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This video is just shots of Fionn Regan playing guitar and
singing, in different locations. He is wearing trousers, a shirt,
and a waistcoat, which is normal, everyday clothes for him. The
lighting is just the normal lighting for each place that he is in,
and the music is recorded in each place, so the sound quality
changes with each shot, and there is ambient sound. The video
starts with a long shot showing a lift, and there is ambient
sound, and also very faint music.
The lift doors open, and Fionn is stood in it, playing guitar,
looking at his guitar. As the lift opens, the music gets louder,
because its being recorded as its filmed, so there is no longer
the lift doors blocking the sound. The lighting is bright and
unnatural.
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The next shot is a long shot of him, stood under an archway in
what looks like a train station. The lighting is quite dim, and he
is still playing guitar. It changes to a mid shot of him, still in the
same place. A car goes past just in front of the camera, and
there are people walking past, some of them go in front of the
camera. This makes the place look more natural, not like it's all
been set up. It could even have been filmed on a normal day,and not really set up.
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The next shot is a mid shot of him in a place with slot
machines. The lighting is dim, and the lights from the machines
are bright. This time, he is looking at the camera, and he starts
to sing.
He sings the first line of the song, and as he opens his mouth to
sing the second line, the location changes again. The next
location is a church. It is a long shot of him sat in one of the
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church pews. He sings the next two lines, and the sound is very
different, as churches have different acoustics to gambling
places. The only lighting is from a window at the back of the
church.
Then he is by the sea. It is a mid shot of him, with only water
and sky in the background, and the wind is moving his hair and
clothes. The next shot is a long shot of him on a farm, withcows in the background. You can hear the cows and some
birds. The shot changes half way through a line, so the change
in sound is very obvious. The lighting is natural sunlight. Then
there's a long shot of him in a dimly lit car park. It moves to a
mid shot of him in the same place, and he is looking straight at
the camera, but just playing guitar.
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Next is a mid shot of him in a supermarket aisle. There is
ambient sound of people and the supermarket checkouts.
Again, the shot changes half way through a line, so the change
in sound quality is very obvious. The next shot is in front of a
line of beach huts, with the sound of the sea and seagulls. The
next shot is a close up of his face, with a bit of background. He
seems to be in a restaurant. The change in shot distancemakes the video more interesting, as it would get boring if all of
the shots were the same.
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Then he is next to an indoor swimming pool, with the sound of
people and water. The shot changes half way through a line,
and then he is in a library. At one point, when he's playing
guitar and not singing, he looks behind him, at a person reading
a book. This causes the audience to look at his surroundings,
not just him. This shot goes with the song, as he sings the like 'I
read to you on Saturdays'.
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This connection between the video and the song attracts the
watcher's attention. The next shot is a mid shot in a chip shop,
then it moves to a large, fancy dining room. There are rope
barriers around some of the bits of furniture, which makes is
look like it's in a museum, which fits with one of the lines a few
second before, 'museum has closed down'.
The large room makes the sound echoey, which sounds slightlyhaunting, which (in my opinion) goes well with Fionn Regan' s
voice and style. The next shot is a mid shot with an old wall in
the background. While he is playing guitar, a bus goes past,
between the camera and Fionn. This, again, makes it look more
natural, not set up. He sings a line while he is behind the bus.
The bus is louder than the sound, so it can't be heard well,
which adds to the natural feel. The shot then moves out, and
shows the area around where he is stood. This makes it moreinteresting, as all of the other shots that did this had moved
from a long shot to a mid shot or close up, not the other way
around. The next shot is in a forest. He is wearing the same
outfit as before but with wellies, which, again, makes it look
more natural. The next shot is in what appears to be a clock
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shop. He is stood in front of a wall covered in clocks, and
behind a table covered in clocks.
The clocks take up most of the screen, and seem to be more
important that him. This is an unusual effect, as the singer is
normally considered the most important person and thing in the
videos. There is ambient sound of clocks ticking. In the next
shot, he is sat on a sofa, in a hairdressers, with someone
cutting hair in the background. Again, he only takes up a small
amount of the visible area, which makes him seem slightly
insignificant. The line 'a coastal town' goes well with many of
the previous shots, and it seems as if all the places he's been
in are in a coastal town, which is very possible. This shot is
filmed in a mirror, which is quite hard to see until the viewer
notices that all of the writing is backwards, and he is holding his
guitar as if he is left handed. The edge of the mirror is veryslightly visible.
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The next shot seems to be in an old laundrette, with very dim
lighting. It is a mid shot. Then there is a mid shot of him, with a
town in the background. He seems to be on a roof. There is the
sound of a police car in the background. The next shot is him
stood in a river, he's wearing wellies again. He's only playing
guitar, and the sound of the water is quite loud.
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The next and final shot is in the bird section of a pet shop. He
plays the last few chords of the song, and the birds are very
loud.
The camera moves in closer to him, he's staring straight at it,
and looks a bit angry. After he plays the last note, he turns and
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walks away.
The shot stays on the bird for a while. What I like most about
the video is that the sound is recorded with each shot, and not
pre-recorded and put over the top. I find it interesting that he
doesn't seem to be the most important thing in the video.
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