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6.Long shot - I think this shot because it shows a full picture including props, location, mise-en-scene and the performer. However this type of shot is often used to set the scene so we may not need to use this very often, just once to set the scene.

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5. Low Canted Angle - This shot was taken with the intention to make the performer appear bigger and powerful, the opposite to the high canted angle. I do think this achieves this, however I don't like how you cannot see much of the performance or of the performers face.

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4. High Canted angle - We took this shot with the intention of trying to make the performer look smaller and inferior however I don't think this quite had the desired effect so will probably not be used in the video.

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3. Extreme close up - This shot obviously shows a very close up shot of emotion in the face but may work more effectively with extreme close up of an instrument being played .

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2. Close up - This shot works because you can see the emotion and I think this effective for a music video because the emotion of the performer tells a story along with the mood. I think we will use this shot fairly often but not as often as mid shot.

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As a group we practised for our video by testing out camera angles to find the ones which we felt were most effective. We then discussed which ones we thought worked particularly well and which ones we thought wouldn't be appropriate for our video.

1. Mid Shot - The shot allows us to see a full picture of the performer as she is taking up most of the shot but this is effective because we can see emotion as well as performance. This is a shot we will probably use most often to achieve what we are going for in our video.

Semiotics within our music video

After researching semiotics we realised it is going to be something we need to consider when filming and creating our music project.

As the band we are creating the music video for are considered to be an indie band we decided to follow conventions and suit the semiotics to this genre of music.

There will be an element of performance but not a live gig, most rock bands uses footage of live gigs with thousands of spectators but indie bands tend to use more intimate private performances often without any spectators at all.
Most indie bands write their own songs and play instruments so by including the band members playing their own instruments and singing will indicate this type of music.

Examples of bands which use semiotics in this way are :

• The Kooks - She moves in her own way
• The View
• Jamie T

Mise en scene -

Semiotics and mise en scene are very similar within music videos.

Mise en scene is used to describe how a scene is designed to look like it is intended to me. for example a school setting would have a desk chairs, a blackboard etc.

So for our music video we want to create a natural setting; somewhere where the band would chill and and practise their songs. we plan to acheive this through some of the props we use, e.g beer cans, instruments, as well as having every day clothing. This is why it is very similar to the semiotics for our music video because we will be taking into account the semiotics which we then build our mise en scene on.