The document provides a shot-by-shot breakdown of the music video for "The Strays" by Sleeping With Sirens. It consists primarily of jump cuts between shots showing various characters and locations, including a girl running through a field, a singer walking towards the camera, people spray painting a van in a junkyard, and a large group gathering together by the end. The fast-paced editing with many quick cuts aims to capture the energy and movement within the video through a diverse range of shots over the song's duration.

1. Sleeping With Sirens- “The Strays”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp6sbMRktes
00:00-00:02- Fast fade in to reveal a birds-eye of a junkyard with lots of cars,
across the screen- showing abandonment of these cuts. To set the seen there is a
pan shoot above and across this junkyard.
00:03-00:04- Quick jump cut to reveal a girl head from a low shot so the sky is
in the background, with a still camera showing the girl turn her head to look
behind her.
00:04-00:05-Jump cut to dolly shot/ hand held shot, of following a group of
pigeons flying away.
00:05-00:08-Jump cut to a male sitting on a gritty stair case, with a hand held
camera, the camera moves backwards as the singer stands up and walks down
the stairs singing the words of the song- keeping eye contact with the camera.
00:08-00:09-Jump cut to close up, low shot, of a boy on a bike, originally looking
down, then looks up at the camera, with depth of field effect, with the subject in
focus in the foreground and then the background out of focus.
00:09-00:11- Jump cut, to the boy from previous shot, on his bike at the top of a
ramp, with a small zoom shot towards the subject.
00:11-00:13- Jump cut to extreme close up of the boys bike handles when the
boy out of focus and the bike in focus, showing him put his hand on the handle-
putting his hand in focus as well.
00:13-00:14- Jump cut to singer. Dolly shot of the camera moving backwards as
the singer walks towards it.
00:14-00:15- Jump cut to the boy on his bike riding his bike up the ramp; with a
slight pan shot- following him.
00:15-00:16- Jump cut of boy on his bike from a different angle showing him
come down after his jump of the ramp.
00:16-00:17- Jump cut to singer in the same place as 00:13-14, but the at a close
up of the side of him. On a dolly track, the camera is moving with him as he sings
into the camera.
00:17-00:18- Jump cut to a different subject in the same bike ramp – with him
moving his head to look at the camera- a head on shot.
00:18-00:19- Jump cut to another subject with a extreme close up of his face,
originally looking down then looking up at the camera.
00:19-00:21- Jump cut to the female shown at 00:03-00:04. Pan shot showing
her running across the field, dropping her coat- at a long shot of her in the
middle of the shot.

2. 00:21-00:22- Jump cut to low shot close up of the female, with the subject
standing still and the camera moving to the side, showing the sun light disperse
around her- showing the clouds in the sky in the background.
00:22-00:23- Jump cut to extreme close up, to the female face with her looking
up at the sky and the camera shot pan up to the top of her head.
00:23-00:25- Jump cut to the subject running across the field again but taking
off her top, leaving her in her underwear but continues to run. At a far shot with
a narrow depth of field, but the foreground- the grass, is out of focus and the
subject- behind the long grass, is out of focus. The camera again has a slight pan
to follow her movement.
00:25-00:26- Jump cut to a still shot, far shot, revealing an underpass and four
people walking through it and towards the camera- but it doesn’t reveal their
face as the shot stops before the leave the tunnel.
00:26-00:27- Jump cut to the female in the field, slight pan shot showing her
with her arms up in the air spinning.
00:27-00:29- Jump cut to the male singer, still walking and singing, with a slight
pan of the camera.
00:29-00:30- Jump cut to a far shot of female in the field in her underwear,
spinning around in the distance, with the movement of the pan again towards
her, adding a small zoom shot.
00:30-00:32- Jump cut to a half body, low camera shot, showing the female
closer up spinning in her underwear.
00:32-00:33- Jump cut to head on camera shot of the singer, still on a dolly
track, still walking towards the camera singing.
00:33-00:35- Jump cut, back to the junk yard but on the floor level, at a far shot,
showing two people run towards an old van, spray painting it.
00:35-00:36- Jump cut to revealing the two spray painting through a small gap,
with a narrow depth of field, showing the surroundings in the foreground
blurred, but the two youths, in the centre.
00:36-00:37- Jump cut to a close up of the two spray painting the van, in slow
motion showing the girl run towards the boy, to tell him the police were coming,
then him lowering the can- showing they know full well they aren’t meant to be
there.
00:37-00:39- Jump cut to a narrow depth of field revealing the police man
running towards them, with the two subjects in the foreground, running across
the bottom of the frame out of focus, then with the police in the background in
focus. There is also a type of blurred vignette around the screen in this shot.
00:39-00:41- Jump cut, to a similar shot of the original establishing shot,
showing the junk yard, put a closer up drone type shot, rather than birds-eye.
This shot reveals the two youths who were spray painting the van, being chased
by the policeman.
00:41-00:44- Jump cut to the singer, but as the shot progresses, the dolly shot,
moving backwards, it shows more people joining the singer, walking towards the
camera.
00:44-00:45- Jump cut to show the female in the field, close up of face, the slight
movement of the camera shows her go from a closed smile to a open smile, with
the sub light distribute across the frame again.
00:45-00:46- Jump cut to another man standing on a bridge, my the camera shot
is a close up showing him look up as the camera pan around him.
00:46-00:47- Jump cut to two girls; close up showing them close together
smiling.
00:47-00:49- Jump cut to the singer and friends walking towards the camera
singing, as the dolly shot continues to move back.

3. 00:49-00:50- Jump cut to low shot, showing a group of teens, on top of a small
hill, at all different levels- some sitting some kneeling, some standing, then
showing one of them throw something into the distance.
00:50-00:51- Jump cut to the singer and the group singing to the camera and
having fun.
00:51-00:51- jump cut to another teen, sitting down, looking down then looks
up.
00:52-00:52- Jump cut to another teen, close up on her, pan around her, with
other peoples legs behind her.
00:52-00:54- Jump cut to show a group of teens sat on the van which was being
spray painted on within the Junk yard. Panning around to reveal the whole
group.
00:54-00:56- Jump cut to the camera being head on to the group sat on the van,
with a zoom shot, going in towards the group and van- revealing the van says
“The Strays” in spray paint.
00:56-00:59- Jump cut, to a drone establishing shot of a river, up to a bridge
which a subject was standing on at 00:45-00:46, showing in the bottom left hand
corner someone swinging under the bridge and the drone shot, pans across.
00:59-01:00- Jump cut to a close up, showing the person on the swing as it pans
around them.
01:00-01:01- Jump cut to the singer and the singer walking towards the camera.
01:01-01:03- Jump cut to the man who was previously swinging on the swing
under the bridge, now in the water, fast pace cuts on three different camera
angles, the first one starting with the camera and the bottom of him showing him
laying on his back with his eyes shut and arms out. Then a close up of the side of
his face in the same position, then a far shot of him in the same position in the
left third of the frame. The shots change in the pace of the song.
01:03-01:05- Back to the kids in the junk yard being chased by the police office,
with the blurred focus vignette, reviling and depth of field camera shoot, a car
door in the foreground and the kids and police office chasing them in the
background behind the car, in focus- full body shot.
01:05-01:09- Jump cut to the kids in the junk yard who have now been caught
by the office who is now pinning them on the wall- putting hand cuffs on them.
The first shot showing this is a small pan zoom shoot, with the boy on the wall
and the police office behind him and the girl behind them in the shot. The next
shot jumps to the girl starring at the wall but smiling- the camera is at a close up
to reveal her facial expressions- showing she doesn’t really care that she’s been
caught. Then the next shot of the boy laughing with her, they don’t seem to mind.
01:09-01:12- Jump cut to the singer and the rest of the group, now in a different
place, with the dolly track shot showing them walking towards the camera.
01:12-01:13- Jump cut to a low shot of someone- can’t see their face, jumping
over something burning.
01:13-01:14- Jump cut to the boy and girl who got caught in the junk yard
hugging, with a pan, pull zoom focusing on them.
01:14-01:15- Jump cut to the singer again with the same camera technique.
01:15-01:16- Jump cut to a close up camera shot of the boy and girl hugging,
panning into them.
01:16-01-17- Jump cut to the group sat on the sprayed van, showing unity, a
small zoom shot.
01:17-01:18- Jump cut to the close up of the singer walking towards the camera
with the group behind him.

4. 01:18-01:19- Jump cut to the singer, but zooming out, into a drone shot as he
raises his arms, revealing more people joining the group – people shown in
previous shots.
01:19-01:20- Jump cut to the girl in the field in her underwear, close up of her
with her arms in the air- with a still camera shot.
01:20-01:21- Jump cut to a close up of the singers face- him in focus, with lots of
people behind him out of focus, showing a big group of youths.
01:21-01:22- Jump cut to the junk yard again, with a still camera shot, showing
the boy and girl run across the frame.
01:22-01:23- Jump cut to the close up of singer again.
01:23-01:24- Jump cut to a further shot of the singer and group.
01:24-01:25- Jump cut to birds eye shot of the group of people following the
singer, showing the large quantity behind him.
01:25-01:27- Jump cut to a level shot of the singer again, showing him singing to
the camera, and everyone is still walking.
01:27-01:27- Jump cut to group in the junk yard, two boys hugging, with fire in
the left hand corner- in the foreground.
01:27-01:29- Jump cut to close up of a girls face, looking up at the screen with a
slight pan around her, so the sun beams disperse around the frame.
01:29-01:30- Jump cut to high birds eye view shot of the group in the junk yard
running around and near the fire.
01:30-01:35- Jump cut to the singer and the massive group of people again, with
various shot angles- starting head on shot- then left hand close up of the singer in
focus with the camera panning across in front of the singer ending on the right-
then a far head on shot with the group- then a right hand close up panning across
the singer ending to the left.
01:35-01:36- Jump cut to a female close up, in focus, background out of focus
showing her look up.
01:36-01:37- Jump cut to two people close together, in the rain, close up, people
the couple are quite dark, with a low shot the sky is in the background.
01:37-01:38- Jump cut to head on camera shot of the singer and group walking.
01:38-01:40- Jump cut to the boy on his bike, riding down a ramp, the camera
pans down, following him down the ramp.
01:40-01:41- Jump cut to the couple in the rain again, low shot showing them
lean in to kiss each other, then the shot changes of them to a lower shot, behind
the girls back, showing the rain and the sun beams across the frame.
01:41-01:42- Jump cut to the boy on the bike going up a ramp with the camera
shot at a far shot.
01:42-01:43- Jump cut to the singer again, camera extreme close up to the
singers face.
01:43-01:44- Jump cut to two girls running together down a grass hill.
01:44-01:44- Jump cut to the two couple running around in the rain, with the
camera at a low shot.
01:44-01:46- Jump cut to the singer and group, still walking towards the camera
with a dolly track shot.
01:46-01:46- Jump cut to a low shot close up shot, of the two couples who have
just kissed and are now laughing together.
01:46- 01:47- Jump cut to an extreme close up half face shot of someone looking
up at the sun laughing.
01:47-01:49- Jump cut to a couple standing together, dancing, with a low shot,
showing a sun set sky behind them, making them darker as the camera has
focused on the sky, giving a romantic vibe.

5. 01:49-01:56- Jump cut to a variety of different shots with the singer and group
who are walking together, starting with a far shot and the singer off centre, then
the camera moving to make the singer in the centre, then camera shot changes to
a close up of the singer. Then the camera shot changes to a pan shot of the group
(now down an alley behind houses) starting from the right, ending up on the left.
01:56-01:58- Jump cut to a spinning camera shot around the couple who had
just kissed, now dancing together in the rain, keeping close together, the panning
shot revealing their body language together and their happy facial expressions.
01:58-02:00- Jump cut to the singer, who now isn’t as dominant and clear and is
mixed in with a large group.
02:00-02:05- Jump cut to a birds eye view shot, showing all the other people
with the original band, running forward.
02:05-02:05- Jump cut to a head on shot, showing the people who were
originally with the singer.
02:05-02:09- Jump cut to a high shot, looking down at a car bonnet, showing the
reflection of people walking past.
02:09- 02:12- Jump cut to far shot, with the camera shot in an alley type place,
with the door showing people running past, and the rest of the frame dark.
02:12-02:13- Jump cut to high shot showing people legs downwards, running
past the camera.
02:13-02:17- Jump cut to extreme close up of the band picking up instruments
and tuning them in.
02:17-02:27- Jump cut to when the beat picks up, revealing a stage and
everyone standing around jump and singing, with camera shots varying from
close up to each band member, to close up of the singer singing to the camera, to
pan shot of the crowd- the shots change around 2-3 per seconds, its very fast
paced.
02:27-02:28- Jump cut to couple silhouette low shot, showing them dancing
together up high- probably standing on a car.
02:28- 02:33- Jump cut to the singer and crowd, showing a variety of different
camera shots, again panning shots, extreme close ups, close up, very fast paced.
02:33-02:34- Jump cut to the group sat on the spray van again. Zoom shot into
the group.
02:34-02:35- Jump cut to a head on shot of the singer revealing he band in the
background and the crowd surrounding them.
02:35- 02:36- Jump cut to extreme close up of someone, looking and smiling at
the camera, then a different person, then a different person- three different
people in one second.
02:36-02:39- Jump cut to the singer and band again.
02:39-02:41- Jump cut to the group in the junk yard, shots changing from a
depth of field shot, with the fire in the foreground and people high fiving in the
background, then to friends hugging each other close ups.
02:41-02:51- Jump cut to the singer and band performing to the crowd with
lights flashing.
02:51-02:55- Jump cut to the birds-eye drone shot of the top of a junkyard when
the music gets quieter, but moving down the junkyard- in the opposite direction
of the establishing shot