HL: Technical Analysis

Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before The Lights Come On (2006)

Shot No.	Duration	Shot Type/ Distance/ Angle	Mise-en-scene	Connotations
1	9s	Medium close up	Man walking down the street (emotionless).	Coming from or going somewhere.
2	6s	Medium close up	A women in an uneasy manner.	She might be up to something out of the norm.
3	3s	Long shot	Shows the women standing on the room of a building.	She may be about to harm herself.
4	3s	Medium close up	Man continues to walk down street.	Unaware of what the women is about to do.
5	2s	Medium close up	Women looks below.	She is contemplating whether to jump or not.
6	2s	Mid shot (Birds-eye view)	The street.	The area in which the women would land.
7	1s	Long shot	View of women from the street.	The shocking view that the citizens would see.
8	2s	Medium close up	Man still walking.	Still unaware.
9	2s	Medium close up	Women looking down.	Still contemplating whether to jump.
10	4s	Mid shot (from behind)	Shot of man walking down the street.	Just an ordinary guy.
11	1s	Medium close up	Women inhales and exhales.	Shows how she has made her decision.
12	2s	Mid shot	Man leans down to pick up an object	Cofuses the man.
13	1s	Medium close up	Front view of man as he goes to lean down.	Still confused.
14	2s	Mid shot (low angled)	Man picks up the shoe.	Still confused.
15	2s	Long shot high angled (zoom)	Shows the women standing awkwardly at the edge of a building.	The man is shocked to see what she is about to do.
16	3s	Mid shot	Shows the man’s reaction.	He’s running to save her.
17	2s	Long shot	Shows the women confused.	Wonders where the man is going.
18	1s

Long shot 

Man running up starirwell.

 Running to save the women.

19

Later in the Video

3s

 Medium Long Shot

Women jumps on man’s back.  

She doesn’t want to leave him alone, as he saved her life. 

20

4s 

Mid Shot 

 The man moves forwards

He is married and is just glad he managed to help the women. 

21

3s 

 Medium Close Up

 Women goes to think arms with man

She has a crush on the man. 

22

3s

Mid Shot

Man pulls away. 

He wants nothing to do with her.

23

2s 

Medium Close Up

The women is irritated.

She wants to be with him.

24

3s 

Mid Shot

Women hits car.

This shows her frustration towards the situation. 

25

2s  

Mid Shot 

Man walks off.

The audience expects that all the drama is over.

26

2s

Medium Long Shot

Man  still walking.

He believes he has got away.

27

2s  

Long Shot

Women runs down a different route.

She is upset with what has happened. 

28

3s 

Mid Shot 

Women pushes the man.  

A confrontation arises.

29

2s  

Mid shot

Women pushes again. 

Man tries to calm down the situation.

30

3s

Medium Close Up

Women is thrown up against a fence.  

The man is fed up with this confrontation.

31

2s 

Medium Close Up

Reaction shot of the women.

Shows her to be scared.

32

2s 

Medium Close Up

 Man walks off angry.

The women has caused him to be this way.

33

4s  

Mid Shot

The women is running.

Wonder where to

34

3s 

Medium Close Up

The women is back on the roof.

She is going to definitely jump.

35

3s 

Close Up

She throws shoe off the room again.

Shows how she is doing it on purpose to lure in a lover/ companion.

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