A timed analysis of Royals by Lorde.

1. Lorde: Royals
Timed Analysis
By Emma Weeks

2. 0.00
Black screen

3. 0.00-0.08
Panning shot following route of road through suburbs.

4. 0.08-0.10
Lorde Royals title screen

5. 0.10-0.12
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

6. 0.12-0.15
Mid shot of bedroom focused on bed.

7. 0.15-0.19
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

8. 0.19-0.22
Mid shot of living room wall focused on the top of the plant and
curtains.

9. 0.22-0.26
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

10. 0.26-0.29
Wide angle shot of living room allowing for entire plant and
curtains to be seen.

11. 0.29-0.32
Close shot of singer Lorde.

12. 0.33-0.34
Mid shot of subject sitting in bed.

13. 0.34-0.35
Close shot of young man with water dripping from his face.

14. 0.36-0.37
Close shot of young mans chest with focus drawn to his chain.

15. 0.38-0.39
Mid shot of young man 2 eating breakfast.

16. 0.39-0.41
Mid shot of TV with static in the centre of the screen against the
curtains.

17. 0.42-0.45
Close shot of singer Lorde.

18. 0.45-0.46
Wide angle shot of young man doing up his shoe laces in a gym
changing room.

19. 0.47-0.49
High angle shot of young man biting his t-shirt. High angle shot
symbolises his potential power but niting on t-shirt symbolises his
youth.

20. 0.50-0.53
Wide angle mid shot of young man standing in the centre of the
gym hall.

21. 0.53-0.55
Wide angle shot with the young man’s head in the mid right third
of the shot.

22. 0.55-0.58
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

23. 0.59-0.59
High angle panning shot of telephone pole.

24. 1.00-1.03
Wide angle long shot of young man 2 practising boxing.

25. 1.03-1.06
Close shot of singer Lorde.

26. 1.07-1.10
Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the left third of
the shot.

27. 1.11-1.13
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

28. 1.13-1.17
Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the centre third
of the shot.

29. 1.17-1.23
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

30. 1.24-1.27
Wide angle medium full shot of young man in visible partially
through the bathroom door.

31. 1.28-1.28
Wide long shot of young man lying down on the sofa.

32. 1.29-1.34
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

33. 1.34-1.36
Wide angle close shot of young man shaving his head.

34. 1.37-1.38
Shallow depth of field shot of young man shaving his head
reflection is focus.

35. 1.38-1.41
Close shot of back of young mans head as he shaves it.

36. 1.41-1.42
Close shot of young man 2 having his head shaved.

37. 1.43-1.43
Close shot of young man 2 shaving his head with young man in the
background.

38. 1.44-1.47
Wide angle close up of young man 2 in the foreground if the videos
left third with young man in the background of the video in the
right third.

39. 1.47-1.48
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

40. 1.48-1.50
Medium shot of singer Lorde.

41. 1.50-1.52
Extreme close up of young man 2’s adams apple.

42. 1.53-1.55
High angle long shot of young man 2 submerged in pool.

43. 1.55-1.57
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

44. 1.58-1.58
Close shot of a hand with a lighter flame inside.

45. 1.59-2.02
Long shot of both young men practising boxing.

46. 2.02-2.04
Wide angle long shot of living room.

47. 2.05-2.06
High angle shot of swimming pool.

48. 2.07-2.10
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

49. 2.10-2.11
Medium close shot of young man.

50. 2.12-2.12
Low angle shot of power lines.

51. 2.13-2.14
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

52. 2.15-2.16
Medium wide shot of young mans reflection in mirror in the left
third of the frame with a blood splatter on the mirror near the
frames centre.

53. 2.17-2.17
Wide long shot of the neighbourhood where the video is set.

54. 2.18-2.43
Medium shot of singer Lorde.

55. 2.44-2.46
Close shot of young man.

56. 2.47-2.49
Wide shot of young man laying on the platform of a train station.

57. 2.50-2.53
Medium shot of singer Lorde.

58. 2.55-2.56
Over the shoulder shot of a crowded train over young mans
shoulder.

59. 2.57-3.00
Shot of youths sitting on a bench in a bus shelter with young man.

60. 3.00-3.03
Mid shot of young man with a reflected scene from the bus shelter
window.

61. 3.03-3.07
Close shot of young man 2 with his head reflected in the glass of
the bus window.

62. 3.07-3.09
Close shot of young man with his face reflected in the glass of the
bus window.

63. 3.09-3.11
Medium shot of singer Lorde.

64. 3.11-3.15
Wide panning shot following the route out of the suburbs.

65. 3.16-3.18
Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

66. 3.19-3.20
Black end screen.