James morrision

This video by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado. I chose to analyse this video it is a duet by a male and female artist. I believe this is quite relevant to my groups potential music video as it consists of a male and female artist.

From looking at certain shots in this video I have concluded that there are many mid shots of the artist performing as James is singing and performing the guitar. This music video is heavily based on performance which I think is important to include on a music video.

This shot at the beginning starts of with a slow pace pan. I think this is a very good way to start of a music video as it gives a sense of what type of genre and the type of song it is

I have also noticed that there are a lot of close ups of the two artists This is important as it emphasises their role. Also the editing used are slow paced simple cuts, as well as some fades.

Also in this music video it shows that there is limited locations, however to keep the audience interested there is many different shots of James which is constantly getting changed over from close ups, mid shots and long shots. This means there is a lot of camera work involved in this music video.

These are a few of the many shots included in the video which shoes James performance aspect to the video. The guitar is used as it is an important prop to the actual instrumental of the song.

Also like this shot as it shows the female silhoutte.

Shot reverse shot is used when both the female part changed to males part in the song.

The transparent Nelly is a smart way of using technology in music video as it shows she is there in the video, however James cannot see her. Also there is a mid shot of both their hands touching between a glass panel. This is when they both are singing the lines together. Which shows that when two artists sing the same lyrics, it gives me an idea to film both artists together.

Distruction of props may also compliment the lyrics as the song title is called ‘broken strings’ which may suggest it a emotional/break up song.