N.B - Technical Analysis

Paolo Nutini – Last Request
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4BEwXG4rG4

For my technical analysis, I chose to do a Paolo Nutini song as he is very similar to James Morrison. I originally intended to do ‘New Shoes’ but then found ‘Last Request’. I chose ‘Last Request’ instead because it is a sadder song and is more appropriate to our chosen track. The video is about a robbery in a jewellery shop and Paolo and his girlfriend are caught in the middle of it. The video doesn’t make it directly obvious that the woman is his girlfriend but we get this idea from the way the shots are cut together. The video is a narrative with performance throughout but there is narrative fuzz as the video keeps flashing back to previous events. The majority of the shots are of Paolo Nutini singing whilst laying on the floor. Most of the shots are close-ups or medium shots. I think the shots are mainly these because it helps to show the emotion of the video and also what’s going on at a closer perspective. The video also features a fair amount of panning shots which gives you the idea that you are there and are watching the action going on. Every single shot is cut to the next shot apart from the final shot which fades out. This is due to the action that is taking place in the video. The robbery means fast pace cutting with the action. Also, the shots tend to cut in time with the lyrics and occasionally cut in time with the music. I noticed that in this video there is very little going on with the shots of Paolo and his girlfriend and so it is just these two alone. Throughout the video there is a blue wash on the video which gives it a saddening feel. This is appropriate to the song and also our song and so is helpful for us to look at. There is only 1 location used which is the jewellery shop however there are shots of the outside and the inside of the shop. The shots last for only a few seconds each maximum except for the final shot which lasts for around 7 seconds eventually fading to black to show that the video has ended. The final shot includes no action and I think this is why it lasts longer and fades out to black.