Shot count for James Bay “Hold back the river”BY ALEX INKSTER

Overall Shots. From observing the music video, I found out that there are 115 different shots that are used within this music video. Some of these shots include a extreme close up’s, medium’s shot, longshot’s as well as including rule of thirds and it also includes thought beats. All of these shots are incorporated to create a generic music video of an Indi rock music video.

Within most of these shots, the main artist is shown in them and there are very little shots of the other people playing the different instruments. There is also a change in the lighting in mostly every shot as there are some shots that have low key lighting and some that have high key lighting.

Close ups These are some of the examples of close ups that are used within this music video. Most of the close ups that are used in this song aren’t of the artist but of the other people playing the instruments, this will have been done to ensure that these people aren't in a band but part of the song as James bay is a solo artist. These shots are in high key lighting which could have been done to match the mood of the song as during the main verse of the song it is more up beat so it would make sense to have high key lighting.

There is one close up of the artist that is used at the beginning of the song. This shot has low key lighting and you can only see the side of the artists face, which will have been used to create a sad tone. From this shot, it makes the artist look like he is just a empty shell and this could be linked with the narrative of the song which is about a relationship and “life” is getting in the way which acts as the “River”.

Medium shot These are some examples of the medium shots that are used in this video. I noticed that all of the medium shots that are used within this video are of the artist, this will have been done to establish that he is a solo artist, however it could shot that the music video is about him and a past relationship.

I also noticed that most of the medium shots that are used high key lighting. This will have been done to shot that during that relationship, there were some good times as shown with the high key lighting.

Also when there is a medium shot used, the camera always pans around the artist. This could show that the relationship that is talked about in the song is just like a routine as it keeps on coming back around.