Robbie Williams 1998 Glastonbury Coverage

This extract of Glastonbury 1998 (26th - 28th June) is a performance of Robbie Williams' 'Angels'. Not just analyzing it in  terms of Camera work, sound, performance, setting and editing but the overall coverage of the event.

Firstly the use of the camera firstly is extremely simple, and calm in movement to emphasize the music, this is further complemented by the simple caption of Robbie's name and the famous song 'Angels'.
With an attendance of 100,500 people that year, it was only fitting to see the iconic lyrics being sung back to Robbie, heavily shown within the performance. Many shots used took full advantage of showing the manic crowd with equipment such as Crane's and Jimmy Jibs, also showing fully, the extent of the audience and the venue and stage itself.

On stage camera work shows the musical instruments being clearly played live which is accompanied by close ups of the artist. Medium shots are used to include nearly everything on the stage from an angle side on we can see the artist and guitarists but also the drummer in some shots. We also see the entire length of the stage on tracks. Handhelds are heavily used also upon the artist but also behind the drummer almost giving the audience at home the bands perspective.

The mise en scene is extremely focused on the 'music' and the clothes the band wear, the way the stage is set up and the lighting is of extreme simplicity, whether that reflects the budget for the stage is not known or whether the artists vision is to be one to focus on the performance itself. Little production is used as the artist and the band is definitely enough with the small use of colored lights, the crowd truly appreciates the music.

The Editing is again very simple however the vision mixing is very layered and complex the way in which one shot is of the artist then cross fades into a shot of the band which is then super imposed into the audience and then back to the artist, we see all aspects of the event and its effectiveness and make the audience at home feel as included as those at the festival.