Music Video Analysis - Shiela by Jamie T

Shiela is a full narrative perferformance and Jamie T is not seen throughout the video, this is unsual as video's are normally made to promote the singer and for fans to see them perform. This is an indie song and the words are sang half spoken similar to a rap. The video begins with a zoom out with a pan from a close up of a bunch of flowers, singing starts almost instantly. The audience should notice that the person lip sincing isnt Jamie T but that Jamie T's voice is played over the footage. For the whole video the camera leads the person along the edge of what i think is the River Thames, these shots are continuous with no cuts, ande he constantly looks that the camera while lip syning. We also get a couple of side shots of him walking, the camera tracks him from a long shot. To show that this is a average night people walk infront of the camera while momenterily blocking the main character while drunk girls scream "London".

The Rule of Thirds is used so that another man can enter the frame and casual breaks out into song. He speaks in received pronunciation. The camera swaps its focus to him while the man we have been previously folowing walks behind him. After his verse he walks off screen to the left leaving the main character alone to sing again. We also gets shots of him not singing however Jamie T continues to sing.

A high angle shot is used to show a homeless man singing another role. There are only a number of different camera angles used in this video, Close-ups, mids and long shots which is similar to other music videos. And interesting twist is revealed at 1:42 when we get a long shot showing that he is singing to no one but it seems he thinks he is. The then walks up to a couple arguing and watches them, they dont notice him which might imply hes not even there. The scream "london" has been enhanced during editing to create moe of an impact.

At the end of the track the actor stops lip syncing while Jamie T continues to sing. The lyrics might reveal why as they are about a death of a girl. The camera pans the show a shrine, he stand looking up and lays the flowers which he has been carrying for the whole video. There is a close up of the note reading "To my darling Sheila love always Dad xx" after that there is silence. The video ends with a shot of him bowing his head, all sound fades out except for police sierns.