Shot Count Task

Shot Count - 126 

I chose the Maccabees for my shot count task because it fits the genre that i will use for my music video. There is a lot of repetition of shots in the video, however, in this video it works well. The First shot we see is high angle of a women laid on the floor, which we see later on in the video a close up from the top of her head drawing around herself with a piece of chalk for it to later be revealed that she has moved from the spot cuddling the chalk drawing of herself which illustrates the songs lyrics. When the music changes so does the shot. 46 seconds into the video we see the whole band in a long shot but without their instruments, it then cuts to a man sat on a chair in a medium shot, then cuts straight to a close up to his hand and we see him drawing on his hand with lipstick. There is a lot of things going on in this video with all of the different stories in it, e.i when the women is laid down drawing around herself with the chalk, then the man with the lipstick, the women gluing the handle back onto the cup etc. i chose to look at The Maccabees video for First love because it has all of the conventions of the genre that i want in my music video which is indie/ alternative rock. The way the band move to the song is quite awkward but fits in with the song and this is the type of behavior you would tend to see in this type of genre.