Miley Cyrus – Wrecking BallTechnical analysis

Coverage, shots and takes

Wrecking Ball is made up of three scenesEach of the scenes have been used to gather COVERAGE: a gathering

of raw footage to enable the editor to create an effective cut.Gathering coverage requires a number of different SHOTS to be taken.Several TAKES would have been recorded for each shot. Some of these shots are performance based (Miley sing, swinging a

sledge hammer, swinging on a wrecking ball)Others are cutaways (walls being smashed).There is no obvious storyline to the video, the video is basically the

literal metaphor for the lyrics.

SCENE 1 – Miley singing

1. Close-up, this close up was used to show how sad she was (she even cries at the start)

2. Mid shot, the mid shot showed more of her and her sad anger came out in erratic movements.

Miley stood in a white light room singing directly at the camera

SHOTS

ROUGH LAYOUT OF CAMERAS

Miley

Shot 1

Shot 2

SCENE 2 – Miley Cyrus with a sledge hammerMiley Cyrus walking, cuddling, kissing, licking and sucking a sledge hammer

Long shot – with Miley pacing around this concrete room

Mid shot – with Miley playing with a sledge hammer

SHOTS

SCENE 3 – Wrecking Ball

1. Close up on Wrecking ball – attached action camera

2. Long shot of miley riding the ball

3. Mid shot of miley swinging on the wrecking ball

A wrecking ball swings in the background and Miley Cyrus rides the wrecking ball afterwards

SHOTS