TW: Technical Analysis of Joey Bada$$ - Like Me (Feat. BJ the Chicago Kid.)

I have chosen this music video as it is a purely narrative music video, like the video we aim to make. Furthermore, the use of editing transitions in the video are a style we wish to emulate, as well as some particular shots which I find particularly interesting; shots we are going to use also.

NB – the colour changes in the tables below illustrate the change in location

NB – the camera shot is constantly a close tracking shot (camera moving slightly) – which places the audience within the narrative.

NB – the whole video is in slow-motion

 

1^st minute of the music video

Shot type	Mise-en-scene	Length of shot
Low angle medium shot	Shows artist standing at top of steps. Song titles and artist titles appear on the line of 2/3. Diegetic sound.	13s
Close up	Artist asleep in bed, opens eyes as music begins	4s
Medium shot	Of man in kitchen	2s
Over shoulder shot	Of man in kitchen with girl	3s
Medium shot pan to left	Artist gets out of bed	2s
Over shoulder shot	Over girl’s shoulder of man grabbing her arm	2s
Over shoulder shot	Over man’s shoulder of shaking girl’s face	2s
MCU	Artist looking out of window	2s
Over shoulder shot	Over man’s shoulder of girl looking unhappy	1s
Over shoulder shot	Over girl’s shoulder shows man shouting in face	2s
Medium shot	Shows girl and man arguing	4s
High angle shot	Of girl and another man walking down street arguing	2s
Close up	Of artist looking out of window	2s
Medium shot	Shows man swear and walk away from girl	3s
Close up	Of artist turning head as looks out of window	2s
Medium shot slight zoom	Of girl looking lost as looks at man who just walked away	1s
Close up	Of artist	1s
Close up	Of artist putting on shoes	2s
Close up	Of artist putting on coat. Coat moving over front of screen is editing transition.	1s
Medium shot	Of girl walking towards camera down street	3s
Tracking shot	Of artist’s back as walks down street	2s
Low angle POV	From girl’s POV looking up at Artist walking past	2s
High angle POV	From artist’s POV looking at girl sitting on step looking sad	2s
Side shot slight pan to left	As artist moves closer to girl	1s
Medium two shot	Of artist on one side of frame and girl on the other	2s
Low angle CU	Of artist talking to girl	2s
CU	Of girl standing up	1s
Medium two shot	Of artist and girl closer	2s
Medium shot low angle	Shows girl take artist’s hand	1s
Two shot pan to the left	Two shot of walking down street together pans left and transitions into new scene	4s

 

Final minute of the song

Shot type	Mise-en-scene	Shot length
Medium shot pans left to right	Shows artist and friends walking down street	4s
Medium shot	Shows artist puff out his chest	2s
Medium-long shot	Shows artist dancing with friends behind him	8s
Medium-long shot	Shows artist moving hands up and down and making people behind him mimic movements	7s
Medium shot – camera pans from left to right	Camera follows artists movement	4s
‘ ‘	‘ ‘	4s
Close up	Artist in bed and opens eye	2s
Medium shot	Artist performance with crowd behind him	3s
Medium shot pan to left	Artist gets out of bed	2s
Medium shot	Artist performance with crowd behind him	4s
MCU	Artist looking out of window looking intrigued	2s
High angle shot	Of girl and first man walking down street cuddling	3s
Medium shot	Artist dancing	2s
High angle shot	Of girl and man cuddling in street	2s
Close up	Of artist who turns away from window looking forlorn, and breaks fourth wall by looking into camera	4s

 

Summary
-The first minute of the video has a very fast cutting rate in comparison to the slower final minute of the song. This is an interpretation which we intend to implement in our own music video, and this music video provides perfect justification – as it suggests that narrative music videos reach a slower, more calm conclusion.
-The use of POV shots is important in the music video to position the audience within the narrative, this is something we are definitely going to use in our narrative music video.
-The use of transition editing is vital during the video to change location and time, a necessary method to move on the narrative. We are going to use similar transitions in our piece, such as panning up to the sky and panning down to change scene.

6 frames want to use

 

 

 

Transition editing - camera goes up to sky and comes down to change time from evening to morning

 

Change in camera distance from object as character runs past cars

 

Transition editing - camera moves past object to change location

Use of POV shots to position audience within narrative

Composition - centralisation of character and placement of hands on the lines of 1/3 and 2/3 is a framing composition we are going to use also - aesthetically pleasing.