First 10 Shots

Protest Videos First 10 Shots

Kendrick Lamar – Alright

First Shot –

Duration: 5 seconds

Shot Type: Establishing shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Large body of water with what looks like a buoy and a city skyline in the distance as well as the outline of a hill, large dark clouds and what might be the Golden Gate Bridge? Also has a bird flying towards the distance.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Second Shot –

Duration: 4 seconds

Shot Type: Establishing/Medium/Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Contains four dock cranes and clouds in the background.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Third Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Establishing shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Another large body of water with a boat in the foreground, sailing past and another larger industrial boat in the background with some shadowy buildings in the far background as well as some more dark clouds.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Fourth Shot –

Duration: 4 seconds

Shot Type: Establishing/Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Road with many houses on, and the road has skid marks from tires’ friction on the ground and smoke from the burning rubber. A stop sign and a fire hydrant on the side of the path as well as two people walking past them.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Fifth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Unclear

Transitions: Start – Cut, End Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Multiple white dots seem to be moving on a black background, possibly a room with lights?

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Sixth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Long/Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Silhouette of a pair of shoes tied to a line and large lighter clouds in the background.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Seventh Shot –

Duration: 1 second

Shot Type: Low-Angle/Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Power lines, possibly to a tram with very tall buildings behind it and clouds in the sky.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Eighth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Tracking/Panning shot?

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Tunnel with more white lights and many cars at the end of the tunnel.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Ninth Shot –

Duration: 1 second

Shot Type: Medium shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: House/warehouse or workshop, the back of a van on the left side of the frame and two electricity cable poles on the right side of the frame.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Tenth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Unclear

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: What seems to be clouds moving.

Narrative or Performative: Seems possible to be neither?

Joey Bada$$ - Land of the Free

First Shot –

Duration: 10 seconds

Shot Type: Tracking/Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Sandy desert with a silver car that has an American flag attached to it driving through it from the right of the frae to the left of the frame, kicking sand clouds.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Second Shot –

Duration: 2 seconds

Shot type: Medium/Tracking shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Sandy desert with eight men and 1 woman, all from the BAME community standing in a triangle formation, the man in the front being the artist, wearing a khaki jacket, orange t-shirt, black ripped jeans and brown boots, but also has a chain around his legs. The other men are wearing all black.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Third Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Medium Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist still in the sandy desert wearing the same outfit as the previous shot but added a white and red scarf. The other men and women are circling him with a chain.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Fourth Shot –

Duration: 2 seconds

Shot Type: Long shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: The artist is on the right side of the middle of the frame walking towards the camera with an American flag in his hand and smoke trails behind him. Still in a sandy desert.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Fifth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist is on the right side of the frame with the flag next to his head and a smoky background with a sunset/rise behind the smoke.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Sixth Shot –

Duration: 4 seconds

Shot Type: Tracking shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist is leaning against the car from the start on a desert road and a mountain behind him.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Seventh Shot –

Duration: 4 seconds

Shot Type: Panning shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist wearing American bomber jacket, hoodie and grey tracksuit bottoms sitting in a field with at least three children wearing all white. A tree, hill and the sun are all in the background of the shot.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Eighth Shot –

Duration: 1 second

Shot Type: Low-Angle/Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: One of the three children standing and staring into the distance with tree branches above her.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Ninth Shot –

Duration: 5 seconds

Shot Type: Tracking/Medium Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Similar to the second shot, however it is further zoomed-in.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Tenth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: Tracking shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist in the middle of the hilly field with eight children around him, all dressed in white clothing.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

M.I.A. – Paper Planes

First Shot –

Duration: 6 Seconds

Shot Type: Establishing Shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Following paper planes weaving in and out of a bridge that goes over water. A city skyline can be seen in the distance.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Second Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Medium Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Multiple people’s legs seen walking, one main one carrying a suitcase across a zebra crossing.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Third Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Long shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: A blurry shot of a road, with cars parked on either side and a bin truck and a car at the end of the road.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Fourth Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Medium Shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Typical American city main street with a hooded woman at the centre of the frame and many people walking in the background.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Fifth Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Medium Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: A woman wearing an exquisite jacket, on the left hand side of the frame, in a kitchen looking at spices on a shelf on the right side of the frame.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Sixth Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Medium shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Very similar to the fourth shot but with a different woman in the foreground, with an umbrella and the people in the background are further forward.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Seventh Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Front of a black van that has a pirate-like skull with two crossed swords under it on the front of the van.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Eighth Shot –

Duration: 0.5 seconds

Shot Type: Long shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Another typical American city street with people around and a car driving past.

Narrative or Performative: Narrative

Ninth Shot –

Duration: 3 seconds

Shot Type: High-Angle shot

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Artist singing in a dark and dirty alleyway wearing a black hooded jacket, navy t-shirt and a strange necklace.

Narrative or Performative: Performative

Tenth Shot-

Duration: 2 seconds

Shot Type: Medium Close-Up

Transitions: Start – Cut, End – Cut

Mis-En-Scene: Back in the kitchen area with the artist wearing the exquisite jacket and you can clearly see a door in the background.

Narrative or Performative: Performative