Planning for music video: Final storyboards

After drawing our draft storyboards we finalised the timings, transitions, effects and order of shots. We also decided we did not need some shots, which are crossed through. We decided with the timing of the song some shots worked better longer which lead us to remove the shots we did.

They have been drawn out better, and are neater and clearer, making it easier for us to follow. This made filming a lot easier as to the smoothness of being organised. This enable us to know what shot was at which angle, with what action, and for how long.

It also meant when it came to editing the footage together, we had clear and concise storyboards to refer back to to ensure our music video was to the best quality.

These are our final storyboards.

We came across some issues when drawing our storyboards. We found it was very necessary to have the correct timings, because we wouldn't have known how long to film each shot for, and it was also important that the effects where clear, especially when editing. We also had to take into account the locations in which we were filming to ensure we were able to actually comfortably film each shot, and this also helped us decided at what angle each shot would be most effective at given the room at the location available.

With the draft storyboards we found that a lot of scribbling and crossing out/correcting was made, which meant that the final storyboards had to be organised well.

It was also VERY time consuming, especially having a song that was quite long, and the amount of different shots we wanted to incorporate.

Planning for music video: Storyboard drafts

Before we began filming we needed to ensure we had our storyboards to follow.
This would mean we were more organised and could achieve better results from being organised.
Theses are our draft storyboards. A brief outline of the shots in sequence of how they would appear in our music video.
They do not have accurate timings, transitions and are not drawn with much detail. We used these as a basis to the final draft of storyboards we did.

Ideas for our music video

Looking at the lyrics, we made basic notes on the ideas the song and lyric gave us.

We took quite a few of the ideas we got from looking at the lyrics and listening to the song and put them into our music video.

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I think the most effective we used was the idea of colour contrast to show time gaps. The black and white brings a sadness to the shot even though it represents happier times because of the contrast between the colour shots. Not only was this one of our favourite features, but from the audience feedback questionaires we recieved, the audience liked the use of it too.





Different Types of Music Video

There are 3 types of music video.
- Concept based
- Narrative based
- Performance based

Concept based music video usually have no relation to the music. They can oftend be very random and irrelevent to lyrics or the music. Good examples of concept based videos are 'Here we go again' by OK GO and 'Declare independance' by Bjork.


Bjork





Ok Go





Narrative based music videos have a storyline. The video usually follows the storyline it is based on with a relation to the lyrics or the pace or beat of the music. Immagery and symbolism is commonly used. Good examples are 'Just the way you are' by Bruno Mars and 'Forget you' by Ce-Lo Green.


Bruno Mars





Ce-Lo Green





Performance based videos are commonly very in sync with the band performing their music and the video is a way of showcasing their taletent. Good examples are 'Notion' by Kings Of Leon and 'The Hardest Button To Button' by The white Stripes.


King of Leon




The White Stripes






Our music video will be very much narrative based, following the story of a relationship, very much like the song.