1. Shot List for ‘Somebody Told Me- The Killers’ Music Video
Shot Shot Type Shot Time Description
Opening Shot Master Shot Band Sitting on the sofa, Listening to ‘Somebody told Me’
Shot (2, 3, 4) Close Ups Close Ups of Three of the band members
Shot (5) Close Up Close Up of the lead singer fades out into the start of the Song.
Intro of Song 0.20.5s
Shot (6) Start Establishing Shot 0.03s Shot of the stage, setting, Flashing Lights all in sync
Shot (7) Mid Shot 0.02s Showing half of the lead singer and microphone
Shot (8) Side Shot 0.02s Close up showing the Side of the lead singer
Shot (9) Close Up 0.03s playing the chords of the song focused on the fret board
Shot (10) Mid Shot 0.02s Canted angle Mid Shot of Lead Guitarist.
Shot (11) Close up 0.02s Looking down the fret board of the Bass Guitar
Shot (12) Low Angle 0.02s Looking up at the Bass Guitarist
Shot (13) Close up 0.02s Drum Stick Hitting the Ride Symbol
Shot (14) Long Shot 0.02s Drummer Hitting the Symbol Repetitively
Verse 1 0.32s
Shot (15) Close Up 0.04s Singing the Opening Line of Song, With Microphone
Shot (16) Zoom Out 0.04s Zoom out to Mid Shot (Fast Paced Zoom)
Shot (17) Low Angle LS 0.03s Low-Angle Long Shot for the instrumental fill
Shot (18) Side Shot 0.03s Side Shot of Lead singer singing with Microphone in shot.
Shot (19) Long Shot 0.04s Long shot of the lead guitarist playing
Shot (20) Pan 0.06s Pan From Lead guitarist, to drummer, to bassist ) (Fast)
Shot (21) Mid Shot 0.04s Singing with the Microphone
Shot (22) Close up (side) 0.04s Close Up at the side, singing the final line of the verse
Bridge 0.12s
Shot (23) Long shot 0.02s Long shot of the band playing
Shot (24) Long Shot 0.03s Long shot of the drummer playing to the beat
Shot (25) Extream Close Up 0.02s Close up of bass guitarists mouth singing ‘woo hooo’
Shot (26) Mid Shot 0.04 Singing the last line of the bridge ‘Never thought I’d let a….’
Shot (27) Mid Shot 0.01 Drummer hitting with the beat.
Chorus 0.15.5s
Shot (28) Close-Up 0.02s “Somebody Told Me…” shot of lead singer
Shot (29) Mid - Shot 0.02s “You had a boyfriend” Shot of Ben Potter
Shot (30) Mid- Shot 0.02s “You look like a girlfriend” Shot of girl
Shot (31) Ariel Close -up 0.03s Of lead singer singing
Shot (32) Mid – Shot 0.02s “It’s not confidential” – White background
Shot (33) Mid – Shot 0.02s “I’ve got potential” – Las Vegas background
Shot (34) Long – Shot 0.01s Band standing motionless
Verse 2 0.16s
Shot (35) Tracking shot 0.02s “Ready let’s roll onto…” walking right with the microphone
Shot(36) Long Shot 0.02s Band singing autographs
Shot (37) Two shot 0.02s Two shot of two of the band members (Luca + Cameron)
Shot (38) Eye-line match 0.01s Looking at the picture they are going to sign
Shot (39) Long shot 0.02s Lead singer leaving the table
Shot (40) Mid Shot 0.02s Shot of Dave
Shot (41) Mid Shot 0.02s Shot of Drummer
Shot (42) Side Shot 0.01s “I said heaven aint…”
Shot (43) Close – up 0.02 “Close in a place like this”