Lorde: Royals

Timed Analysis By Emma Weeks

0.00Black screen

0.00-0.08Panning shot following route of road through suburbs.

0.08-0.10Lorde Royals title screen

0.10-0.12Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

0.12-0.15Mid shot of bedroom focused on bed.

0.15-0.19Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

0.19-0.22Mid shot of living room wall focused on the top of the plant and curtains.

0.22-0.26Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

0.26-0.29Wide angle shot of living room allowing for entire plant and curtains to be seen.

0.29-0.32Close shot of singer Lorde.

0.33-0.34Mid shot of subject sitting in bed.

0.34-0.35Close shot of young man with water dripping from his face.

0.36-0.37Close shot of young mans chest with focus drawn to his chain.

0.38-0.39Mid shot of young man 2 eating breakfast.

0.39-0.41Mid shot of TV with static in the centre of the screen against the curtains.

0.42-0.45Close shot of singer Lorde.

0.45-0.46Wide angle shot of young man doing up his shoe laces in a gym changing room.

0.47-0.49High angle shot of young man biting his t-shirt. High angle shot symbolises his potential power but niting on t-shirt symbolises his youth.

0.50-0.53Wide angle mid shot of young man standing in the centre of the gym hall.

0.53-0.55Wide angle shot with the young man’s head in the mid right third of the shot.

0.55-0.58Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

0.59-0.59High angle panning shot of telephone pole.

1.00-1.03Wide angle long shot of young man 2 practising boxing.

1.03-1.06Close shot of singer Lorde.

1.07-1.10Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the left third of the shot.

1.11-1.13Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

1.13-1.17Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the centre third of the shot.

1.17-1.23Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

1.24-1.27Wide angle medium full shot of young man in visible partially through the bathroom door.

1.28-1.28Wide long shot of young man lying down on the sofa.

1.29-1.34Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

1.34-1.36Wide angle close shot of young man shaving his head.

1.37-1.38Shallow depth of field shot of young man shaving his head reflection is focus.

1.38-1.41Close shot of back of young mans head as he shaves it.

1.41-1.42Close shot of young man 2 having his head shaved.

1.43-1.43Close shot of young man 2 shaving his head with young man in the background.

1.44-1.47Wide angle close up of young man 2 in the foreground if the videos left third with young man in the background of the video in the right third.

1.47-1.48Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

1.48-1.50Medium shot of singer Lorde.

1.50-1.52Extreme close up of young man 2’s adams apple.

1.53-1.55High angle long shot of young man 2 submerged in pool.

1.55-1.57Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

1.58-1.58Close shot of a hand with a lighter flame inside.

1.59-2.02Long shot of both young men practising boxing.

2.02-2.04Wide angle long shot of living room.

2.05-2.06High angle shot of swimming pool.

2.07-2.10Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

2.10-2.11Medium close shot of young man.

2.12-2.12Low angle shot of power lines.

2.13-2.14Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

2.15-2.16Medium wide shot of young mans reflection in mirror in the left third of the frame with a blood splatter on the mirror near the frames centre.

2.17-2.17Wide long shot of the neighbourhood where the video is set.

2.18-2.43Medium shot of singer Lorde.

2.44-2.46Close shot of young man.

2.47-2.49Wide shot of young man laying on the platform of a train station.

2.50-2.53Medium shot of singer Lorde.

2.55-2.56Over the shoulder shot of a crowded train over young mans shoulder.

2.57-3.00Shot of youths sitting on a bench in a bus shelter with young man.

3.00-3.03Mid shot of young man with a reflected scene from the bus shelter window.

3.03-3.07Close shot of young man 2 with his head reflected in the glass of the bus window.

3.07-3.09Close shot of young man with his face reflected in the glass of the bus window.

3.09-3.11Medium shot of singer Lorde.

3.11-3.15Wide panning shot following the route out of the suburbs.

3.16-3.18Medium close shot of singer Lorde.

3.19-3.20Black end screen.