Music Video Analysis: Camerawork

The camerawork in our film was rather good, with a variety of different shots being used.

Something we toyed with quite heavily was the distance of the camera from the detective, and this was mainly to emphasize the effect of the environment upon.

The shots above show the varying distance with which we show the detective, they include mainly long shots and medium shots so as to show the full character and his humorous mannerisms. This reinforces the importance of the costume in our piece.

The Library Scene

One of my favourite scenes is the library scene in which the detective travels through the bookcases getting closer and closer to the camera. This is the best example of us using distance with the camera in our music video. The shots can be seen below;

These next shots are possibly the best example of distance use in the whole film with the detective remaining within one channel but getting closer and closer to the channel. Editing helped us create a 'jump shot' so as the whole of the detectives path is not seen, but he gets closer to the camera in accordance with the beat of the song.

Most of our shots show the detective right in the middle of the shot and of the frame, as he is the focus of the story-line.

However at the characters introduction we place him at the side of the frame so as we only see approximately half of him. This gives the feel that there is more to be known about this character and intrigues the viewer/audience, making them watch the rest of the video and increasing enjoyment.

Hiccups

Unfortunately, we didn't find all of the camerawork easy. One piece in particular that we found tricky was obtaining a smooth motion whilst zooming and tilting towards the 'EXIT' sign right at the very end of the video. This took a few goes and required us to go back out during the editing process to recapture better footage. It was tricky but we pulled it off and it now looks good. Im glad we re-shot it.

Pre-Zoom

Post-Zoom

Overall, the camerawork used in our music video was good and we think very effective for what we wanted to portray. The framing of the character and the illusion of time and distance contribute to the humorous nature of the video and we are happy with how the camerawork looks in the finished product.