FP: technical analysis, Kurt Vile- 'Pretty pimpin'

FP: Individual Technical analysis

“Pretty Pimpin”- Kurt Vile

Shot number	Shot duration	Type of shot	Camera movement/Mise en scene
1	3 seconds	Establishing shot	Steadicam/handheld shot. Trees move in wind in front of camera
2	3 seconds	Establishing shot/ELS	Camera tracks horizontally, following direction of freeway in the distance, showing urban location
3	13 seconds	CU-LS (Reverse tracking)	Two fans are shown in the middle of a street in a run-down urban location. The camera tracks slowly backwards (Perhaps slowmo) as one fan begins to spin, signifying the beginning of the song.
4	6 seconds	MS/forward tracking shot	Camera tracks forward through open bedroom door, revealing Kurt Vile sitting on bed, placed slightly to the right of the frame. He places his head in his hands as a visual signifier for a feeling of turmoil.
5	11 seconds	MLS	Most of a well-lit kitchen is in the frame, again with Kurt Vile placed slightly to the right of the centre of the frame, leaning casually on the work surface. He lip-syncs the lyrics.
6	7 seconds	MLS	Again camera is static with Kurt Vile placed slightly to the left of the frame. We are now In a living room. Kurt Vile plays electric guitar (unplugged) on the sofa, his playing is different to what can be heard in the song.
7	7 seconds	MS/steadicam/tracking shot	Smooth camera movement, on either a track or steadicam, follows Vile through the kitchen as he talks on the phone. Towards the end of the shot he turns the corner round the work surface and walks more towards the camera and eventually past it.
8	2 seconds	MLS	Camera moves smoothly past a woman playing the drums in an outdoor location, possibly a basketball court.
9	11 seconds	MLS/follow cam	(slow mo) Kurt Vile walks past the camera and through the door of a shop. The camera then follows him smoothly through the aisle of the somewhat dimly-lit shop.
10	5 seconds	LS	Vile stands leaning against a lamp post outside the shop he has just left, holding a bag of shopping-connotes regular lifestyle (ordinary/extraordinary) Crowds of people in the street walk past the camera in slow motion, obscuring Vile.
11	8 seconds	Reverse tracking/Stedicam	Camera reverses smoothly away from Vile resting on the bonnet of a retro car whilst playing the guitar. Again, the playing heard and the playing seen are disjunctive. Shot is also in slow motion.
12	11 seconds	MLS	We return to the kitchen scene, with the camera static and Vile places slightly to the right of the centre, only this time multiple layers are used, and Vile re enters the shot multiple times wearing different outfits and performing different tasks. Eventually we are left with three different versions of Vile on screen at the same time
13	2 seconds	MLS	Camera is static, placed behind Vile who is looking at himself in the mirror. Again, multiple layers are used and another version of Vile stands behind the original, watching him. Here, meanings about concepts of self-recognition and problems with self-identity begin to amplify and manifest themselves.
14	10 seconds	Steady cam/ MS	Camera moves slowly around a clothes rail in a clothes shop, to reveal Vile standing in the middle of the shop amongst various aisles of mismatched clothes, holding a drink in a large cup.

 

 

• Many aspects of this video appeal to me as ideas that we could use for our video
• For example the idea we had already of using time expansion for a lot/all of our video is included in this video, and this confirms that it suits the genre of our chosen track
• The combination of seemingly random actions based around and urban location, accompanied by various performance shots involving a solo artist playing the electric guitar is a concept that appeals to us greatly and is very applicable for our chosen track.
• The use of a steady cam for the moving shots is something that adds to the quality of this video, and we hope to be able to use a steady cam for our video.