Chosen Preliminary Task Music Video (Ed Sheeran)

We chose to do Ed Sheeran's, Small Bump music video as our preliminary task. It consists of him seated in a hospital and other figures fade in and out, a metaphor for people coming and leaving. The first shot is a low angle shot is of a ticking clock. This is used to couple the hospital theme with a ticking clock, almost that time is passing and running out, it opens the music video with a clear idea that can match with the lyrics, which mainly speak about a child passing before birth. The second shot is just used to enforce the hospital theme, it is looking in at a x-ray projection of a bone structure, this lets the audience know that it is a hospital or some kind of medical area. The next shot is a close up looking at toxic containers, this gives of a sense of danger, and enforces the idea of hospitals can bring bad news, this again links back to the lyrics. The next shot is looking through a window at a empty bed. This shows that the outsider is looking in and the fact the bed is empty gives the idea of empty and alone. Finally the next shot is of the singer Ed Sheeran, he is sitting in the waiting room with two other women and what appears to be a doctors dressed in a white medical coat. The camera goes up to Ed as he is singing and focuses on his facial expression, it then goes past him and pulls away. This shot shows the emptiness of the waiting room, and Ed is sitting waiting with a look of worry and almost depression. This shot is so good as it matches with the lyrics, Ed is waiting as others fade in and out he continues to sit anxiously waiting.