Missing Andy ‘Kings For The Weekend’ Technical Analysis

Bradley Stearn

Scenes

• Scene 1 – In the house, waking up in the morning and leaving the house

• Scene 2 – Live performance of the sing at a music venue

• Scene 3 – The Vespa moped going through the streets to work

• Scene 4 – The work environment• Scene 5 – Mopeds going to the gig

Scene 1 - Morning• This seen includes a series of

shots which show the mannequin style person waking up and getting out of his bed. Conventional shots such as a close-up of the alarm clock are within this scene.

• It is hard to define specific camera angles, as this is a narrative scene to the story.

• Camera shots used include the conventional close-ups and wide shots of the person in the bed from various angles.

Scene 2 – Live Performance of song• The second scene used in this music video is of the band

performing the song live. It is a conventional band setup with lead singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer and keyboardist. Low key lighting is used to light this scene.

• Camera 1 – Low angle camera, positioned in front of the stage. This camera moves in a handheld steadicam motion from left to right, creating a close-up of the lead singer, guitarist and bassist.

• Camera 2 – This camera is positioned on the stage, in front of the guitarist. It creates wide angle close ups of the guitarist, and also zoomed in close up shots of the drummer.

• Camera 3 – Wide angle close up shots of the drummer from the right hand side

• Camera 4 – Wide angle close up shots of the bassist from the left side

• Camera 5 – Close up of the keyboardist from behind. This camera also achieves wide angle shots of the full band from behind, which includes the crowd towards the end of the music video

• Camera 6 – This camera points away from the band, and at the crowd

• Camera 7 – A wide shot of the whole music video, shot from behind the crowd with the band in the background

Scene 2 – Camera Map

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GUITAR BASS

DRUMSKEYBOARD

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Scene 3 – Moped to work• The moped that the character rides to work

is shot using a variety of angles with tracking shots that follow it. Zoomed in long shots also film the moped. A series of cutaway shots of pedestrians are shown throughout this scene.

• Camera 1 – Wide angle tracking shot of the moped moving from the front right hand side

• Camera 2 – Wide angle tracking shot of the moped moving from the front left hand side

• Camera 3 –Wide angle tracking shot of the moped moving from the side

• Camera 4 – Static long shot from front left• Camera 5 - Static long shot from front right

Scene 3 – Camera Map

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Scene 4 – Work environment

• In this scene we see the character at work. A basic pan from right to left establishes the location.

• A long shot through a doorway shows two characters, male and female, within an office. A reaction shot of the original character shows disappointment.

Scene 5 – Mopeds going to gig• This scene contains similar shots

to the Moped going to work, this time there are three mopeds. Cutaway shots of pedestrians are also in this scene.

• Camera 1 – Tracking shot facing straight onto the moped moving. This shot captures two more mopeds moving into the shot from either side. This angle also captures close-ups of the three mopeds.

• Camera 2 – Static wide shot of the 3 mopeds from the back right hand side.

Scene 5 – Camera Map

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