In order to get an insight into the camerawork in a performance, we thought it would be a good idea to look at an example of a concert video. The example we chose to look at was the song 'I will follow' by U2. In this instance, the song is being performed at Glastonbury. When analysing the video, there were a number of things that became apparent. From the beginning, it was obvious that the camera interchanged between all four band members. This allowed for the audience watching at home to be introduced to all four band members before the vocals began, at which time the camera would focus more on Bono.
When it comes to shots of each of the individual band members, high angle shots were used for the lead guitarist to give him an imposing nature, as well as the zooming in of the camera onto Bono to give him importance. In addition, there were frequent shots of the crowd to remind the audience watching at home of the enormity of the occasion and to try and replicate that atmosphere in their living room. However, the main factor that I concluded form analysing this video was that the camera was never stationary and so as a result the atmosphere was maintained even for the people who were watching at home.
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