RD: Technical Analysis of Shut up and Dance

Shut up and Dance- Walk the Moon

Time	Camera	Mise-en-scene	Sound	Editing
0.00	Medium still shot	Leading man walks into ‘party’ scene- awkward facial expression	Quiet music introduction	-
0.06	Still Medium close up	Two ‘mean girls’ judging the lead man, unimpressed facial expression	Quiet music continues to build up	-
0.07	Still Medium close up	Leading man continues to look uncomfortable	Quiet music continues to build up	-
0.11	Medium still shot	Crowd looking at leading man judging	Quiet music continues to build up	-
0.12	Medium long shot	Leading man, title appears in white scruffy font	Guitar riff	-
0.18	Close up	Leading man spots a girl	Guitar starts and melody begins	-
0.19	Medium long shot	We see the girl with light behind her	Melody continues	-
0.20	Medium close up	Leading man puts his hand up toward the girl, he begins to sing	Lyrics begin	-
0.22	Medium long shot	Leading man stands still	Music and lyrics continue	-
0.24	Medium long shot, zoom shot to medium shot	Girl begins to dance	Music and lyrics continue	-
0.26	Close up zoom shot	Man dances and sings zooms into his face	Music and lyrics continue	-
0.27	Medium long shot	Girl continues to dance	Music and lyrics continue	-
0.30	Medium close up zoom shot	Leading man continues to sing	Music and lyrics continue- building up	-
0.34	Medium to close up zoom shot	Girl mouths lyrics and dances, as camera zooms she moves from the edge of the frame to the centre	Chorus	-
0.36	Long shot zooms to close up, screen split half close up half long shot.	Leading man is focused on then we go into his ‘thoughts’ here the screen splits and we see him imagining the future with this girl, then a boxing glove hits him in the face and all is returned to present day at the party	Chorus	Editing effects are used to multiply the lead’s face on the screen, split screen is then used with a green screen background
1.00	Medium shot	Couple return together to present day party	Music and lyrics continue	-

• I really like the effect of having multiple faces on the shot. 
• We could use this in our production by repeating our leading girls face multiple times while she is walking along because that should make that part of the video more interesting.  

•  I think the split screen effect is very successful in this video and looks very good. 
• We might be able to do some sort of split screen in our video.

• I like this handheld shot looking at the actor because it breaks the forth wall and makes the audience feel much more involved 
• We will definitely be able to produce a shot like think in our final piece as it is not too complicated and would be very effective in our party scene.  

• This edit gives the look of two layers of action, behind is the 'thoughts' and then we see the characters face doubled on screen. 
• I think this would be a harder one to produce in our own work, but I would really like to use something to do with multiple layers of action.   

•  In this shot a green outfit is used as a green screen to produce effects on the characters body. 
• I think this is a very effective technique and would love to rebuild it in some way in our work. 
• We may not be able to get a full green screen outfit but we will be able to use a green screen of some sort. 

• In this shot we can see the party only actually includes about 10-15 people but it looks like much more because of the framing and positioning. 
• This is what we need for our party scene to give off the effect of a lot of people without having to involve too many actors.