Technical Analysis

In order to create a documentry video i will need to analyse the common conventions of this type of film making ad therefore i have decided to use a technical analysis of a video shown on YouTube featuiring David Saxbys marine tank.

Shot Number	Duration	Camera	Mise-en-scene
1	4	Static, Low angle. Flat lens zoom. Medium Close-up	Colourful fish swimming around, lots of motion. Mellow, methodical electronic sound track in the background.
2	3	Static Flat lens zoom	Very vibrant colours, lots of motion. Same sound track
3	5	Low angle, Mid shot. Wide angle with small pan from right to left following subject. Subject on right third	Fish swimming with subject in plain clothes covering the tank. Voice over begins with David Saxby – the subject talking about the tank.
4	3	Pan from top to bottom of the frame, Medium close up.	Fish swimming. Specifically follow the path of a yellow tang. Voice over continues
5	6	Static medium close up with subject on left third.	David shown in the centre/ left third of the frame with tank in the background.
6	7	Pan from right to left, medium shot.	Contents of tank showed swimming in the pan.
7	4	Mid close up, static shot with main subject (coral) in the centre of the frame.	Blue coral contrasting white sand and blue/ green trigger swimming from left to right.
8	4	Static medium close up with subject on left third.	David shown in the centre/ left third of the frame with tank in the background.
9	7	Low angle pan from top to bottom, medium close up.	Fish swimming to a pan down to closer corals, almost a rack focus.
10	9	Pan from bottom right to top left, mid close up.
11	7	Static medium close up with subject on left third	David shown in the centre/ left third of the frame with tank in the background.
12	9	Worms eye view pan from right to left mid close up.	Corals and fish, fish in top half, corals in other.
13	3	Close up pan left to right, main subject in focus on left third.	Cardinals in shot, mixture of colours.
14	7	Static close up with subject in centre of frame	David shown in the centre/ left third of the frame with tank in the background.
15	6	Handicam high angle close up.	Goldfish showing a completely different side to video. In freshwater.

This technical analysis pointed out a number of things that i can use within my final video.

• The cutting rate is often varied and gives an even feel to the pace of the video.
• Intercutting between the video of the interview and the B roll of the tank is very effective.
• Voice overlappping onto B roll video was proffessional and looked and sounded great.
• The same shot of the David Saxby used when interviewed throughout the video gave a constant. Something that gave the video direction and a shot the the audience could view over and over.
• Variations in shots of fish kept the video exciting, repeated subjects in the frame of repeated footage would get very boring.
• The information given by the interviewee was concise and to the point meaning there was little disturbance in the inteded and trasmitted message supporting the view of sheltons communication theory.