Shot Count Task - Jessie J

Shot Count Task - Jessie J - Domino

I have chosen to analyse this music video because it fits in with the genre that i am going to create my music video with which is pop. I counted the amount of shots used in the first minutes which was 86 and multiplied it by 4 because the video is 4 minutes long so the amount of shots in the whole video would be 344.The song is very up beat which is why it has so many different camera shots used.

Domino supports the stereotypical pop music video and the most common shot used in this music video is a close up. This means it supports Andrew Goodwin's theory about the Star Image because close ups are used to show the star in the video which persuades the audience to watch it. Most of this music video is of the artist dancing which shows some typical conventions of pop music videos. The dance routine for this video will have been choreographed by a professional because it wouldn't look very good if the artist just made it up whilst filming. There is also a lot of bright bold colours used in this music video which match the stereotypical convention of a pop song.

 There is also a lot of editing techniques used throughout the video because it is so fast so each shot has to lead to the next without just jumping quickly. Thoughtbeats are used with the song being so upbeat. I also think there is some handheld camera movements so it looks like the screen is moving to the music.