City and colour video analysis

Because I have changed my idea to an accoustic song I am now going to analyse some music videos from my chosen genre. The first video I am analysing is City and colours 'the girl'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTm4u1UWvg&feature=related

The video starts with different shots from inside a forest, this connotes the natural and peaceful element to this genre of music. Most of the shots used in this video last for a long time (at least ten seconds) which is extremely long compared to the speed of the editing of my previously analysed music videos. This also reflects the slow paced and relaxed nature of the music. Most of the transitions used between clips are fades, this suits the style of music as it is a soft edit, rather than using a harsh cut. Alot of the shots are tracking shots or panned, and much like in my song it features an 'ooooooooh' verse. Majority of the video is quite pale and make the setting look very cold and uncomfortable, this represents the emotional nature of the music. The shots used in this section are continious pans and tracks and go well alongside the continious speed of the vocals. In the second half of the video the song takes a turn in the opposite direction, the song is sped up and is alot more catchy and uplifting. The video style changes with the song, the narrative features the artist playing to a large group of his friends and the picture goes black and white. The screen shrinks down and is played alongside clips of the previous half of the video along with shots of the forest and various other settings of the video.

The last point I made is something I would of liked to incorporate into my own video but because of the fact I was the only crew member and my video features only one actor, I think I would not have been able to make the idea long enough and therefore not worthwhile. Also at the end of the video after the song has finished, it cuts to a clip of the artist playing a section from the song and breaking a string, he then jokes with a few of the crew members about it. I would of also liked to do something like this in my video but without doing a direct rip off I could not think of anything similar.