Thursday 10 September 2015

Shot Count (Stereophonics)


Shot Count (Stereophonics)

In this Stereophonics’ music video ‘Indian Summer’, there is a total of 165 shots that range between long shots, medium shots and close ups. Each shot in this music video lasts for a maximum of approximately 5 beats in the verses and about 8 beats in the chorus. This creates an effect that the camera is never still and makes the flow of the music video go with the song.


The target audience of this specific music video is a mix between men and women, this is because it is a male perspective of a love story and also it is quite interesting for women to follow the story and I know for a fact that Stereophonics has a fairly sizeable female audience. I would assume that the audience appreciate the sound of alternative rock, which is a really neat, and acquired taste.


I do think that the audience is predominantly male because I think a lot of the audience listen to this song as they may relate to the song and the narrative of the song such as the love story and the train journey. Each shot from the music video is flowing and it just goes with the song and the rhythm of the song.

 I have embedded Stereophonics music video for ‘Indian Summer’ below.