Shot Count Analysis

Track: Forever Love                                  Artist: Danna Richards and Avia Butler     

                          

 Director: Shay Butler (Maker Studios, now owned by Disney)  Release Date: 21st June 2014

                  

Length of video: 3 minutes, 56 seconds

Number of shots in entire video: 69

Average length of shot: 3 seconds

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Number of shots in 30 second segment: 12

Within the 30 second segment there are:

Number of CU: 2

Number of ECU: 1

Number of LS: 4

Number of MS: 5

Number of panning shots: 3

Number of tilts: 2

Other shots: 3

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length	Description	Edit to next shot
1	Zoom in	7 seconds	Long shot to close up.	Straight cut
2	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Focused close up on hands.	Straight cut
3	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Side close up view of hands.	Straight cut - tilt up
4	Tilt up - medium close up.	8 seconds	Still close up of two artists	Fade out
5	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up on hand on keyboard.	Straight cut
6	Side close up	2 seconds	Side view of artists lip synching.	Straight cut
7	Close up	2 seconds	Full front shot of both artists.	Straight cut
8	Angled shot	3 seconds	Shot from the side and below slightly.	Fade out
9	Long shot	4 seconds	Long shot of two adults dancing.	Fade out
10	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up showing hands moving on keyboard.	Straight cut
11	Long shot	4 seconds	Full length body shot of both artists.	Straight cut
12	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of only one artist. (younger)	Straight cut
13	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up of foot on keyboard.	Straight cut
14	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Shot showing hand movements on keyboard.	Straight cut
15	Other shot	3 seconds	Pan up and down from one artist to the other.	Fade out
16	Above close up	1 second	Above shot of hands.	Straight cut
17	Close up	3 seconds	Close up of younger artists face.	Straight cut
18	Side close up	3 seconds	Camera stars moving down from side view shot.	Fade out
19	Tilt close up	3 seconds	Tilt up of older artist.	Straight cut
20	Close up	4 seconds	Close up of both artists.	Straight cut
21	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of both sets of hands.	Straight cut
22	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of parents dancing - focused on face expressions.	Straight cut
23	Tilt up - close up	3 seconds	Tilt up of younger artist.	Straight cut
24	Extreme close up to close up	4 seconds	Focused on hand movements again.	Straight cut
25	Medium shot	5 seconds	Medium shot of mother and daughter dancing.	Straight cut
26	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of both artists.	Fade out
27	Close up	3 seconds	Close up of mother, daughter and father together.	Fade out
28	Close up	3 seconds	Showing both artists lip synching together.	Straight cut
29	Pan close up shot	5 seconds	Panning from right to left or both artists.	Fade out
30	Tilt down - close up	4 seconds	Tilting downwards but close up of artists.	Straight cut
31	Close up	4 seconds	Close up to see lip synching and facial expressions.	Straight cut
32	Medium shot	4 seconds	Medium shot of loving moment between mother and daughter.	Straight cut
33	Long shot	4 seconds	Long shot of father and daughter getting ready to dance.	Fade out
34	Long shot	3 seconds	Long shot showing father and daughter dancing - loving moment.	Straight cut
35	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of parents dancing together.	Straight cut
36	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up focused on hand movements again.	Straight cut
37	Long shot	2 seconds	Long full body shot showing both artists singing.	Straight cut
38	Tilt downwards - close up	4 seconds	Tilting down on both artists from above.	Fade out
39	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up showing connecting hands.	Fade out
40	Close up	4 seconds	Close up of top half of body of both artist.	Straight cut
41	Medium shot	3 seconds	Medium shot of mother and daughter dancing.	Straight cut
42	Side focused shot	3 seconds	Side shot in focus of older artist while younger artist is blurred out behind.	Straight cut
43	Above shot	4 seconds	Above shot while panning from right to left over hands.	Fad out
44	Tilt up - close up	6 seconds	Tilt up to close up shot of both artists on the keyboard.	Fade out
45	Long shot	4 seconds	Long shot of father and daughter dancing.	Fade out
46	Extreme close up	5 seconds	Extreme close up of hands playing the keyboard.	Fade out
47	Panning shot - close up	3 seconds	Panning from left to right over both artists.	Fade out
48	Side close up	4 seconds	Side close up of both artists lip synching.	Fade out
49	Close up/ extreme close up	2 seconds	Could be extreme close up or close up of younger artists face.	Straight cut
50	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up of hands moving along keyboard.	Straight cut
51	Close up/extreme close up	3 seconds	Could be either shots. - focused on girls face and emotions.	Fade out
52	Extreme close up	5 seconds	Extreme close up of girls hand with ring on.	Fade out
53	Close up	4 seconds	Close up of older women's face. Showing lip syncing and emotions.	Straight cut
54	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Showing hand movements across keyboard.	Straight cut
55	Close up	3 seconds	Close up of mother and daughter. loving expressions.	Straight cut
56	Long shot	3 seconds	Long shot of father and daughter dancing. laughter and love.	Straight cut
57	Close up	3 seconds	Close up of older women's face.	Fade out
58	Side pan to close up	5 seconds	Side pan from left to right from daughter to mother.	Fade out
59	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of older singer.	Straight cut
60	Long shot	5 seconds	Long shot of parents dancing and sharing a happy, loving moment.	Straight cut
61	Close up	2 seconds	Back to artists singing.	Straight cut
62	Close up	2 seconds	Close up of both artists hands playing the keyboard.	Straight cut
63	Extreme close up	2 seconds	Extreme close up shoeing hands on the keyboard.	Straight cut
64	Close up - pan up	2 seconds	Pan up slightly to watch movements of hands.	Straight cut
65	Extreme close up - pan	2 seconds	Extreme close up showing younger singer playing the keyboard and to show pink colour. - pan across to other singer.	Straight cut
66	Close up	4 seconds	Close up of younger singer. showing pink colour on head and face.	Straight cut
67	Close up	4 seconds	Close up from front of parents dancing and sharing a loving moment.	Fade out
68	Long shot - zooms out	8 seconds	Long shot to zooming out to a far away long shot before fading out to the end of the video.	Fade out -Fade in
69	Long shot	24 seconds	Long shot showing white background and a keyboard before father comes on screen.	Fade out

 
Analysis - What have I learned?
With this task I have learned that there are lots of shots taken during a music video. I have seen that unless you watch the video in detail, you don't pick up the amount of shots that are used.

I have also learned about the seconds that are used in order to keep the video looking smooth and presented well.

When I create my music video, I should consider what editing should be used between shots, what shots I should use, like angles and I should decide on how long each shot is going to be. This will allow me to create a good video that looks good and entertains people.