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Shot count analysis chart

Track: Shut Up And Dance With Me

Artist: WALK THE MOON

Record Co: RAC

Release date:10th september 2014

Summary of results: Most of these shots are kept between 1&2 seconds so that the audience doesnt get board of watching the video. Also there are 
 very few different edits that they have used to get it to the next shot like in most music videos they are just straight cuts. Finally the focus is on the 
main protagonists of the music video so we know who they are refering to rather than extras. 

Key Learning Points 
From completing this task  have discovered that there are a lot of shots that have to be taken to create a music video and that it will take a long time to film let alone edit. I have also found out that dance music often has special effects used which I will have to research into how to create for myself.

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length	description	Edit to next shot
1 - 0.20	mid shot	1 second	Woman stood in black dress with  brightly coloured lights behind her  and blurred background.	straight cut
2 - 0.21	close up	2 seconds	Man singing to lyrics moving his hand to the right. blue and pink background  blurred.	split screen by people walking past.
3 - 0.23	long shot zoomed to a mid shot	1 second	Man stood looking at woman using one  of the lines for rule of thirds to pull  attention to him. blurred background,  outlines of some people in the  background.	straight cut
4 - 0.24	mid shot zoomed to close up	2 seconds	Woman in black dress swaying side to side.	straight cut
5 - 0.26	close up	1 second	Man singing lyrics facing to the left.	straight cut
6 - 0.27	mid shot zoomed to close up	2 seconds	Woman in black dress swaying side to side smiling.	straight cut
7 - 0.29	mid shot zoomed to close up	4 seconds	Man singing to the lyrics looking shy  and smiling.	straight cut
8 - 0.33	close up zoomed to extreme close up	3 seconds	Woman lip singing to the music.	straight cut
9- 0.36	mid shot	1 second	Man stood looking confused.	swipe to the right
10 - 0.37	mid shot	2 seconds	man with duplicates of himself stood  in a line.	Jump forward
11 - 0.39	extreme close up	5 seconds	Man with duplicates of himself in a line,  them some men come out of his ears and pull them.	swipe to the left.
12- 0.44	split screen half extreme close up half long shot	5 seconds	Man on left singing the lyrics. On the  right man and woman dancing together in brightly coloured box.	spipe to the right.