Technical Analysis
Foo Fighters – Best of You
Phoenix Smith
Set up 1 – Outside Roo@op Shot 1 –Extreme close up on the singers mouth. The shot starts close, but slowly moves out to include his whole face.
Shot 2 – A staHc wide shot of the whole band playing. The only sHll shot, not handheld.
Shot 3 – Close up of the guitars being played. Handheld
Shot 4 – Close up on singer from front. Handheld & shaky, camera goes in and out of focus.
Shot 5 – Handheld and shaky mid shot, coverage of one of the guitar players.
Shot 6 – Handheld on the drum player, shot zooms in and out.
Set up 2 – Rundown basement/club area Shot 1 – Close up Tracking shot, camera pulls back as the singer walks towards it.
Shot 2 – Handheld on the words wriSen on the walls. Really just short cutaways.
Shot 3 – Long shot on a guitar player.
Shot 5 – Handheld Mid shot on the drummer, focus go's in And out.
Shot 4 – Handheld mid shot, moving around the singer.
Cutaways -‐ The video has short stock footage clips cut into it. These seem to have life themes – Birth, death, violence etc. There’s a lot of children and animals footage used.