Below is the music video for the song Colors by Halsey. I have broken down the first 30 seconds of the video and have analyzed it.
0-5 seconds: The opening shot of this music video sees the artist. Halsey, facing away from the camera in a close-up shot. The setting is very dark and plain. As the shot develops, Halsey is seen turning away from the camera and then walks away from the camera as the camera walks with her. The music starts at about 2 seconds in, as Halsey starts to move.
10-15 seconds: At the 10 second point there is then a medium close-up of the mystery man that the artist has been looking at. There is then a cutaway to a close up of another women who looks over her sunglasses at something.
15-20 seconds: In this shot there is only one character and that is the young female who is seen in a wide shot, of her looking out into the distance. Then the camera has a cutaway twice to two different close ups, one of her hand and one of the pictures.
20-25 seconds: At the 20 second point, you can see a wide shot again but this time of the mysterious man playing tennis. There is then a cutaway to a two-shot wear the young and older female walk down the stairs together. Before there is a pan to two different wide shots of men playing tennis, then cutting back to the two females walking along a path.
25-30 seconds: Lastly in this frame there is a medium close-up of the young man in a changing room, then a cutaway back to the older man playing tennis in a wide shot. Then there is a close-up of the young female in her bedroom before then cutting away to a mid-shot of her in a classroom day dreaming.
From creating this 30 second breakdown, it has shown me how many different shots you should use and cutaways to help keep a music video interesting. Having the same scene on screen for too long can become boring and this shows how when I make my music video, it needs to be fun and full of variety of shots and angles.