Music Video - Coldplay 'the scientist'

Coldplay - the scientist click to play
This music video is inspiring, however I would not choose to do this myself as a beginner. The artist has had to learn the lyrics not just off by heart but also backwards. This is complicating and can take weeks to learn. The narrative of this music video fits in well with the lyrics because it is all shown in reverse 'oh, let's go back to the start'.

So as we can see at the beginning of the music video is the lead singer, what appears to be, lying down singing towards the camera. This print screen shot is an extreme close up of his face. After this, there is a slow zooming out to revel that in face he is positioned on a mattress (shown in next print screen shot)

Print screen shot just to demonstrate the lead singer positioned on a mattress still singing towards the camera. This type of camera shot is a mid length shot.







This is where the video itself shows the effect of going in reverse. This shot is a long shot as it is showing the surrounding area. As we can see, this part is where he has fallen down to the mattress but is now in reverse seen to be getting up.
Next few range of shots are showing the video going in reverse.

Long shot.

Mid shot, showing facial expressions, eye contact is still locked on the camera

Long shot, jumping off a wall, now seen jumping 'backwards'