Thursday, 4 February 2010
Analysis of the music Video for ‘Eight Second Ride’ by Jake Owen.
Analysis of the music Video for ‘Eight Second Ride’ by Jake Owen.
The opening of the video shows a typical country scene with a pickup truck driving up a dirt road with an alligator on the side; the music behind this scene is very peaceful and mellow. After this we get a 5 fast cuts throughout this easy going part of the introduction showing the singer, Jake Owen, preparing to perform in the amplifying section of the video and we see the truck drive past the alligator with a cut zoom as the alligator roars at it.
We return to the amplifying section of the video with a close up of Jake Owen’s face when he shouts ‘Come on!’ as the song goes into a much more into rock-influenced country with a strong electric guitar hook, this leads into a cut zoom out to Jake Owen and his backup band complete with guitarists, bass player, drummer, P.A equipment and amplifiers on a stage/studio setting with 6 studio lights in the background and there is 4 cuts showing different close ups of Jake Owen.
As the singing starts with a close up of Jake Owens face with the lyrics ‘Hey Girl’ there is a cut to the narrative section of the video showing an attractive girl walk though a doorway with a cut zoom to a medium close up of her. After a short cut to the amplifying section we cut to a close up of her face as she walks along, followed by a close up of Jake Owen’s face, this could be done to show that these two are the focal characters of the video, this is emphasised with a medium close up of the girl followed by a medium close up of Jake Owen, the medium close up of the girl reveals she is walking thou a bar because in the background we can see men drinking at a table looking towards her. There is another Close up Jake Owens Face as he sings followed by a long shot of the girl, and in the background again we can see men drinking and watching the girl showing how attractive she is. The chain of cutting between Jake and the girl is broken again with a cut zoom out to the girl and over her shoulder we can see one man walk into another spilling his picture of beer as they are both too busy looking at the girl, emphasising how attracting she is.
There is a series of cuts between the amplifying section and the narrative as Jake Owen appears in the bar and starts to visually be part of the narrative and the intro plays again before the second verse. The girl sits net to Jake and we get 7 shot shots between cuts of the amplification section of seeing the pair in convocation and then leaving the bar together with a close up the girls waist from the back as Jake puts his arm around her.
We cut to Jake driving his truck that we see at the beginning, referencing the line ’tyres of his truck this high’ and the girl puts his arm over her shoulder referencing the line ‘slid on over put my hand on her shoulder’. In the second chorus he are introduced to a new amplifying second that has Jake Owen playing guitar and in what look like a swamp
We then see narrative to the bridge second of ‘put the tail gate down and we made love’ as we see Jake and the girl in the back of the truck with a strobe lighting effect similar to that what we see in the amplifying section. The last scene of singing is in the amplifying section with a close up to Jake Owen’s face. We then get a montage of the highlights of the music video play with quick cuts as the outro plays.
The opening of the video shows a typical country scene with a pickup truck driving up a dirt road with an alligator on the side; the music behind this scene is very peaceful and mellow. After this we get a 5 fast cuts throughout this easy going part of the introduction showing the singer, Jake Owen, preparing to perform in the amplifying section of the video and we see the truck drive past the alligator with a cut zoom as the alligator roars at it.
We return to the amplifying section of the video with a close up of Jake Owen’s face when he shouts ‘Come on!’ as the song goes into a much more into rock-influenced country with a strong electric guitar hook, this leads into a cut zoom out to Jake Owen and his backup band complete with guitarists, bass player, drummer, P.A equipment and amplifiers on a stage/studio setting with 6 studio lights in the background and there is 4 cuts showing different close ups of Jake Owen.
As the singing starts with a close up of Jake Owens face with the lyrics ‘Hey Girl’ there is a cut to the narrative section of the video showing an attractive girl walk though a doorway with a cut zoom to a medium close up of her. After a short cut to the amplifying section we cut to a close up of her face as she walks along, followed by a close up of Jake Owen’s face, this could be done to show that these two are the focal characters of the video, this is emphasised with a medium close up of the girl followed by a medium close up of Jake Owen, the medium close up of the girl reveals she is walking thou a bar because in the background we can see men drinking at a table looking towards her. There is another Close up Jake Owens Face as he sings followed by a long shot of the girl, and in the background again we can see men drinking and watching the girl showing how attractive she is. The chain of cutting between Jake and the girl is broken again with a cut zoom out to the girl and over her shoulder we can see one man walk into another spilling his picture of beer as they are both too busy looking at the girl, emphasising how attracting she is.
There is a series of cuts between the amplifying section and the narrative as Jake Owen appears in the bar and starts to visually be part of the narrative and the intro plays again before the second verse. The girl sits net to Jake and we get 7 shot shots between cuts of the amplification section of seeing the pair in convocation and then leaving the bar together with a close up the girls waist from the back as Jake puts his arm around her.
We cut to Jake driving his truck that we see at the beginning, referencing the line ’tyres of his truck this high’ and the girl puts his arm over her shoulder referencing the line ‘slid on over put my hand on her shoulder’. In the second chorus he are introduced to a new amplifying second that has Jake Owen playing guitar and in what look like a swamp
We then see narrative to the bridge second of ‘put the tail gate down and we made love’ as we see Jake and the girl in the back of the truck with a strobe lighting effect similar to that what we see in the amplifying section. The last scene of singing is in the amplifying section with a close up to Jake Owen’s face. We then get a montage of the highlights of the music video play with quick cuts as the outro plays.
Ash Bowers: Stuck Music Video Analysis – (First 20 Shots)
Ash Bowers: Stuck Music Video – (First 20 Shots)
1. Establishing shot: shows an industrial setting, a reference to the lyric about working on an assembly line.
2. Tilt: the artist, Ask Bowers, walking Down a bridge with his guitar letting the audience know he is on a journey and also lets the audience know that he is the focus of the video
3. Dolly shot: A new location; a shed or warehouse like setting Bowers playing guitar, emphasizes that he is the focus of the video(amplifying section)
4. Low angle and slow Zoom: back to the bridge Bowers is walking down, the slow zoom helps build the tension towards the singing
5. Medium shot: in a shed or warehouse like setting, Bowers now playing guitar and singing, there is a quick zoom in towards him.
6. Medium shot and Dolly shot: shows Bowers walking down the bridge, this time he is singing
7. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse:
8. Dolly shot: walking down bridge singing
9. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line. Referencing the line ‘this hard assembly line’
10. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing
11. Medium shot: ash bowers playing guitar and singing in the shed/warehouse
12. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing in front of him
13. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing from the side
14. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line
15. Close up: sparks on the floor from his work on the assembly line
16. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
17. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
18. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
19. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
20. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
1. Establishing shot: shows an industrial setting, a reference to the lyric about working on an assembly line.
2. Tilt: the artist, Ask Bowers, walking Down a bridge with his guitar letting the audience know he is on a journey and also lets the audience know that he is the focus of the video
3. Dolly shot: A new location; a shed or warehouse like setting Bowers playing guitar, emphasizes that he is the focus of the video(amplifying section)
4. Low angle and slow Zoom: back to the bridge Bowers is walking down, the slow zoom helps build the tension towards the singing
5. Medium shot: in a shed or warehouse like setting, Bowers now playing guitar and singing, there is a quick zoom in towards him.
6. Medium shot and Dolly shot: shows Bowers walking down the bridge, this time he is singing
7. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse:
8. Dolly shot: walking down bridge singing
9. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line. Referencing the line ‘this hard assembly line’
10. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing
11. Medium shot: ash bowers playing guitar and singing in the shed/warehouse
12. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing in front of him
13. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing from the side
14. Slow Zoom: Bowers working on the assembly line
15. Close up: sparks on the floor from his work on the assembly line
16. Dolly shot: in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
17. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
18. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
19. Dolly shot: Walking down bridge singing with the camera in front of him
20. Medium shot in the shed/warehouse with ash singing and playing guitar
Analysis of Similar Music Video (First 20 Shots)
Jake Owen – Eight Second Ride. (First 20 Shots )
1. Establishing shot: shows a truck going down a dirt towards an alligator, the truck is reference to the lyric ’tyres on his truck this high’. The alligator shows the location of the video, Southern America
2. Out of focus shot: showing the singer, Jack Owen walking towards a microphone, you can not fully see Owen in focus to build tension thought the introduction of the song.
3. Point of View shot: what looks like a point of view shot of trees going past as if Owen was looking out of the window of his truck.
4. Close up: Owens Face as he brushes his hair back, getting ready to sing, we have not yet seen Owen in full as he keeps moving out of the frame, this 0
5. Intercutting shot: back to the establishing shot with the truck moved further on, it goes past the alligator.
6. Medium Close up: of the alligator hissing as the truck goes past. Emphasises the location of the video.
7. Close up: of Owens face as the songs goes into a more up beat rhythm. Owen shouts ‘Come on’
8. Cut Zoom out: The first time we see Owen and also a back up band.
9. Cut Zoom in: towards Owen to your attention is on him
10. Cut Zoom in: to a close up of Owens face so your attention of more on him, lets the audience know that the focus is not on the band but on Him.
11. Close up: Owens face from the side.
12. Long Shot: of the full band playing.
13. Cut Zoom: to a close up of Owens face as he starts singing.
14. Dolly shot: we cut to a new location, a bar. To the lyric ‘Hey girl what you name’, a dolly shot follows goes before the girl as she walks through the bar
15. Cut Zoom: shows a Medium close up of the girl, emphasises that this is the girl he is singing about.
16. Long shot: The Band singing
17. Close up: of the girl’s face as she walks though the bar.
18. Close up: of Owen face as he sings. This emphasising that he is singing to her
19. Medium shot: of the girl walking though the bar, like a parallel
20. Medium shot: of Owen singing, another parallel between the girl and Owen
1. Establishing shot: shows a truck going down a dirt towards an alligator, the truck is reference to the lyric ’tyres on his truck this high’. The alligator shows the location of the video, Southern America
2. Out of focus shot: showing the singer, Jack Owen walking towards a microphone, you can not fully see Owen in focus to build tension thought the introduction of the song.
3. Point of View shot: what looks like a point of view shot of trees going past as if Owen was looking out of the window of his truck.
4. Close up: Owens Face as he brushes his hair back, getting ready to sing, we have not yet seen Owen in full as he keeps moving out of the frame, this 0
5. Intercutting shot: back to the establishing shot with the truck moved further on, it goes past the alligator.
6. Medium Close up: of the alligator hissing as the truck goes past. Emphasises the location of the video.
7. Close up: of Owens face as the songs goes into a more up beat rhythm. Owen shouts ‘Come on’
8. Cut Zoom out: The first time we see Owen and also a back up band.
9. Cut Zoom in: towards Owen to your attention is on him
10. Cut Zoom in: to a close up of Owens face so your attention of more on him, lets the audience know that the focus is not on the band but on Him.
11. Close up: Owens face from the side.
12. Long Shot: of the full band playing.
13. Cut Zoom: to a close up of Owens face as he starts singing.
14. Dolly shot: we cut to a new location, a bar. To the lyric ‘Hey girl what you name’, a dolly shot follows goes before the girl as she walks through the bar
15. Cut Zoom: shows a Medium close up of the girl, emphasises that this is the girl he is singing about.
16. Long shot: The Band singing
17. Close up: of the girl’s face as she walks though the bar.
18. Close up: of Owen face as he sings. This emphasising that he is singing to her
19. Medium shot: of the girl walking though the bar, like a parallel
20. Medium shot: of Owen singing, another parallel between the girl and Owen
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