Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Analysis of a Music Video: The XX - Islands



Shot
The shot that slowly zooms out to show all these people all sat together is very well choreographed, the whole scene doesn’t use any close ups of the members it just zooms out.
Analysis


This scene has each member of the group sat next to each other, the lighting is quite dark apart from the light coming from the sides and the ‘x’ which is behind them, the ‘x’ makes everything seem well centered, the whole video only uses this one shot of zooming out while each person is in a different place each time, it’s cleverly done.

'I don't have to leave anymore, what I have is right here'


Once fully zoomed out it starts over to show all the members in different places.





Shot
The next part is a repeat of the last scene but they are all in different positions and places
Analysis


Much like the last scene it only uses the one shot again the zooming out shot to show all the members and dancers.

‘Here I saw’
‘Something I couldn’t over look’
At the end of the zoom it quick cuts to show the ‘x’ again and then zooms out.








Shot
Starting over again after a quick cut, each person in a different place and a different singer.
Analysis


Using the same techniques again, things start to change as the two dancers start to become apart not kissing and looking away from each other.

‘See what I’ve done’
‘The bridge is on fire’
Beginning again this time with a male singer, each quick cut beginnings the same way with the two main dancers kissing.





Shot
After another quick cut it begins the next segment of the video.
Analysis


The woman is now ignoring the man, telling a story in an interesting way, it does this by using a two-shot of them both.


The overall story of the video is starting to show.

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