a wide shot of the bar shwoing the waitress pointing the gun at the other people in the bar and the woman pointing her gun at the bartender.
  • 0.53

    0.53
    The camera cuts back to the women as a low angle is placed on her, with her face as the main focus, however we can still see the gun. Despite the only thing we can hear in the music, it shows that she is clearly saying something.
  • 0.54

    0.54
    There is a mid shot placed on the waitress as she moves around to reach a bag.
  • 0.54

    0.54
    There is a close up placed on the bag and the camera pans/follows as the waitress puts the bag on the bar counter.
  • 0.54

    0.54
  • 0.55

    0.55
    There is a close up placed on the cash register, telling the audience that the bar is being robbed by the two women.
  • 0.56

    0.56
    A close up on the waitress' face.
  • 0.57

    0.57
    An establishing shot so we can see the whole bar.
  • 0.58

    0.58
    Shot to the cash register as we can see it being emptied.
  • 0.59

    0.59
    A low angle shot placed on the woman who is still pointing the gun at the bartender. The it cuts back to the cash register which we can now see is empty.
  • 1.00

    1.00
    Mid shot to the two women who leave with the bag full of money.
  • 1.01

    1.01
    Long shot of the women and the rest of the bar as they leave.