Monday, 7 February 2011

Vampire Weekend - 'Giving Up The Gun' (Official Music Video)



Giving up the gun –
The starting shot is of a tennis net, a radio and a chair. Then in the middle right, red Chinese writing saying ‘Giving up the gun’ appears. A man in a black cape enters the shot from the left and turns on the radio. The shot cuts to an extreme close-up and the cameras tracking from left to right; there is an out of focus shot behind the net.
There is crosscutting between a bench, net and the man.
A woman appears wearing red, which makes her stand against the white room and background. A tracking shot is used as she enters the room.
The shot again then cuts to another scene where music equipment is set up and the band ‘Vampire weekend’ are walking towards it.

Using a white background there is a net set up in a room and a girl wearing red clothing which stands out walks in from the left onto it. The next camera shot is of a man and the camera slowly moves up his body starting from his feet to slowly reveal who he is. There is then a variety of close-ups between the man sitting on the chair who seems to be the referee, the girl and the man. The close-up on the man soon becomes a medium close-up as the camera moves further away as he hits the ball over the net. The shot then switches to where the band is playing, only for a second before returning back to the tennis match. There are then more close-ups of the band members and instruments such as the lead singers' face and the guitars. 
Throughout the video it shows the girl playing a mixture of different players ranging from two twin girls to a really tall woman and these clips are shown with trombone shots and shot-reverse shots. 
The camera then shows the band behind the girl playing. Then there are shots of the girl in red playing different shots following each shot as they fade in and out in slow motion which gives an affective effect. The camera then swaps facing the opposite side of the net where the bad are sen again this time with each band member fading in and out but in a fast motion. Her final opponent is a copy of her just in a different 'style'. Lil Wayne then appears as her coach to offer advice, they're comversation is shown at the bottom of the page in french. Towards the end of the video she improves, and hits what looks like a 'fireball' which indicates how powerfully she hit the shot.
The video finishes with a close-up shot of the girl celebrating her victory.

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