TF: Technical Analysis

Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream

The lead singer is almost involved in every shot, and if he isn't it's the other band member on screen, so it is probably about 95% of the shots where the lead singer is featured. The song starts quite slowly, and opens with a 9 second shot, however the beat is quite a high tempo, and then the cutting rate also increases as it is synchronous with the song. Later in a song, one note is held longer than others, and then the cutting rate slows down, but throughout the whole video the cutting rate is fairly quick. The camera moves quite slowly, and there are numerous static shots, but it is the action in the shot, which creates the pace throughout the track. There isn't really a great number of rule of thirds shots, however there still are some. A lot of the shots when the artist is singing, he is in the middle of the screen. There is a dip to black transitition between two shots, however it is only used when there is a slow note, as it wouldn't work otherwise. 

Shot Number	Camera Shot	Duration	Misé-en-scene
1	Medium Long Shot	0:00-0:09	Colourful Man Outside Empire
2	Long Shot	0:09-0:15	Colourful Man Walking Towards Camera
3	ECU	0:15-0:17	Person Eyes Opening
4	Close Up	0:17-0:19	Singing into Camera
5	Long Canted Angle	0:19-0:21	Two People Walking Over Bridge
6	Close Up	0:21-0:23	Singing into Camera
7	Establishing Shot	0:23-0:24	Shows the City
8	Long Shot	0:24-0:25	Person Walking Over Bridge
9	Mid Shot	0:25-0:26	Two People Singing into Camera
10	Slow Pan	0:26-0:28	Shows the City Sky
11	Long Shot Rule of Thirds	0:28-0:29	Person Standing on Bridge
12	Long Shot	0:29-0:31	Person Standing on Bridge
13	Mid Shot	0:31-0:33	Two People Singing into Camera
14	Extreme Long Shot	0:34-0:35	Two People Standing on Bridge
15	Mid Shot	0:36-0:39	Two People Running Towards Camera
16	Close Up	0:40-0:46	Band Looking at Camera
17	Close Up	0:47-0:49	Person Eyes Opening
18	Close Up	0:50-0:51	Person Playing With Mystic Ball
19	Two Shot	0:51-0:57	Band doing Mysterious Stuff
20	Close Up	0:58-1:01	Person Playing With Mystic Ball
21	Mid Close Up	1:01-1:03	Other Person Singing
22	Mid Shot	1:04-1:07	Confetti Explosion
23	Mid SHot	1:07-1:11	Sitting on Bike Indoors
24	Close Up	1:11-1:13	Other Person Singing into Camera
25	Slow Motion Two Shot	1:13-1:16	Two People Singing into Camera
26	ECU	1:16-1:18	Band Members Eyes
27	Close Up	1:19-1:20	Looking into Sky, Location Behind
28	Mid SHot	1:20-1:22	Preying in front of Fish Tank
29	Low Angle Mid Shot	1:22-1:23	Band Waving Red Flag
30	Two Shot	1:23-1:24	Band Shouting Into Camera
31	Zoom In Two Shot	1:24-1:25	Band Members Posing
32	High Angle	1:26-1:32	Sitting on Bike, Laying on Floor in Wasteland
33	Close Up	1:32-1:38	Singing into Camera
34	Freeze Frame	1:38-1:42	Floating Mid Air
35	Mid Shot	1:42-1:45	Band Member Dancing
36	Two Shot	1:45-1:48	Band Singing
37	Mid Shot Zoom In	1:48-1:49	Band Member Recreating Jesus on Cross
38	Mid Long Shot	1:49-1:52	Releasing Animated Animals
39	Long Shot	1:52-1:54	First Shot Repeated
40	Mid Shot	1:54-1:58	Visually acting out the lyrics