Camera movement in The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" (Official Video)



The camera work in this video stays connected to the beat like most hip hop songs. The way that Notorious raps in this song is slow and steady paced but continuous. This is the same as the camera work it isn't fast paced and is continuously moving. This can show me that the camera work should fit in with the beat in order for the video to flow with the music better.

This music video still uses high and low angles when focusing on the artist, all of these shots use a gimbal in order to keep the smooth gentle feel of the music video. I have also found that almost none of the shot are static. This is also common for these types of music videos.

There are also a few tracking shots that are mainly used when the artist is walking to keep the focus on him, This is also common with this genre too as I see it in a lot of other music videos with the camera tracking the artist in cars, so this type of shot is usually used when the artist is moving around.

My music video is more up beat so I will most likely not use this 'flowing' style. This might mean that I have shorter shots and less movement is my shots. However during the chorus the way he singer sings is very smooth and flows more so I could use this camera work style during the chorus of my song.


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