Group Textual Analysis

Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

Camera Work: 

• There is a major mix of close-up and wide angle shots. The close-ups all focus on the band members and their instruments in detail.

Close-up of guitar

• The camera is used to make the objects and subjects seem more dynamic. This is done by either tilting the camera or leaving it on a 180o angle.

Low angle shot

• Some of the shots go in and out of focus, similar to a trombone shot. This makes it look unpolished, rugged and rough similar to that of the appearance of the band.

Shot that gradually moves out of focus

• Tracking shots are used to show the band all together and to give the audience all the angles possible. This also seems to slow down the pace of the video as the shots last for a long period of time compared to others.

Tracking shot that slowly moves forward

Editing:

• As the music itself speeds up so does the pace of the editing. This is to keep the editing and the music in time, this makes it aesthetically pleasing.
• The cut rate of the video is 112.
• The transitions are forced and match the emphasis of the lyrics. This gives it a montage edit effect.
• The colouring of the video is based on yellows, browns and earthy colours, this is again to go with the rough, rustic effect of the band. This is also a continuation of the colour of the album itself.

Yellow colouring

Mise-en-scene:

• There is a varied types of lighting used. There is the smaller light bulbs, mixing in with the few bigger stage lights. They give some shots a brighter, detailed look and others a dark, shadowy, silhouette look. Both types of lighting give a simple look, again this is the style of the band. 
• The simple look of them on the stage, with little to no props is the style that is associated with that of the genre they are, folk. So this would be looking at making things minimal and stripped down.
• The location being an empty, old, deserted building also matches their rugged, broken look. Again an old fashioned folk look. This also goes with what they are wearing, the old messy suits.
• The fact it is as if they are in a concert, acting like they would when performing to an audience makes them seem true to themselves and is a folk, outgoing, confident, simple vibe. They are also doing their signature 'foot stamp' this is something
• they have been known for and is recognizable to the band, like a symbol.

Undercranking

We got the chance to try out undercranking and did so using the same song "Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys like last time. The difference in this process to that of overcranking was that we had to film while lip-synching to a slowed down version of the track so that the footage could then be sped up later in editing. Once again, I did the lip-synching in the video. It was much easier to keep up with the lyrics this time, compared to having to keep up with a track twice as fast.

This is the result of our attempt:

Overall, I like the outcome of undercranking quite a lot as it looks fun and entertaining. However, from our attempt I would, next time, try to move around a bit more and do less of the habits I didn't realise I was doing at the time (such as fixing my hair or giggling). I also think that there should be more going on around or behind me throughout more of the video as the parts of it with other people playing around in the background looked very funny and effective. We could've also done with some more interesting props. There were a lot of features that worked well in this test, and so I think that we'd just need to include more of it if we were to attempt it again.