Shot Count Analysis

Shot Number	Shot Type	Shot Length	Description	Edit to next Shot
1	Mid shot	4 seconds	Shot of elephant holding a sign 'when she was just a girl'	Straight cut
2	Low angle shot	1.7 seconds	Low angle shot of the escalators	Straight cut
3	Panning shot	1.3 seconds	Shot pans up the escalators as the elephant passes by	Straight cut
4	Long shot	2 seconds	Shot of the train and the length of the platform	Straight cut
5	Extreme close up	0.3 seconds	Shot looking through the train window as it is in motion	Fade
6	Long shot	1.2 seconds	Shot looking into the passenger coach from the door	Straight cut
7	Long shot	1 second	Shot looking into the passenger coach	Straight cut
8	Low angle shot	1.7 seconds	Shot looking up at the elephant on the train	Straight cut
9	Long shot, mid shot	0.8 seconds	Shot of the elephant with a sign 'para' to the left hand side on the platform	Straight cut
10	Long shot, mid shot	0.7 seconds	Shot of the elephant with a sign 'para' to the right hand side on the platform	Straight cut
11	Long shot, mid shot	1 second	Shot of the elephant with the sign 'paradise' in the centre on the platform	Straight cut
12	Long shot, close up	1 second	Close up shot of the elephant's face to the left with a long shot of the passenger coach	Straight cut
13	Close up shot	1 second	Close up shot of the sign 'Heathrow Airport'	Straight cut
14	Close up shot	0.4 seconds	Close up of the moving train	Straight cut
15	Close up shot	1.3 seconds	Shot of the elephant peering round a corner at the airport	Straight cut
16	Long shot	1.2 seconds	Long shot of wing of a plane and two airport staff	Straight cut
17	Long shot	1 second	Shot looking under the plane towards the shed building	Straight cut
18	Long shot, close up	1.4 seconds	Long shot looking from the shed building at the plane as the elephant runs out	Straight cut
19	Close up, long shot	1 second	Close up shot of the back of the elephants head as she runs towards the plane (long shot)	Straight cut
20	Long shot	0.7 seconds	Shot of the plane and the elephant	Straight cut
21	Mid shot	1.2 seconds	Shot of the underside of the plane as it takes off	Straight cut
22	Long shot, areal shot/high angle	1 second	Shot of the plane from behind and above in flight	Straight cut

Track: Paradise

Artist: Coldplay

Director: Mat Whitecross

Release Date: 19^th October 2011

Video Length: 4:21 mins

Chosen 30 second segment: 0:41-1:11

Number of shots in the entire video: 140

Average shot length: 1.2 seconds

Number of shots in the 30 second segment: 22

Number of CU: 6

Number of ECU: 1

Number of LS: 14

Number of MS: 5

Number of Panning Shots: 1

Number of Tilts: 3

Other Shots: 0

Analysis:

From this process, I have learnt about what shots are used in a music video and the pace at which they change from one to the next.
For example they used a lot of long shots crossed with mid shots, as the elephant character was positioned often to the side of the shot with a long shot of the background. This showed me that they were thinking about the theme of the song where it talks about paradise, so the camera shots gave a sense of freedom and space by comparing the character to the large backgrounds. 
It is also important to keep the shot changes at a regular pace in line with key parts of the music, for example, when Chris Martin sings the chorus 'Para, para...Paradise,'

The shots change to the beat of the drums. Other times, when the beat isn't so significant, the shots don't change in sync with the drums.

I've noticed and taken thought on how fast the shots change as well as keeping in time. The shots change fastest in the highs of the song and slowest in the lows, where the music isn't as energetic.

If the shots change slow throughout the entire song, The energy in the music wouldn't reach it's full potential. However the type of shots and edits especially work well even though they are simple, because they don't distract the audience from the music.