Music Video Analysis

Shot by shot analysis.

Track: What I’ve Done Artist: Linkin Park Director: Joe Hahn

Length: 3.27 Date: April 2^nd 2007

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMePM9Q-bYk

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length (secs.) – [0.01 = 1sec.]	Description	Edit to next shot
	Static shot	0.04	Grass going back into soil, reversed and sped up	Straight cut
	Tracking shot	0.02	Scorpion walking on sand	Straight cut
	Zooms in, establishing shot	0.04	Slowly zooming in to stage in the middle of a deserted scenery, background blurred, foreground in focus (depth of field)	Straight cut
	Pan (right to left)	0.02	Showing helicopter arriving at side of stage in deserted scenery, small band logo is shown on part of the stage as camera pans.	Straight cut
	Close up, Insert	0.005	Gears turning	Quick straight cut
	Extreme close up, Insert	0.005	Gears turning, showed even closer	Straight cut
	Tracking shot	0.02	Eagle flying in the sky above the deserted scenery	Straight cut
	Static shot	0.01	Camera at ground level, showing front of half of the drum kit with the band logo on it in focus in the foreground and blurred background	Straight cut
	Pan up, close up, low angle	0.01	Camera pans up from close up of the front of the drum kit to show the drummer of the band (Rob Bourdon) playing the drums from a low angle.	Straight cut
	Extreme close up, Insert	0.005	Gears turning	Straight cut
	Static shot	0.01	The band’s DJ (Director Joe Hahn)’s hand is shown scratching on the decks.	Straight cut
	360° tracking shot from a low angle (“ Mr Hahn’s Circle Jerk”)	0.01	The band’s bassist Phoenix is shown standing with the bass by his side.	Straight cut
	Insert, insert	0.01	Reversed, inserted, sped up footage; made to look like water going back into the ground as if being dried up (would have originally been water filling up the ground)	Straight cut
	Extreme close up	0.005	Gears turning	Straight cut
	360° tracking shot from a low angle (“ Mr Hahn’s Circle Jerk”), Two shot, long shot	0.01	The band’s lead singer, Chester Bennington, is shown with his microphone and backing vocalist/rapper/guitarist/keyboardist, Mike Shinoda, is shown getting ready to play the guitar.	Blend
	360° tracking shot from a low angle (“ Mr Hahn’s Circle Jerk”), long shot	0.01	The band’s guitarist Brad Delson is shown getting ready to play his guitar	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage.	0.02	Footage from a jet fighter in the sky, aiming down at a target and then the target is shown, exploding.	Straight cut
	Group shot, extreme long shot, establishing shot	0.01	Band start playing and they are shown together (all apart from the drummer.) Surroundings are shown.	Straight cut
	Pan right, mid shot	0.005	Mike shown playing guitar, other band members are shown around him but he is in main focus.	Straight cut
	Static shot, medium shot	0.005	Brad shown playing guitar, surroundings can be seen around him and side of bass from other band member, Phoenix.	Straight cut
	Static shot	0.01	Rob (drummer) shown playing drums.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.01	Army stock footage shown. Army personnel in a line, resisting object been thrown and rioters.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.005	Black and white film (news archive stock footage) black man being pushed along.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.005	Black and white film (news archive stock footage) police picking someone up and arresting them.	Straight cut
	Two shot, mid shot, slow pan right	0.01	Phoenix (bassist) and Rob (drummer) shown with stage set behind them.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.01	Fireman saving little girl from burning building, shot slightly slowed down.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.01	Riot shown, army tanks	Straight cut
	Insert	0.01	Rescue plane flying in the sky	Straight cut
	Group shot, medium shot	0.005	Shows 4 members of band	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.005	Shows someone being pulled up on a rope by a rescue plane	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.01	Shows woman being arrested	Straight cut
	Overhead /bird’s eye view shot	0.01	Shows band playing from above and also shows set up of amps and equipment around them.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.005	News archive stock footage; riot.	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.005	News archive stock footage; people running over to someone injured in what appears to be a ruined town (like that of one that has been ruined by a natural disaster)	Straight cut
	Zoom in	0.01	Zooms in on Phoenix’s bass guitar (fast pace zoom)	Straight cut
	Insert of stock footage	0.01	Army – soldier firing a flame thrower	Straight cut
	Insert	0.01	Monument Valley, AZ is shown in this clip. The clip has been filmed for longer than a second then sped up as clouds are shown to be sweeping over the valley at a fast pace.	Straight cut
	Insert	0.01	The Arctic desert is shown in this clip. Which contrasts with the previous clip as Monument Valley is very dry and warm and the Arctic desert is very dry but cold and icy. This clip has also been sped up as the clouds sweep over at a fast pace.	Straight cut
	Medium shot	0.01	A medium shot of three members of the band is shown in this shot. The lead singer singing the first line in the foreground, and the other two behind playing.	Straight cut
	Long shot, Establishing shot	0.005	Long shot of the whole band from afar showing the settings also.	Straight cut
	Insert	0.005	Gears turning	Straight cut
	Medium Close up	0.002	Head, shoulders of lead singer and microphone shown in this shot.	Straight cut
	Insert	0.005	Footage of cars on a road, quite close up to the traffic	Straight cut
	Insert	0.005	Sped up footage of cars running through Paris.	Straight cut
	Insert	0.0025	Sped up footage of cars running through America.
	Insert	0.005	Sped up footage of clouds rising over city.
	Insert	0.0075	Sped up footage of smoke rising above industrial setting.
	Insert	0.01	Close up of a petrol meter going up.
	Zoom out from mid shot to medium shot	0.01	Lead singer singing
	Pan	0.015	Fast paced pan from overhead showing some fields.
	Close up	0.005	Close up of guitarist pulling back his guitar and in the distance on the right you can see the DJ playing on his decks.
	Insert	0.005	Close up of a rhino
	Insert	0.005	Close up of an elephant
	Insert	0.0025	This footage shows elephant bones on fire
	Insert, Pan	0.01	This footage is a pan over a burning forest
	Insert	0.005	Footage of firemen putting out the fire on the bones
	Crane shot	0.01	Shows band playing from above and slightly cranes down at a slow pace
	Insert	0.005	Insert of mountains and river in Japan. Fast paced footage; shows clouds passing.
	Insert	0.01	Close up of a Polar bear in water
	Medium shot	0.01	Lead singer walking forward with microphone, singing. Shown from the far left of him.
	Mid shot	0.005	Lead singer and backing vocalist/guitarist shown just behind him more in focus.
	Insert	0.005	Shows water coming out of a pipe
	Insert	0.005	Shows close up of lake with rubbish in it
	Long shot	0.005	Lead singer positioned at the far right of the shot, shows setting in front of them (desert)
	Low angle, close up	0.01	Low angled close up of the guitarist/backing vocalist playing guitar. The sunlight enters the shot as he strums the guitar.
	Medium-long shot	0.02	Shows lead singer, backing vocalist/guitarist and other guitarist performing from the left hand side of them
	Medium-long shot	0.01	Shows bassist from front of him and drummer in the background
	Close up	0.02	Lead singer singing in the foreground, on the right of the shot and the two guitarists and the DJ behind In less focus and to the left. Shot from the front of the band.
	Insert	0.005	Close up of people in third world country (famine, poverty)
	Insert	0.005	Close up of people in man world country (famine, poverty)
	Insert	0.005	Low angle shot of a sign in America saying ‘EAT’. Sped-up footage.
	Insert	0.005	Close up of man eating a big burger.
	Medium shot	0.005	Shows lead singer to the right side of the shot with back vocalist/guitarist and DJ to the left of the shot behind the lead singer.
	Insert	0.005	Close up of woman putting a tape measure around her waist
	Insert	0.005	Footage of man living in poverty
	Long shot, crane	0.005	Long shot of the whole band and a slow crane down.
	Medium-long shot	0.005	Shows lead singer, bassist and the two guitarists performing
	Close up, from a slightly low angle	0.005	Guitarist playing guitar from a slightly low angle
	Long shot	0.005	The drummer, Rob, playing the drums
	Medium-long shot, slightly low angle	0.01	Lead singer singing to the right and backing vocalist/guitarist positioned at the left of the shot. Filmed from a slightly low angle.
	Medium shot	0.005	Medium shot of bassist, Phoenix, playing his bass guitar, the drummer in less focus behind him.
	Insert	0.01	Footage of people moving boxes
	Bird’s-eye shot	0.0025	Lead singer is shown with his microphone.
	Close up	0.0025	Drummer shown close up through between the drums
	Pan from right to left	0.005	Shows lead singer singing
	Mid-Close up	0.005	Shows lead singer singing
	Insert, Zoom in	0.005	Shows Stone Henge