VID ANALYSIS: Blossoms - Charlemagne Shot Types

Possible Influences:

• Effects
• Camera movement
• Smokey room
• Possibly bands style

Initial Analysis:

The music video I chose to analyse was Blossoms - Charlemagne

Genre: Alternative/ Indie rock - Dance

The video is a mix of Performance and narrative, although the narrative hasn't got much of a story too it as it is mainly shots of men playing cards. Having a performance is part of Andrew Goodwin's genre signifier of a rock video.

Whilst there is some performance of the song, it is extremely limited, it mainly comprises of the main singer of blossoms singing. There isn't any shot of the whole band performing although the whole band can be seen. The shots of the main singer are mainly MCU shots or CU.

Lyrics

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Abbreviations:

DA- Dutch Angles

CU-Close Up

MCU- Medium Close up

MS- Medium Shot

MLS: Medium Long shot

LS: Long Shot

OTS: Over the shoulder shot

GS: Group Shot

2S: 2 Shot

Shot Types:

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Shot types blossoms charlemagne from James Clinnick

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Further Analysis

87 shots in 171 seconds

1 shot every 1.96 seconds

Number of each main shot:

CU: 37

MS: 23

LS:13

Through the whole video, there isn't a single stationary shot, camera is always panning, rotating or zooming.