CK: Technical Analysis - Ditmas, Mumford and Sons

• To summarise I would say:
• It is interesting to note the difference in the proportion of narrative shots to performance shots, I have highlighted the performance shots for comparison. At the start of the track there is a greater number of performance based shots, however to the end of the sequence that I analysed it shifted so that there were more narrative based tracks, this is largely due to the development of the story in the song, and so it was necessary to have more narrative based shots in order to drive the story forwards. This is something we could think about in our production.
• The use of different camera techniques in the narrative based shots and the performance based shots is very effective in helping to differentiate between the two. The steadicam in the narrative shots helps to give a sense of immediacy to the piece, and reflects the action on screen, whereas the fast tracking shots in the performance based sequences reflects the upbeat tempo of the song and the band's passion for performance. It is interesting to note that the camera was moving at all times, which reflects the energy of the song, we will try to emulate this movement in our final production. 
• The cutting rate of the sequence is very useful to note, although this song has a much faster tempo than the song used in our production, it is still relevant to our track to note the speed of the cuts. The majority of the cuts in this song last no more than two seconds, which means we will have to get a lot of footage in order to have enough for the number of cuts we will have to make.

Stills

This screenshot shows the opening shot of the piece, which conforms to the folk rock genre with the mise en scene of a field and a horse.

This too conforms to the trademarks of the genre, with the ECU of this man's eye's accentuating his wisdom and power. He looks determined, and the juxtaposition between this shot and the shot of the horse in the field show's the horse as the target.

This screenshot shows the band all facing each other in almost a 'band practice' like fashion. This gives the piece a sense of intimacy and legitimacy, and it would be interesting to experiment with this in our final production.

Marcus Mumford is given prevalence in the performance based clips as he is the lead singer.

Whenever there is a drum fill in the piece, shots of the drummer are shown so that we associate the sound with the drummer's playing, we could experiment with this kind of thing in our final production.

Close ups of the artists playing their instruments accentuate their talent, which is part of Dyer's star image.