Shot Count Analysis Chart

Track: The A Team

Artist: Ed Sheeran

Record Co: Asylum Records

Release date: 22/04/10

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length	description	Edit to next shot
1	Close up	6 seconds	Handheld shot of a women looking down shocked	Straight cut
2	Medium/2 shot	3 seconds	Slow tilt up from lifeless women to previously seen shocked women	Straight cut
3	Extreme Close Up	8 seconds	Shows lifeless women’s face, slowly zooms out and goes blurry	Straight Cut
4	Black Screen	1 second	Black screen	Straight cut
5	Medium Shot	5 seconds	Lifeless women wakes up on park bench	Straight cut
6	Medium shot	2 seconds	We her sit up from behind	Straight cut
7	Close up	3 seconds	Girl looks around whilst sat on bench	Straight cut

 Number of shots in 30 second segment: 7
Within the 30 second segment there are:
Number of CU: 2
Number of ECU: 2
Number of LS: 0
Number of MS: 3
Number of panning shots: 0
Number of tilts: 1
Other shots: 1 black screen

Close up shots can be used to express the emotion of a song and medium shots can ve used to introduce characters. Most shots in a music video do not last very long and a large amount of them is needed in order to tell a full story.