RESEARCH: SHOT COUNT ANALYSIS

SHOT COUNTS

Track: “I want to break free”

Artist: Queen

Director: Dave Mallet

Release Date: 4 May 1984

Length of video: 4 minutes 28 seconds

Number of shots in 30 second segment: 11 shots

Average length of shot: 4 seconds

Shot number	Shot type	Shot length	Shot description
1	Still shot	4 seconds	We see a still shot of the roofs and chimneys of a large number of council houses in an urban area.
2	Close up	4 seconds	A close up is seen of an alarm clock billowing steam.
3	Close up	3 seconds	Brian may pulls the duvet away from his head and he is seen to be wearing a woman’s hair net.
4	Panning	2 seconds	The original still shot of roofs begins to pan steadily to the right gradually zooming in as it does.
5	Close up	3 seconds	Brian mays hand is seen fumbling to turn off the alarm clock
6	panning	2 seconds	The panning shot continues to pan and proceeds to end its pan focusing in on a single window of the house where the video takes place.
7	Wide angle	3 seconds	Brian may is seen getting out of bed, it is revealed he is wearing a woman’s nightie
8	Close up	3 seconds	A close up of him pulling fluffy pink slippers is seen
9	Close up/ panning	4 seconds	The video cuts to another room of the house focusing towards the ground. From the side of the screen a vacuum cleaner is pushed through and as it moves back and forth the camera moves steadily upwards
10	Wide angle	5 seconds	On the note of the guitar chord, Freddie mercury is seen pushing the vacuum. As he enters the main room he is seen to be dressed totally as a woman.
11	Close up	2 seconds	A close up of john deacon dressed like an elderly, conservative grandmother reading a magazine.