1. Shot list
Time taken What shot is What’s happening in this clip?
used?
0:00 – 0.3 Medium close up Actor singing the intro
0.3 – 0.7 Panning shot London scenery across the river
0.7 – 0.9 Close up Actor singing ‘I don’t even care’
0.9 – 0.12 Panning shot Camera following a taxi as the lyrics say ‘time
has passed me by’
0.12 – 0.14 Slow panning A person on a skateboard doing some tricks
shot
0.14 – 0.18 Panning/crane The camera moves from the top of the statue
and pans across to the building and goes
downwards as if it was someone actually looking
around.
0.18 – 0.21 Group shot Camera is looking down on a group of people
dancing.
0.21 – 0.25 Group shot Camera is again looking at a group of people
dancing.
0.25 – 0.28 Long shot The millennium wheel in the background with a
train moving across.
0.28 – 0.30 Panning A group of people sitting outside a bar.
shot/group shot
0.30 – 0.33 Medium close up Traffic lights changing from amber to green.
0.33 – 0.34 Medium close up Nzinga blowing glitter into the camera.
0.34 – 0.38 Group shot A group of people dancing to the camera.
0.38 – 0.40 Zoom in Camera zooms in to a boy doing a trick on his
bike.
0.40 – 0.44 Close up Nzinga dancing to the chorus of the song.
0.44 – 0.49 Very long shot Camera is over looking a busy London road.
0.49 – 0.53 Close up Nzinga is singing the lyrics whilst putting her
hood over her head.
0.53 – 0.57 Hand held This shot is used to make it look like a person is
actually walking through the streets of London.
0.57 – 1.00 Zoom out This shot is zooms in to people getting off and on
a carriage on the train and is also sped up.
1.00 – 1.05 Hand held Again this shot is used to give the illusion that
someone is actually walking the streets of
London
1.05 – 1.14 High angle A shot of a boy and a girl dancing together in
slow motion.
1.14 – 1.18 Hand held A shot of someone walking through the
underground station, with a shot of a man
playing his instrument.
1.18 – 1.22 Very long shot A shot of a bus coming over the bridge with a
view of Essence nightclub sign, which is sped up
as the tempo gets faster.
2. 1.22 – 1.27 High angle shot A group of boys dancing in sequence.
1.27 – 1.31 Close up Actor singing a few lines from the chorus.
1.31 – 1.36 Group shot Slow motion of people dancing and drinking.
1.36 – 1.39 Very long shot The shot of the busy London road is used again
but in reverse.
1.39 – 1.46 Medium close up A boy looking down whilst dancing then looking
into the camera singing which towards the end
gets slowed down along with the tempo.
1.46 – 1.50 Panning shot The camera follows a boy skating.
1.50 – 1.56 Zoom out Camera focuses onto the centre point building
and zooms out into the brightness of the
building with the advertisements as the lyrics say
‘from the darkness into the light’
1.56 – 1.59 Long shot A boy doing a trick on his skateboard.
1.59 – 2.02 Medium close up Shot of Nzinga blowing glitter into the camera
again but in reverse.
2.02 – 2.11 Close up A boy dancing with his arms up this is slowed
down to suit the tempo of the song.
2.11 – 2.17 Close up A boy doing a trick on his skateboard but the
camera only focuses on his feet; it is slowed
down while he is doing the trick.
2.17 – 2.20 High angle shot A girl is running down the stairs and is reversed
back up then down again.
2.20 – 2.24 Close up Actor is dancing.
2.24 – 2.27 Group shot Another shot of a group of boys dancing in
sequence.
2.27 – 2.33 Very long shot Two buses passing on a bridge (blurred), as they
pass the speed is slowed down.
2.33 – 2.36 Group shot Boys dancing in sequence to the song.
2.36 – 2.50 Close up Actor is singing the last chorus into the camera
whilst dancing.
2.50 – 2.54 Panning Camera slowly pans as a group of people are
shot/group shot dancing.
2.54 – 2.58 Long shot A boat slowly moves across the river as the song
ends.