Carol Vernallis studied editing and camera work closely in music videos. She observed that edits in music video come much frequently than in film, that may stand out as disjuncture and that the editing seems to have a rhythmic basis closely connected to the song.
These are the main points of her observation
The usual rules of 'continuity' editing are broken in order to draw attention to what is on the screen
Edits may be really obvious to draw attention to themselves, such as wipes and special effect added
Angel- Wonderful Obvious edit in this video creates a blury effect
Jump cuts are often used
A master shot (base track) is frequently used to give the video a structure
The camera may move in time with the music
Here is Angel's video Wonderful. There are some jump cuts shown at 1.32 of the girl with the hat, also the base track with the singer in the white background is frequently used to give the video a structure.
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