Deconstruction of Florence + The Machine, Shake It Out

Florence + The Machine

Shake It Out

4:42

Pop/Indie

The LS shows a staircase with a person walking down it. The lighting is very low key and uses a lot of reds and oranges. The setting is in a stately home style house. This fits in with the style of the song. The camera movement tilts up slowly to focus on the person walking down the stairs.

The location is in a large bedroom. The colour scheme is reds and oranges which links with the style of the song and the lyrics. The lighting is low key to accentuate the period this is supposed to be set in. The clothes also support the time period.

The ECU shot of the artist singing is a popular shot with this genre, especially in Adele's Rolling In The Deep, a favourite of this target audience. The shot is off center with her head turned to make her mouth center and more to focus on.

 The off center MS of the artist makes this shot look almost like the artist is in a dream. The shimmer of light in the center of the shot backs this dream like shot. The lighting is mainly from the shimmer in the center of the shot.

The LS of a masqerade ball links into the style and time period of the video. The location is a dining hall of the stately home. The lighting is key lighting immuminating the different costumes and masks creating an eerie vibe about this scene. like something is going to happen.

This MS is a shot of the artist in the center of the shot making her the more important. The lighting is key lighting to show certain parts of the shot showing the dancers from the masquerade behind the woman. The clothes are formal dresses and suits to link with the masqerade.

This LS is a shot from behind a door making it seem like the audience is spying on the scene and  doesnt want to get caught. The lighting is a spotlighrt over the people, illuminating them and not the background of the room.

 The MS of people in the ball dancing is different from the other shots in the video. The lighting is more high key and the room is very bright whereas the other shots have been dark. This shot looks to be more modern set rather than set in the different time period. The location looks to be in a well lit room with big windows and spotlights in the ceiling. you can tell this is a more modern setting because the clothes are a lot more modern.

The LS is set outside the stately home of the woman running. The shot was taken at night so the key lighting illuminates the house and the woman running to acceuntuate these certain parts of the scene as being the most important aspects of the scene. The mise en scene is set outside a stately home at night which links in with the other parts of the music video.