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Textual Analysis of music videos in my sub-genre: Pop Acoustic Ed Sheeran- Give me Love Lasted 7 seconds Slight zoom Long shot Circular narrative Bright lighting Basic clothing and props- monochrome Lasted 6 seconds Pan follows the walk of the policeman Low level lighting Flashing lights reflecting on face Lasted 4 seconds Pan left vertically Reveals scene Scene lighter and in focus in distance OTS shot Shallow depth of field Policeman dark and out of focus
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Ed Sheeran- Give me Love
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Textual Analysis of music videos in my sub-genre: Pop AcousticEd Sheeran- Give me Love
Lasted 7 secondsSlight zoomLong shot Circular narrativeBright lighting Basic clothing and props- monochrome
Lasted 6 secondsPan follows the walk of the policemanLow level lightingFlashing lights reflecting on face
Lasted 4 secondsPan left verticallyReveals sceneScene lighter and in focus in distanceOTS shotShallow depth of fieldPoliceman dark and out of focus
Lasted 10 secondsLow level lightingLeft pan reveals female behind wallFocus and light shifts on to herReveals identityEmotive
Lasted 5 secondsEyeline matchLong shot coupleLeft pan slightly- steadi cam
Lasted 5 secondsCentral imageEyes meet cameraTrack outShallow depth of field
Lasted 3 secondsLong shotSame image as before but contrastMusty edit-smokeCentral to imageShallow depth of field
Lasted 1 second eachSimple propsConnote survivalShallow depth of field
Scene changesCamera- outsider viewLasted 3 secondsSame outfitNarrative
Establishing shotLow level lightingPurple editingTime lapse of cloudsLasted 3 seconds
Blurred editingLong shotLasted 5 secondsPurple and pink tonesLow level lighting
Long shotCentral to shotThirds ruleLayering of same character in different positionsBright lightingNo colour
Pace of music video increases towards the endFlashing lights match beatMore narrative > performance
Circular narrativeEnds the same shot as it began
