M.P: Technical Analysis - Ed Sheeran "Give Me Love"

Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love

Shot Number	Type of Shot	Camera movement  and Mise-En-Scene	Shot duration
1	MLS	Movement is still, fades into the shot, there is a woman lying dead with an arrow in her neck	6 seconds
2	MLS	Slow Pan that reveals the female character from behind a wall	10 seconds
3	MCU	Slightly high angle, camera moves further away from the character ever so slightly, character is staring at something in her hand	6 seconds
4	CU	Camera movement is still, the character is staring down	1 second
5	CU	Slight movement due to handi-cam the camera is focused on the feather the character is holding, her face is blurred	2 seconds
6	Establishing shot	Still camera movement, time lapse of the sky moving around a building with a clock on it	3 seconds
7	LS	Still movement, the shot is blurred and we can see a character with wings in a room	2 seconds
8	LS	POV shot, at a high angle  following 2 characters walking,	2 seconds
9	Establishing shot	Still movement, character is standing in front of a building, she is in the middle section of the shot	3 seconds
10	MLS	Camera is moving back as the character walks towards it, she is again in the middle section of the shot	4 seconds
11	CU	Slight movement due to handi-cam, the character has closed eyes with her head tilted slightly up	1 second
12	Long shot	Still movement, time lapse of other ghostly cupid like angels going past her, she is standing in the middle section of the camera whilst the ghost like figures are at either side	1 second
13	MCU	Still movement, her character is on the left side of the camera shot whilst an arrow point to her is on the right	Less than 1 second
14	LS	Camera follows the police officer into a building, he is positioned in the centre of the shot	2 seconds
15	MLS	Still movement, goes back to shot of the woman dead with an arrow in her neck, she opens her eyes as the blood evaporates quickly	2 seconds

 

• This music video features many qualities that the music video our group may do for our video
• The music video is a thought provoking one with a narrative
• At the very beginning of the video, there is diegetic sound of police cars and background noise. We are thinking of putting diegetic sound in our video at the end and I think the diegetic sound has worked very well here
• The cutting rate is very slow at the start of the song due to the slower tempo, this works well as it sets the mood for the song and we are able to see her facial expressions in more depth due to the slow cutting rate and duration of shots
• There is mostly movement in every shot due to handi-cam being used or other camera movement techniques. The shots that are still usually are the ones that have a very short duration.  This creates a sense of realism to the narrative that is being shown and it allows the audience to feel more involved so they can immerse themselves
• In many of the shots, the main character is in the middle section of the frame. This causes the focus to be sustained on the character. This is what we want to achieve for our music video
• There are some Close Up's of the main character which allows us to see more of her emotion and feel more connected to her character.
• Towards to end of the song, the cutting rate increases as the music's tempo becomes faster. This also represents the change in the narrative as the story becomes more intense. The feeling created, causes the audience to feel slightly on edge and worry for the character and we become more involved.

The music video is a very good example of what our group would like to achieve. This video successfully captures the emotion from the audience and connects them. The diverse range of cutting rate and shot types allow the video to stay interesting and intriguing.