Textual Analysis; The Kooks 'She moves in her own way' Music Video & Camera Shots

We collected different frozen images from the kooks video ‘she moves in her own way’ to gather information about shot angles, mise en scene, setting and lighting.

We noticed that the majority of the shots focussed on the band and their instruments with mostly natural lighting and little editing or special effects. There are many ‘random’ shots which show miscellaneous objects such as a scrabble board and a member of the band eating. We noticed that many of these objects were typical ‘British’ objects and many of the younger British audience would relate to them.

We also noticed that the bands costume is very plain, yet still in keeping with the ‘indie’ style. The lead singer wears a plain white top with a grey cardigan and jeans which is quite a laid back look that doesn’t particularly draw attention to itself.

Textual Analysis; The Kooks ‘She Moves in her Own Way’ Music Video

-Opening black and white, high angle shot looking down at road from moving bus
-Transactions between black and white and subtle colour in each shot
-Long shot of tour bus, band playing instruments, lead singer looking ‘cool’, wearing sunglasses
-Random shots of objects e.g. scrabble board- representing British culture
-Shots lasting about 2-3 seconds each
-Band members hidden in busy city

-Seaside shot, medium shots of band having fun and being typical ‘lads’

-extreme long shot showing cosmopolitan city

-Shots still lasting around 3 seconds
-Costume does not draw attention to itself, quite simple and laid back, black and white or natural colours
-lighting mostly natural
-no SFX
-Video ends with mid shot showing the back of the bus leaving

Unfortunately we were not able to up load the original music video due to copyright and legality reasons, however here's a link to the original video from Youtube.

She Move In Her Own Way