Track: (Whistle While I) Work It
Artist(s): Chester See, Wayne Brady and Toby Turner
Director: Timothy Kendall
Release Date: 25 July 2013
Length of video: Song 4:24, (entire video 4:37)
Number of shots in entire video: 235
Average length of shot: 0.55 seconds
Number of shots in 30 second segment (0:46-1:01):
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Shot
No.
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Shot
Type
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Shot
Length
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Description
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Transition
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1 (0:46)
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Mid
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½ second
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Toby Turner marches forwards, lip
synching and waving the flyer around.
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Straight Cut
|
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2
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Tracking, left
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½ second
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Turner leads the group, at the far
left of the frame, with their backs facing the camera. He raises the flyer.
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Straight Cut
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3
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Mid
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1 second
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The manager turns around to see the
flyer that is presented to him, Turner’s arm seen in the far right of the
frame.
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Straight Cut
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4
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Mid
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1 second
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Turner lip synching, group behind
him, signalling towards the flyer in his hand to match the lyrics.
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Straight Cut
|
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5
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(Closer) Mid with slight pan
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2 seconds
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The manager looks at the flyer then
at the group carrying an unhappy expression.
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Straight Cut
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6
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Close-up
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½ second
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Turner continues justifying.
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Jump Cut
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7
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(Closer) Mid with slight tracking
right
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1 and ½ seconds
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Turner turns to his friends, as his
substitute for ‘ladies’.
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Straight Cut
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8
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Close-up
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1 second
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Manager looking tired at the boys’
attempts of queue jumping.
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Straight Cut
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9
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Close-up
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½ second
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Man closing the barrier.
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Straight Cut
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10
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Close-up
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1 second
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Bouncer shoos away and points the
boys to the back.
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Straight Cut
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11
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Mid
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1 and ½ seconds
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The group look up from the closed
barrier at the bouncer in frustration
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Straight Cut
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12
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Close-up
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1 second
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Manager does a flicking motion at
the boys pointing them to the back of the queue.
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Straight Cut
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13 (1:01)
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Mid, tracking pan right
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2 second
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The group protest whilst Turner lip
synchs the lyrics in a very expressive manner.
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Straight Cut
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From this process I have learnt that music videos can be constructed from very fast and frequent cuts, and a variety of shot types. I will try to incorporate this into my own music video.
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