TH: Technical Analysis

Bastille – Things We Lost In The Fire

 

Shot Number	Duration (Seconds)	Camera	Mise en Scene
1	4	Extreme long shot, which is static.	Introduces the song opening with the lighting emerging, through the sun rise. Also sets the location, as a cold wasteland.
2	4	Extreme long shot, again static. High angle.	Again shows the location. However the lighting is more subtle, despite this there is more happening in the shot. With a something in the distance producing fumes.
3	8	Long shot, tilting upwards which starts from a low angle.	Introduces the first set of characters. All of which are anonymous as we cannot see their faces, as well as this all are clothed in black to emphasise the subtle light coming through in the background.
4	7	Extreme long shot, static shot from long angle.	Three dogs are running towards the camera in slow-motion, this being the main object in the shot. However the light seems to have increased slightly.
5	8	Mid/long shot, static shot from relatively low angle.	The 11 characters walk from right to left of the screen; they are all dressed in dark colours. The only light is far into the distance.
6	7	Close up, tilting upwards. At the beginning it is focused on the bullet then refocuses on the character.	A man picks up the bullet and we are introduced to the first face of the video. We can see he is between the ages of 50-60. At the beginning of the shot we can see he is wearing a ring this could show he has family.
7	4	Long shot, slight pan to the left, at a low angle.	The is an abandoned car, on which as dog is standing on the roof. The dog turns to face the camera. The lighting comes from behind the dog, as we can see the suns outline.
8	7	Long shot, which is stationary.	Suddenly very dark, and we see the outline of several characters who are dressed in dark robes running towards the antagonist. He is wearing lighter clothing, and the light seems to revolve around him.
9	6	Jump cuts to a side view of the previous shot. This shot is a mid-shot, which pans from left to right.	The same dark characters run past the protagonist, and back into the darkness.
10	3	Close/Mid-shot, which is zooming in.	We see the protagonist is wearing a denim jacket, which is conventional of the indie genre. Also we can see the light is revolving around him.
11	3	Close up, with rule of thirds used.	Performance starts. The lights emphasises his faces in the foreground, as there is nothing in the background but darkness.
12	3	Close up, static shot.	The bullet that we have previously seen is reintroduced, however with a different character (the protagonist) holding it. This leads to narrative fuzz.
13	22	Mid-shot, zooming toward the protagonist. However moves past him toward the light of the distance. We then find we are transported, a pan from a left to right starts. We also find we ped down from a high to medium angle. We then follow the female antagonist, via the same prolonged pan.	The light in the foreground soon disappears as we move into the dark. However we somehow change location, to an inside of a night club. Here we see some sort of robbery, etc. The characters are dressed casually, and the antagonist is left anonymous until the last second of the shot.
14	7	Jump cut, back to the performance and the protagonist. We see a close up of the performer; there is a track backwards as we see the protagonist walking toward the camera. No first mode of address.	The close up of the performer allows us to see his emotion and which is sadness. The melancholy mood is also set by the grey composition of the frame and little lighting.
15	7	Cuts back to a frontal view of the antagonist. Close up of the antagonist, which fades to black slowly.	The character seems to be between the age of 20-30, and the fade to black is effective as she does not acknowledge the audience. However in some ways enigma codes are created as the audience want to know what will happen next.
16	9	The fade to white occurs of the same shot, there is a close up of the protagonist. However he walks from the foreground to the background. Static shot.	The lighting is still dim, and this emphasises the lights of the car, bringing it directly to our attention.
17	2	Mid shot, this is a static shot.	We see the protagonist get in the car. The lighting remains dark and grey, however the car is in the lightest part of the shot.
18	1	Close up, static. Reverse angle of previous shot.	As we enter the car, we see its darker.
19	4	Close- up of protagonist, another static shot.	We see the face of the performer has changed and he is now much happier, shown by the change of lighting in the window. We also can tell the car is moving through the window.
20	7	Long shot, tracking toward the car which is moving away from the camera. As well as this the shot is in slow motion.	We are in a different location, possibly somewhere in northern America. The shot is much lighter, and the mood has developed into a cheerful one. The car then disappears behind the smoke of the exhaust.
21	3	Close up, another static shot. POV shot.	We are introduced to another character, also in a cheerful mood fitting to the previous shot. The car seems much lighter which we can see through the front window.
22	2	Close up, again stationary. POV shot.	Another character is introduced (the driver) he briefly looks straight at the camera.
23	2	Close up, this is also stationary. POV shot.	The third and final character is introduced. He seems a more mellow and is dressed in darker clothing than the characters. However this does not kill this atmosphere.
24	1	Close up, stationary shot of the driver and the front window. POV shot.	This character picks up a gun on the top of the desktop. Begins to throw it towards the back seat.
25		Close up, fast tilt shot.	The mood darkens as the gun hits the lap of the antagonist. The quick tilt up shows the characters quick change in emotion, to concern.

In this video there are several things which are conventional of the genre. An example is the dark lighting, this is common in other videos of the indie genre. As well as this there is some disjuncture of narrative, and this is a common theme within indie videos. Specific camera movements such as panning slow- mos and extreme shots are shots we hope to emulate within our video. As well as this personally I think the POV shots in this video, are both visually interesting and authentic. At the beginning of this video there are only a few characters which are shown through enigmatic codes to be mysterious, however as the video progresses we are introduced to the performer. Then the majority of the next shots include the performer in some ways.