A one shot music video is described to consist of action, continuous from the perspective of a single camera and a single long take. a successful one shot video will take lots of planning and will need lots of preparation in order for it to work properly without any hitches. Everyone within the scene will need to know what they are doing and be aware of everyone around them so that they can all tie in. To further this timing will be key, they will need to know when they are meant to move/act/sing/etc.
Bruno Mars' music video for 'the lazy song' was a one shot video in which is very simple but well planned and has been a big hit.
The whole video is one continuous and uninterrupted shot of Mars singing in a bedroom and the chimps dancing, goofing off and mimicking to the song's lyrics. Philip Lawrence makes an appearance, uttering the line "Oh my God, this is great" before being driven off by the chimps; he later reappears in the end.
I choose to look at this video as i am a very bit fan of Bruno mars himself and of this music video. this video is purely one shot and has no edits or bits in which you may wonder if there was an edit. This took lots of planning from the company so that it worked well.
Bruno mars had many things to think about when making this video, he had to make sure that all his dancing was in time, that he came in and done the right movements on time, that he sung on cue and that he did mess up. If he did the whole video would need to be re-done. this made planning very time consuming as not only did you have to plan each shot as a long take.
however within this video there are two bits in which make me wonder if there has been some editing, Bruno mars covers the camera lens in which may suggest that there is a quick cut/edit, however i believe that i can still see the extras leaving the screen through the sides of his hands suggesting that there is no cut or edit but there is a possibility. To further this there is also a section in which Bruno mars catches the guitar, this is at 2.45mins. He manages to catch it very smoothly, this suggests to me that there may have been an edit here.
Overall i really enjoyed looking at this video as i think it is very well planned and filmed.
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