DW: Technical Analysis

Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand

Shot number	Duration	Shot type	Denotation
1	1 sec	High angle close-up	Spinning record -display/promotion of the record label
2	3 sec	Medium close-up	Woman in shallow focus; parody of the song name, a Barbra Streisand look-alike
3	3 sec	High angle extreme longshot	To show the subject of the lyrics – New York City
4	2 sec	High angle extreme longshot	“
5	3 sec	Low angle tracking shot	To display NYC from a different angle
6	2 sec	Medium close-up	Reinforcement of the parody of Barbra Streisand
7	1 sec	Close-up	Lip sync of the song lyrics
8	1 sec	Mid shot	Uncovering further characteristics of NYC
9	1 sec	Mid shot	Woman dancing because the track is a dance track
10	1 sec	Close-up	Picture of hot dog - pretty much random, perhaps done again to represent New York
11	1 sec	Mid shot	2-shot showing the artists enjoying themselves
12	1 sec	Extreme longshot	Further depiction of NYC
13	2 sec	Extreme longshot	Handicam of NYC from high angle
14	1 sec	Mid shot	Shot of other celebrity reinforces star image
15	1 sec	Mid shot	Shallow focus on one of the artists in Duck sauce
16	1 sec	Close-up	Man drumming in centre of screen, matching the music
17	1 sec	Low angle close-up	“
18	1 sec	Mid shot	Woman holding balloons, colour and movement, centre of screen
19	1 sec	Close-up	Lip sync of song lyrics, shallow focus, centre of screen
20	2 sec	Close-up	Shallow focus, looking through records
21	1 sec	Mid shot	Celebrity male DJ talking about records
22	1 sec	Mid shot	Shallow focus of group member looking at record
23	2 sec	Mid shot	Rule of thirds, group members and other celebrity wearing odd hats
24	1 sec	Mid shot	Woman in centre of screen holding pose
25	3 sec	Mid shot low angle	Cameo of Barbra Streisand lip syncing in shallow focus
26	1 sec	Mid shot	Handicam of celebrity female laughing
27	6 sec	Mid shot	About 4 different shots of the same activity made into a quick jump cut montage
28	2 sec	2 shot	Backward movement of camera framed in mid shot of artist and celebrity
29	1 sec	Mid shot	Duck sauce and two other artists lip syncing, shallow focus
30	2 sec	Mid shot	Shallow focus of member of the group
31	1 sec	Mid shot (movement)	Forward movement of camera with women framed in centre of screen
32	1 sec	Mid shot pan	Panning of old man
33	1 sec	Mid shot pan	Panning of mysterious girl
34	1 sec	Mid shot pan	Panning of weird man
35	1 sec	Mid shot pan	Panning of young girl (all shot in shallow focus including the above)
36	2 sec	Mid shot	People dancing at show
37	1 sec	Long shot	Deeper focus, promotion of the record label
38	1 sec	Mid shot (handicam)	Shot of crowd, matching the sound of crowd cheering on the track
39	2 sec	Close-up	Celebrity scratching record, can hear in the song also
40	4 sec	Mid shot	Group framed in centre of screen, sound taken from shot before and played over this one (sound of scratching deck) announcement made in the scene can be heard on track

• From this activity I have learnt that videos of this style have a very large number of quick shots - a fast cutting rate, over half the shots out of the ones I analysed are only one second in length, thus proving this point.
• Videos such as these do not rely so heavily on prevelance of the artists but instead just aspects around them; their celebrity friends, the area, their activites and culture etc. help build their star image.
• There are no transitions in the video and rule of thirds is used heavily to create equilibrium, as well as shallow focus and high saturation to make the music video more clear and colourful, the fact that the majority of shots are close-ups or mid shots is complemented by the shallow focus.