Music Video Research 1

Spanish Saharas- Foals 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaVE4WVlsDQ
I have chosen this music video as I love that the focus is on the quality of the shots, using amazing depth of field and locations, held for a long time at a slow pace; the video is a perfect reflection of the song itself.

I like this close up camera angle, showing only half of Yannis' face, drawing the audience to his calm expression and the icy atmosphere. The depth of field which focuses mainly on the eyes and skin of the singer, allows the viewer to not be distracted by the flickering hair in the wind, but captures the face in an interesting shot.

The shallow depth of field in this shot of the ground, rippling water and ice, slowly changes focus over the depth of the shot, creating a calm but interesting shot.

The slow motion shots, also with shallow depth of field, of the ice slowly dropping into the water, creates a stunning effect. As shadows also slowly cross the shot, the light creates a flickering effect.

The slow paced cuts in this video, change and reflect the mood of the song, captivating the audience; there is no tension, just relaxing. The white background prevents the audience being distracted by the portrait of Yannis, however this requires the lip syncing to be perfect, something which I would like to achieve in my video.

The large open spaces in the photography of the shots in this video, create room for lots of movement, and create a calming effect.
I love the location of this video; the mountains and sea allow interesting filler shots, as well as amazing back grounds for medium shots and close ups.

The vague narrative of this video is another aspect that I like, it reflects the lyrics; a man slowly climbing from the sea up a mountain. It creates another aspect of the video to the audience to be captured by.

Once again, the shallow depth of field in this shot highlights the artist and the things that he is carrying.

The introduction of the fire in contrast to the ice and the mountains is a cool effect in this shot, I think the use of this would be tricky but effective as an interesting way of lighting the shot.

I really like the general lighting of this video and the way that it all, except certain things such as the fire, has a blue tinted wash over all of the shots.