Camera Shots

Camera shot used in the music video I have analysed of Rihanna ‘Love the way you lie’ is extreme close up, close up, mid shot, long shot, extreme long shot and establishing shot each one of these shot are important to the audience as it make it more attracting to them.


Extreme close up was used 8 to 9 time in the video it was mostly when it showed Rihanna this build the emotions and show her facial expressions to the audience which is a good thing. Close up was used 13 times throughout the video mostly when Eminem was kissing with another character in the video this is also used to show us there emotions and facial expression. Mid shot was used 18 times in the video it was used when it wanted to show the narrative of the characters this helps the audience to understand the video in much more detail.


Long shot was used 9 times this is when the characters where having a relationship this helps the audience to understand the video and the narrative of it. Extreme long shot was used 4 times this was used to show the performance of the artist this helps to show the audience the location of the artist at that time of the scene. Finally for the camera shots establishing shot were used 5 times this was used to show the location of the video.


The camera movements used in the video is panning, tracking and zoom in these are used to make the video more interested rather than keeping the camera in one position. Panning was used 7 times and it was always used when Eminem was at the crop field panning was used to show the performance of the artist. Tracking was used 4 this was also used when the artist Eminem was at the crop field this was used to show us the artist and once again his performance this makes the video much more better because there is all different kind of movement which make it more energetic finally zoom in was used 2 when the character which had a relationship with Eminem crouching against the wall this particular movement was used to show the relationship between each other.


Camera angles used in the video where high angle, low angle, crane and eye levels these where used to take different kind of angles rather than one particular angle. High angle was used 3 times mostly when Eminem was at the crop field this makes him look smaller to the audience. Low angle was use 6 times mostly when the characters were on fire which was Eminem and another girl character this was used to show the significance of the narrative. Crane was used when Eminem was at the crop field it was used to show the audience his performance once again and final eye level was used 25 time throughout the video this help the artist to build a relationship with the audience.
Mid shot, close up, eye level, long shot and panning were used the most throughout the video this is to build a relationship with the audience as these shots are more important than the others also to show the performance of artist and narrative elements of the music video.

The camera shots and the editing style of the music video of Rihanna love the way you lie builds a relationship with it target audience by using effective techniques for example using eye levels shot are really effective to build a relationship with your audience we know this because of media facts also the director and producer of the music video has used really good camera shot in all different kinds which allow the audience to feel there different emotions.  For example the emotions the artist have is sad, confused and angry we know this because of the camera shots and the facial expression that they show to the audience. The camera shot have a massive role because without different camera shot we cannot identify the emotions.