When the party’s over (2018) Billie Eilish – this is an example of a single camera production in a music video. This video was released in 2018 for the young artist Billie Eilish and her song ‘When the party’s over’. The reason why this video is so unique and known is because it is all shot in one sequence with one camera, but it also does not have any cuts or edits. The only editing that this video has is the removal of some tubes which release the black fluid near her eyes and there most likely was some colour correction. Unlike some other single camera productions, you can tell that this has been shot with only one camera and this is through the lack of editing. Other genres of single camera productions like Drama’s or Comedies contain a lot of edits and cuts, making it much more difficult for the audience to tell if it was shot with one camera or multiple. In comparison, Billie Eilish’s video is much easier to determine that it was shot on one camera. The story behind this video is very progressive, this means that there are a lot of steps that go into the story (for example; she picks up the drink, then drinks it, then sets the cup down, then starts crying, then wipes her tears). Because of this, the video includes a wide range of close ups and ECU’s in order for the audience to focus on what she is doing or focus on the glass which she is handling. The opening shot of this video is a straight angled ECU shot of a glass which then slowly zooms out of the ECU to a mid shot. The use of this initial shot makes the audience aware of the glass because they do not know what it is at first, making them intrigued to find out what is to come. Throughout the entirety of the video, the camera does not go past a mid shot and this is because there is not really a proper location, it is just a white background therefore there is no need for an establishing shot to set the scene. In this case, a mid shot acts as an establishing shot. As stated earlier, there are no cuts or edits, and this tremendously aids continuity as there is not sudden cut in the media. This then acts as a nice flowing video for the audience to watch, without looking like it has been tampered with.

The composition of this video, like the camera angles, is rather unique and this is because they have framed and positioned Billie strategically but simply. When she sets the glass down on the table, the camera follows her hand with an ECU, therefore the only thing in the shot is part of the glass and her hand. As this is the only thing that can be seen, it leaves her time to compose herself and get prepared for the camera to swing back around. Because she has had this time to pause and prepare, it greatly decreases the chance for errors in her acting, meaning they will not need to edit if she messes up. Other than this example, everything else in the video is framed centrally and looks very organised and there is nothing in the frame that looks wrongly placed, making the video aesthetically pleasing.