The document analyzes the music video for Darwin Deez's song "Constellations" in order to inform the creation of the author's own music video. It notes that the analyzed video contains 54 shots, and that understanding shot structure will help determine how many shots to use. It also examines the indie/pop genre, vague narrative, range of shots and camera techniques, and costumes that portray the singer as eccentric in order to understand how to structure an indie music video.

1. Constellations – Darwin Deez
Music Video Analysis
The video I picked to analyse was a music video for Darwin Deez’s Constellations. I picked
this song, because it is a very similar style to the song I am hoping to do for my music video.
This video contains a total of 54 different shots throughout. Knowing how many shots are in
this music video, will give me a good idea of how many shots I should use in my video. The
style/genre of the song I have chosen to analyse is an Indie/Pop single. I chose to look into
this style of music, because it gives me the chance to look at some of the
artistic/experimental elements use throughout the video, and will give me the chance to
understand how an indie Music Video is structured. The narrative of the music video I have
selected is fairly vague; however it could be interpreted in many ways. In the video, it cuts
between the singer presenting a Astrology TV show and the singer walking around a set.
This narrative works in conjunction with the song, as the song is about the singer’s
fascination with space and stars (hence the song title ‘Constellations’). This music video
contains a wide range of different shots and camera techniques. For example at several
points in the video the shots have been filmed hand-held. There also several shots which are
quite long in comparison to other shots. This music video gives the viewer the impression
that the singer is an eccentric and quirky character. One last major thing that makes ties this
video in with the Indie/pop genre is the clothes that the singer wears. The singer is wearing
clothes that are often considered as being nerdy or hipster clothes.