Shot list and analysis for Katy Perry - Firework

Shot 1 - a birds eye shot of a city, slowly panning left, 2 seconds.
Shot 2 - An angled birds eye view, long shot of city, cars can be seen moving, pans left for 3 seconds.
shot 3 - A closer shot of the city, can see cars in more detail, panning left, 3 seconds.
Shot 4 - Birds eye view, focusing on one building in the city, 1 second.
Shot 5 - Katy walks towards camera, mid shot of her legs panning upwards to her face, 3 seconds.
Shot 6 - A long shot of Katy standing on a balcony. Shot appears hand held. 2 seconds.
Shot 7 - Close up of Katy's face she looks at camera, stills shot, 2 seconds.
Shot 8 - Mid shot of katy from behind, hand held camera, 2 seconds.
Shot 9 - Birds eye view shot from behind, still shot, 2 seconds.
Shot 10 - Mid shot of Katy, uses rule of thirds, she sings and looks at camera, hand held, 2 seconds.
Shot 11 - New characters introduced, long shot of 2 people fighting on stairs on the right of the shot. The camera then changes focus, now those characters are blurred in the background. In the foreground is a close up of a boy looking down. 4 seconds long.
Shot 12 - Long shot, see the back of the boy with his arm around his younger sister. People are seen arguing in foreground, blurred arms seen moving each side of the camera. 2 seconds long.
Shot 13 - Two-shot of brother and sister with blurred people in the background arguing on left. girl covers her ears, 2 seconds.
Shot 14 - Close up of Katy singing/looking at camera, 2 seconds.
Shot 15 - New scene, long shot of girl sat by a pool, blurred people in foreground jump in pool, shot zooms in on girl, 2 seconds.
Shot 16 - Shot from behind girl, can see the back of her head, blurred. She is talking to someone, hand held, 3 seconds long.
Shot 17 - Close up of the girls face reacting- shakes her head. Hand held shot. 3 seconds.
Shot 18 - Close up of Katys face singing/looking at camera, hand held, 2 seconds.
Shot 19 - New location, shadow figure walks past camera close up to reveal long shot of a child sat on a hospital bed watching television, tracks to the right, 3 seconds.
Shot 20 - Mid shot of the child's face, rule of thirds- she is on the left, hand held shot, 2 seconds.
Shot 21 - Close up of Katy sinning/looking at camera, hand held, 3 seconds.
Shot 22 - Mid shot of Katy from the side, Katy begins to glow, hand held, pans upwards, 2 seconds.
Shot 23 - Mid shot of Katy from front, hand held, sparks appear in front of her, 2 seconds.
Shot 24 - Mid shot of Katy from behind, can see sparks in front of her,hand held, 2 seconds.
Shot 25 - Close up of Katy's face singing/ looking at camera, hand held, 4 seconds.
Shot 26 - Angled birds eye shot from behind Katy, cam see sparks in front of her, stills shot, 3 seconds.
Shot 27 - Low angle shot looking up at balcony, can see sparks, 2 seconds.
Shot 28 -  Low angle shot looking up at balcony from slightly further away, can see sparks, 3 seconds.

From this shot list, we can see a consistency in the amount of seconds each shot lasts, ranging between 2-4 seconds. These quick, snappy cuts helps to keep the viewer interested and it is edited on the beat with the song, which is fast paced, typical of pop music.
Their are clear small story lines though the video, shown in small shots. There is a variety of story line shots and shots of Katy Perry singing mixed together so the viewer does not get bored.
There are also references used to the lyrics, when Katy is singing about people physically being fireworks, she begins to glow and appears to have sparks coming out of her. From this, you can tell visual references are also important.