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2) Mid shots and close ups should be 75% of the music video when we

filmed Pretty Woman we made sure we complied thoroughly with this

camerawork rule and we filmed many close ups and mid shots of both the boy

and girl during the narrative of our music video and also many during the

singer and bands performance of the song. We believe that close ups and midshots are very important in music videos to create a sense of involvement and

for the audience to feel a part of the action and make it a more personal

viewing for the audience. By filming close ups and extreme close ups, this

helped us convey the narrative and storyline of our music video. As the boy

and the girl are on their phones they are not looking at their surroundings so

therefore when they bump into each other they are very shocked. The use of

extreme close ups of both of the characters on their phones conveys this and

also the long/mid shot of the two bumping into each other shows the

surprisement.

This shot shows the girl on the

left on her phone and the boy on

the right on his phone. This

extreme close up brings

significant attention to the use of

the phone and shows it will have

great importance later on in the

music video.

This shot shows a mid shot of the

boy and girl walking again

emphasizing the use of their

phones. Also, the drummer in the

middle of the screen blends the

narrative and performance of the

music video.

This mid shot shows all the band

members the singer in the

middle, the drummer on the right

and the guitarist on the left. As

the camera is quite close to the

singers face, the audience feels

deeply involved within the music

video.

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3) Focuses on the artist for 75% and other for 25% - Throughout our music

video to Pretty Woman we concentrated the music video on the artist for

slightly over the 75% as he was involved within the narrative and the

performance side. These shots consisted of close ups, mid shots and longshots of him walking at the beginning and performing during the chorus. The

other 25% of the music video consisted of shots such as the extreme close up

of the boy and girls hands with their phones.

Editing Rules we incorporated:

1) Editing must be to the beat At the beginning of Pretty Woman thereare several dynamic and prominent beats, we believed this would be

very effective if we changed the shot on each of these beats.

Throughout the course of the music video we tried to the best of our

ability to edit to the beat.

2) Match on action and match cuts We used match on action severaltimes throughout our music video, including, the mid shot to the close

up of the boy and girl using their phones at the beginning of the music

video. Also, when we showed the band members playing their

instruments and then the extreme close ups of their hands playing the

instruments conveying extreme detail and involvement.

Shots such as these were

shown numerous amount

of time throughout the

chorus of Pretty Woman

the performance aspect of

our music video.

The shot shows a mid

of the boy and girl

holding and looking at

their phones then the

following shot shows a

close up of them.