The document provides descriptions of the different shot types used in a music video. It discusses the use of close-ups to clearly show facial expressions and emphasize lyrics. Long shots are used to provide background detail and context. Low angle shots from below make a character seem powerful against a backdrop of graffiti. Extreme close-ups focus intently on small details like lighting a cigarette to make the audience feel like they are performing the action. Establishing shots set the scene and genre. Mid shots show an actor's full performance. Tracking shots physically follow props or people to keep the audience engaged.

1. SHOT LIST
By Jake Taylor

2. CLOSE-UP
• In our music video we use a wide range of different close
ups throughout. We have decided to do this so the audience
can see all of the facial expressions clearly of the actor and
this allows them to be able to assess how the character is
feeling. In Grime videos, close ups are used all the time to
emphasise something. For example, if there was a certain
word in a song and they wanted the audience to notice it,
they would do a close up of rather the actor or the prop and
display it clearly for the audience to notice. In our music
video, we have used a range of different close ups in order
to make the audience connected to the performance in
which is taken place.

3. LONG SHOTS
• We used some long shots within the music video in
order to give the audience a more detailed setting.
While the focus is on characters, plenty of background
detail still emerges, and this is shown in one of our
main shots where even though the actor is very close,
the background shows a lot more detail which is what
we want the audience to focus on. We also used a
long shot at the very end of the video in which shows
one of the main actors walking away from the camera
into the distance still showing all of the graffiti along
the side of him.

4. LOW ANGLE
• In our music video we used a low angle shot which we
done uniquely by having the camera face up to the actor
which made it look as if he had power. By doing this it
looks as if the audience is looking up to him and it makes
him look superior. Behind the actor was a huge wall of
graffiti which stood out even more which made it even
more successful of a shot. Also this graffiti made the low
angle shot look better due to graffiti linking well to danger
which made this location fit well with the genre. We also
used a low angle shot right at the beginning of the video,
this is where the camera faces straight up a building which
is covered in graffiti.

5. EXTREME CLOSE UP
• At the very start of the music video we used an
extreme close up on a character lighting a
cigarette. The reason we decided to make this an
extreme close up was because we wanted to
make the audience feel as if they were the ones
doing it and see all of the detail in which is going
on. Extreme close ups are normally used to focus
on a certain part of a subject which is normally a
person, and it is done to create emotion.

6. ESTABLISHING SHOT
• We used establishing shots at the very start
of our music video. As the music starts to
play, I decided to use a range of props and
and different locations in order for the
audience to know what type of genre the
video is associated with. These establishing
shots can tell the audience what type of genre
it is and what the next couple of shots will
look like.

7. MID SHOTS
• We decided to use a range of mid shots when
we wanted to show the audience the actors
performance within the music video. For
example we jumped from a close up straight
to a mid shot which shows the actor moving
his hands to create certain actions and we
wanted the audience to see this and by
having this is made the music video look a lot
more creative.

8. TRACKING SHOT
• A tracking shot is when a camera follows a person or an
object physically moving with the subject. In our music
video we decided to do this with both props and our
actors because we wanted the audience to always stay
connected to them. For example, we done this when we
wanted the audience to see a range of different graffiti
around and we also followed our actors in the video for
the audience to see all of their actions which they make.
In the grime videos we analysed, they don’t use the
tripod and they rely on still hand movement.