JM - Technical Analysis - Arctic Monkeys 'Leave Before the Lights Come On'

For My technical analyisis I chose the Arctic Monkeys 2006 single 'Leave Before the Lights Come On'. I chose this song because it is of a very similar genre to our chosen track 'Technodanceaphobic'. The video is also a very good example of a music video with a well structured narrative, which is the area of our music video that I am most interested in developing.

Throughout this music video there are is a lot of camera movement and 'handy-cam' which helps give the music a feeling of verisimilitude. This feel is further aided through the use of 6 seconds of diagetic sound at the start of the video.

-CU of lead male charcter (M) walking (7secs)



-CU of lead female character (F), F walks forward to ECU (7secs)
-MLS of F, side on, standing on building edge (2secs)
-CU of M walking (2.5secs)
-ECU of F (2.5)



-POV looking down to street from F (2secs)
-Low angle shot looking up from street to show F on building edge
-CU of M walking (2secs)
-ECU of F (2secs)
-MS behind M walking (7secs)
-CU front M, stops picks up shoe that fell (6secs)
-Low angle, possibly POV from M, zoom to MS of F (4secs)
-CU of M looking up (2secs)
-Low angle MS of F (2secs)
-High angle down stairs, M running (.5secs)
-Low angle up stairs, slight pan, M running (1.5 secs)
-MS of M exiting door onto roof (2secs)
-LS of M running (1sec)
-ECU of F, M in background running toward F (2secs)
-LS of M runningin BG, toward F FG (1.5secs)
-MS of M stopped (1.5secs)
-CU of F (1.5secs)
-ECU of F in FG, M in BG but out of focus (2secs)
-LS of M reaching for F (1.5secs)
-MS from side of M and F, M reaching out (2secs)
-CU of outstretched hand and clenched fist of F (1.5secs)



-CU of F (1sec)
-CU of M and F hands meeting (2secs)
-MS from side of M and F hugging (1.5secs)
-CU of hug from behind F (1sec)
-MS hug (side) (1.5secs)
-CU of hug from behind M, F crying (1.5secs)

I only analysed about half of this video, up until about 1 minute 19 seconds.

Evaluation
From this technical analysis I have learnt about how you can have a music video that is purely narrative based and that is shot more like a film. I feel that this video and others that I have viewed from a similar style and gnere will help me and the rest of my group to get the narrative sections of our music video clearer and well structured.
In relation to our concept development this has enabled us to look at our concpt development more closely. We have decieded that it would be good to have links between each of our characters and that in order for our video to be a success and not be boring e need to structure our narrative well.