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3O SECOND MUSIC VIDEO BREAKDOWN

​Task: Screenshot every shot from 30 seconds of a music video of your choice. Annotate each screenshot with: shot type, shot angle, camera movement, framing, shot length & mise-en-scene.

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Tiny Dancer, Elton John  (2017 Official Music Video)

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Shot type: establishing shot, extreme long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot, pov of car passenger

Camera movement: pan / track

Framing:

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: Los Angeles, beach, sky, trees, cars, text mentions artist

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Shot type: establishing shot, long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot, pov of car passenger

Camera movement: pan / track, slow zoom in

Framing:

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: Los Angeles, beach, sky, trees, cars, traffic lights, road signs, text mentions song title

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Shot type: extreme long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: slow zoom in

Framing:

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: road, cars, traffic, road signs, bridge, passing car

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Shot type: close up

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: slightly unstable, handheld

Framing: rule of thirds

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: interior of car, hand, increasing radio volume

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Shot type: extreme long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: slightly unstable, handheld

Framing: central

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: woman opening car bonnet, passing cars on road

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Shot type: long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: pan / track

Framing:

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: houses, trees

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Shot type: medium shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: static

Framing: 3 shot

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: 3 girls driving in a car, happy, shot from exterior of car

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Shot type: extreme long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: pan / track, slow zoom

Framing:

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: park, people, sky

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Shot type: medium shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: static but moves with car

Framing: 2 shot, central

Shot length: 3 seconds

Mise-en-scene: 2 policemen driving in a car, shot from exterior of car

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Shot type: extreme long shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: pan / track

Framing: central

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: follows a distorted reflection of a bus in shop windows, shows street

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Shot type: medium shot

Shot angle: eye level shot

Camera movement: static

Framing: single shot, central

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: man sat on a bus, surrounded by people

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Shot type: long shot

Shot angle: eye level

Camera movement: static

Framing: central

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: car enters shot & drives towards camera

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Shot type: medium close up

Shot angle: eye level

Camera movement: static

Framing:

Shot length: 2 seconds

Mise-en-scene: side view of car as it enters frame & brakes

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Shot type: close up

Shot angle: eye level

Camera movement: static

Framing:

Shot length: 1 second

Mise-en-scene: bus passing

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Shot type: close up

Shot angle: eye level

Camera movement: pan / track, handheld

Framing: rule of thirds

Shot length: 5 seconds

Mise-en-scene: begins with hand adjusting radio & tracks to a close up of a girl as she eats a sweet

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Shot type: extreme long shot

Shot angle: high angle shot

Camera movement: track

Framing: central

Shot length: 5 seconds

Mise-en-scene: road, cars, driving

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