lorde: timed analysis
TRANSCRIPT
Lorde: Royals
Timed Analysis By Emma Weeks
0.00Black screen
0.00-0.08Panning shot following route of road through suburbs.
0.08-0.10Lorde Royals title screen
0.10-0.12Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
0.12-0.15Mid shot of bedroom focused on bed.
0.15-0.19Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
0.19-0.22Mid shot of living room wall focused on the top of the plant and curtains.
0.22-0.26Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
0.26-0.29Wide angle shot of living room allowing for entire plant and curtains to be seen.
0.29-0.32Close shot of singer Lorde.
0.33-0.34Mid shot of subject sitting in bed.
0.34-0.35Close shot of young man with water dripping from his face.
0.36-0.37Close shot of young mans chest with focus drawn to his chain.
0.38-0.39Mid shot of young man 2 eating breakfast.
0.39-0.41Mid shot of TV with static in the centre of the screen against the curtains.
0.42-0.45Close shot of singer Lorde.
0.45-0.46Wide angle shot of young man doing up his shoe laces in a gym changing room.
0.47-0.49High angle shot of young man biting his t-shirt. High angle shot symbolises his potential power but niting on t-shirt symbolises his youth.
0.50-0.53Wide angle mid shot of young man standing in the centre of the gym hall.
0.53-0.55Wide angle shot with the young man’s head in the mid right third of the shot.
0.55-0.58Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
0.59-0.59High angle panning shot of telephone pole.
1.00-1.03Wide angle long shot of young man 2 practising boxing.
1.03-1.06Close shot of singer Lorde.
1.07-1.10Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the left third of the shot.
1.11-1.13Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
1.13-1.17Wide angle close shot of both young men boxing in the centre third of the shot.
1.17-1.23Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
1.24-1.27Wide angle medium full shot of young man in visible partially through the bathroom door.
1.28-1.28Wide long shot of young man lying down on the sofa.
1.29-1.34Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
1.34-1.36Wide angle close shot of young man shaving his head.
1.37-1.38Shallow depth of field shot of young man shaving his head reflection is focus.
1.38-1.41Close shot of back of young mans head as he shaves it.
1.41-1.42Close shot of young man 2 having his head shaved.
1.43-1.43Close shot of young man 2 shaving his head with young man in the background.
1.44-1.47Wide angle close up of young man 2 in the foreground if the videos left third with young man in the background of the video in the right third.
1.47-1.48Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
1.48-1.50Medium shot of singer Lorde.
1.50-1.52Extreme close up of young man 2’s adams apple.
1.53-1.55High angle long shot of young man 2 submerged in pool.
1.55-1.57Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
1.58-1.58Close shot of a hand with a lighter flame inside.
1.59-2.02Long shot of both young men practising boxing.
2.02-2.04Wide angle long shot of living room.
2.05-2.06High angle shot of swimming pool.
2.07-2.10Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
2.10-2.11Medium close shot of young man.
2.12-2.12Low angle shot of power lines.
2.13-2.14Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
2.15-2.16Medium wide shot of young mans reflection in mirror in the left third of the frame with a blood splatter on the mirror near the frames centre.
2.17-2.17Wide long shot of the neighbourhood where the video is set.
2.18-2.43Medium shot of singer Lorde.
2.44-2.46Close shot of young man.
2.47-2.49Wide shot of young man laying on the platform of a train station.
2.50-2.53Medium shot of singer Lorde.
2.55-2.56Over the shoulder shot of a crowded train over young mans shoulder.
2.57-3.00Shot of youths sitting on a bench in a bus shelter with young man.
3.00-3.03Mid shot of young man with a reflected scene from the bus shelter window.
3.03-3.07Close shot of young man 2 with his head reflected in the glass of the bus window.
3.07-3.09Close shot of young man with his face reflected in the glass of the bus window.
3.09-3.11Medium shot of singer Lorde.
3.11-3.15Wide panning shot following the route out of the suburbs.
3.16-3.18Medium close shot of singer Lorde.
3.19-3.20Black end screen.