AS: Technical Analysis

We Are The People - Empire of the Sun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN5X4kGhAtU

Shot Numbers:
1

Duration: 6 seconds
Shot Type: Wormeye Pan
Mise en Scene: shot shows blue sky that is partly cloudy. There is an emphasis on the sunlight, which works well in the opening shot to establish the scene in the desert.

2

Duration: 1 second
Shot Type: Medium Close Up
Mise en Scene: The shot is in between the desert opening and the return to the desert afterwards and is cut away to quickly from the scene in the desert in order to give the audience a quick glimpse into a another storyline other than the one they've already been introduced to.

3

Duration: 3 seconds
Shot Type: Medium Close Up
Mise en Scene: this shot shows an abandoned egg cup with a spider crawling out of t. Spiders are usually seen to symbolise abandonment or neglect of an area, giving the desert this feel in the video - portraying it as a baron landscape.

4

Duration: 5 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise en Scene: this shot finally reveals the location that has been alluded in the previous shots. These shots had a quick cutting rate, and so this more stable and prolonged shot helps to finally reveal the location of the video.

5

Duration: 2 seconds
Shot Type: ECU
Mise en Scene: this gives the audience a closer look at one of the characters they saw in the previous shot. By revealing the character to the audience in such a close shot, we are able to see the pain and suffering across his face as he looks tired - something that is associated with travelling through a desert as these two men are.

6

Duration: 3 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise en Scene: after the previous ECU, this shot now cuts back to the man on his own - suggesting detachment. The way he has his arms wide open suggests a plea for help.

7

Duration: 3 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise en Scene: the man that the audience has been introduced to seems to fall over in exhaustion in this shot - emphasising the severity of his situation.

8

Duration: 1 second
Shot Type: Medium Shot
Mise en Scene: the man is seen to be defiantly carrying on despite his exhaustion, the white glove he is wearing on his raised left fist symbolises unity.

9

Duration: 2 seconds:
Shot Type: Close Up
Mise en Scene: the two men are seen to be joined together willing to carry on. Accompanying this shot is the line "We're sharing each other, the feeling is stronger" demonstrating how they're shown to be stronger together as they carry on throught the desert.

10

Duration: 4 seconds

Shot Type: Establishing Long Shot

Mise en Scene: the men finally come across somebody in the desert, and appear to be unsure on how to appraoch him. One of the men drops to his knees, suggesting a plea for help, as the man they have found sits on his bike watching the two men.

11

Duration: 2 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise en Scene: the men find anothr person on their trvaels, who apperas to be digging some sort of grave - connoting that the exhaustation may get the better of the two travellers.

12

Duration:  3 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise sen Scene: this shot is taken from over the shoulder of one of the travellers. The foreground shows a church which has connotations of saftey and comfort for believers in God. This comes moments after they've comes acros the man digging the garve, so clearely these two shots are juxtaposed in this way deliberately.

13

Duration: 2 seconds
Shot Type: Long Shot
Mise en Scene: this shows the woiman theyve come across at the church - who is portrayed as their saviour. In the shot above the man is seen to be accepting a skull from a woman - maybe contradciting the idea that they've been saved and that really people have died here, and this is the skull of someone who has.

14

Duration: 3 seconds
Shit Type: Medium Shot
Mise en Scene: the video then cuts to a waterfall where the two men find themselves. Water can be perceived to be a symbol for purity, and so after their long and gruelling jounrey, such an environment is just what they appear to need.

15

Duration: 2 seconds

Shot Type: Close Up

Mise en Scene: the man now appears to be praying - connoting thankfulness and relief that they appear to have been saved.

Summary of Findings from Technical Analysis:

• In this video there is prevalance to the two lead performers and singers in the video.  The shots that are featured are a variety of both long shots and medium shots, giving the video a varited feel.  The pace of the video is a mixture of fast and slow cuts depending on the environment of the video. 
• The start of the video is a slow cutting rate due to the content and the narrative. This helps to portray the mood amongst he characters in the video.
•  The long shots in the video are used to set a scene, which is vital to understanding the ideas in the piece. 
• The shots that feature the lead singer help to place emphasis on performance and develop the relationship between the performers and the audience.