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In this part of the video, a shot type that is used is called ‘medium close-up shot’. This shot frames a subject's head (the tiger) and cuts off around mid-chest. The focus is on the subject. This shot type reveals only a little of the surroundings, still showing the tiger’s face and necklace that has the title name of ‘Kitty Purry’. This title somehow comes across as being slightly ‘girlish’, as firstly the tiger is wearing a necklace, usually worn by females for style, fashion and accessories. Mise-en-scene in this part of the video uses High-key lighting, as it consists of bright, vivid and vibrant colours, such as green, blue and red. Mise-en-scene in this part of the video clearly shows the setting/location of the video, as there is a tiger and behind the tiger, there is a background of it’s surroundings, which is nature and greenery, which This part of the video also uses a camera technique called ‘pulling focus’, which directs the viewer to focus on the main subject of the video, which in this part would be the tiger and the name title on it’s necklace. Due to the background of the tiger being blurred out, all the focus is on the tiger, as it is the centre of

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In this part of the video, a shot type that is used is called ‘medium close-up shot’. This shot frames a subject's head (the tiger) and cuts off around mid-chest.The focus is on the subject.This shot type reveals only a little of the surroundings, still showing the tiger’s face and necklace that has the title name of ‘Kitty Purry’. This title somehow comes across as being slightly ‘girlish’, as firstly the tiger is wearing a necklace, usually worn by females for style, fashion and accessories.

Mise-en-scene in this part of the video uses High-key lighting, as it consists of bright, vivid and vibrant colours, such as green, blue and red.

Mise-en-scene in this part of the video clearly shows the setting/location of the video, as there is a tiger and behind the tiger, there is a background of it’s surroundings, which is nature and greenery, which clearly signifies that this is set in a jungle, due to the background and the presence of the tiger.

This part of the video also uses a camera technique called ‘pulling focus’, which directs the viewer to focus on the main subject of the video, which in this part would be the tiger and the name title on it’s necklace. Due to the background of the tiger being blurred out, all the focus is on the tiger, as it is the centre of attention, since it is not blurred out like the background.