Analysis of small part of PVRIS' My House video

1. Most of the shots used are large establishing shots and there is a lot of
movement within the video.

2. Following the long movements, the shots tend to shorten in length to just a few
seconds.
Jumps between shots of the main singer
and the other band members.
As well as this
the videos
changes shot
type of the
same person

3. Variety of shots - demonstrate
Within a small amount of time, a wide variety of shots are presented:
• Long shot with camera movement
• Long shot with subject movement
• Close up
• As well as this, there are some short shots that show the subject within the
same scene but in a different place.
Subject sat Subject
walking

4. There is some abrupt cuts to close ups after some shots
to emphasise the lyrics
These cuts only
last around a
second before
cutting again, and
moving on to
another scene, or
back to the
previous scene

5. During instrumental breaks – scene changes to
varying shots of a subject floating underwater

6. Some colour is shown over the video as a type
of lens flare, this breaks the greyscale continuity.
This flashes over only a few shots throughout the video