Shot:1

Shot Type:Medium Close Up of artist’s profile in the righthand side of the frame – connotes hisinnocence, vulnerability and his longing forsomething/someone.

Analysis:-The establishing shot shows the artist in a medium closeup which lets the audience know who the artist is andtherefore the genre of music.-The artists ethnicity demonstrates the usual conventionsof the genre as RnB singers are often black, such as Ne-Yoand Beyonce.-The outfit demonstrates the genre of RnB as the jumper isone that the RnB genre would wear and also the diamondearrings on males is common of this genre.-The shot amplifies the lyric as he is by himself and theframing of the shot shows connotes wanting or needingsomething or one.-Also, the location of the out of focus garages also suggestshis loneliness.-This lyric implies the genre too, as RnB is often about love.

Time:0:00

Lyric:‘I need you boo’

Edit:Cuts to a shot of a moving bus after first lyric is sang, then ofthe artists moving feet, then back to the artist when the nextline starts. This fills the time between the lyrics sang and cutson the beat of the music.

Shot:38

Shot Type:Long Shot of artist whilst the camera Dollysbackwards – this allows for the artist to dance infull view of the audience whilst in shot.

Analysis:-The shot is of the artist dancing which is a normalconvention of RnB as most of this genres music videoincludes dancing inspired by that of Michael Jackson. Forexample, Ne-Yo – One In A Million.-The artist has changed his outfit, though it still isappropriate for this genre as the baggy jeans and hoodies isgenerally associated with RnB.-This shot does not correspond with the lyrics as it justshows the artist dancing, though this is common in RnBmusic videos.

Time:0:33

Lyric:‘when you talk tome’

Edit:The shot carries on for 2 more seconds, then cuts onto theartist carrying on dancing but shot from the side.

Shot:40

Shot Type:Long Shot of a female driving into the shot –connotes the female driving into his life andshows off the car.

Analysis:-The shot also conventional to the genre because of the carand the female.-RnB music videos often show off flash, expensive objects,such as cars.-Also, the female is relevant to the genre as she is goodlooking and well groomed and she is black, which most RnBfemales are. For example, the female in Usher – Drive fitsthis stereo type.-The shot also illustrates the lyric as the female drives in onthe frame, demonstrating that she is the ‘sweetheart.’

Time:0:36

Lyric:‘you’remy sweetheart’

Edit:The next shot cuts to this females face, so the audience canget a better look of the artists ‘sweetheart.’

Shot:82

Shot Type:Close Up of the artist which is common in allmusic videos as you can see what the artist lookslike more closely. The artist is also framed to theright of this shot which is shown throughout,abiding by the 180° rule.

Analysis:-The shot shows the artist looking off out the window witha forlorn look on his face which illustrates the lyrics whichmakes the audience sympathize with him.-His outfit connotes the genre with the beanie with hishood over it and the gold chain so the audience caninstantly recognize this.Time:

1:38

Lyric:‘I don’t want nobody else’

Edit:Cuts to next shot at the end of these lyrics and the next linestarts to the camera outside of the bus, looking through thewindow where he is looking out.

Shot:132

Shot Type:Long Shot of the artist on the bottom halve of theframe – this suggests his weakness without his girland that he is powerless without her.

Analysis:-This shot shows the artist on his knees in the middle of abusy road, which suggests to the audience that he is on hisknees for his girl and is week with out her.-The moving lights on either side of him represent themoving cars on the road. This suggests to the audience thatnothing else matters to him and he is not taking notice ofanything else, as it is out of focus and moving quickly,which, again, makes the audience sympathize with him.

Lyric:‘And I will never try to deny’

Edit:Cuts to the next shot after ‘try’ on the beat of the sameposition and location, but again from the right side of him andcontinues the line of lyrics of ‘…to deny’

Shot:176

Shot Type:Medium Close Up of two: the artist and his girl –shows the audience the artist and his girl and youfeel a sense of closeness from the MCU.

Analysis:-This visual shows the happy ending which is common for aRnB music video, and the audiences empathy changes fromsorrow for the artist to a sense of happiness for him.-The female is also conventional to the RnB genre, assuggested before, from her ethnicity, looks and outfit.-The artist, however, still has a look of pain on his facewhich tells the audience that he has a longing a need to beclose to the female, showing his unconditional love, whichis the common theme for RnB records and videos.-The lyrics are denoted by this shot as he is with her finally.

Time:4:01

Lyric:‘with you, with you’

Edit:Cuts to a visual of the artist with a guitar player then back tothis visual, so you can continue to get a sense of the story,then ends on the same visual as the establishing shot.