GEN CONVENTIONS 5: Cinematography + Editing

Guns N' Roses - November Rain

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The video opens with a close up of a man (Axl Rose) extinguishing a ciggy on his table and takes

some pills, the close up shows clearly the contents of the table and gives a slight idea to the viewer as to what kind of person he is. However because of the height of the camera angle there is narrative enigma as to who it is.

The lighting throughout these shots has a blue color correction, it gives a cold feeling to the shots which matches the content of drugs

 Part of the video is set in a large concert hall, the first shot we see of this is a large establishing shot, it looks over the hall and shows the scale. The orange color correction is a complete contrast to the previous shots.

 There are multiple shots of the band, these include, close ups, medium close ups and medium shots

 These shots are used to show a lot about the band, they show there clothing, props and setting. Again they are shown with the blue light however because the lighting is darker it doesn't have the same cold feel

The setting now changes so the common convention of a extreme long shot, establishing shot is seen

Throughout the video there are multiple uses of cross-fade transitions, these are heavily used and the transition lengths are quite long

Here slash can be seen with a low range of focus, he is completely blurred out and out of focus.

Here is a clever example of a use of special effects in editing, the room Axl Rose is sat in