Story Board

In preparation for the filming of our music video we created a story board. This is so that we could map out how we want the music to look and the different shots that we are planning on using. Whilst creating the storyboard we thought that it would be a good idea to draw the shots on post it notes. By creating it in this way it meant that we could easily move shots and change the order if we thought it wasn't fluent enough.  I think that it was very effective to create the storyboard in this way as it made our ideas easily adaptable.  below are some images of the storyboard that we created. The storyboard does not contain the entire narrative of the video however it does give us a basis of where we want to take our idea. 

As you can see from the above image we are planning on having a variety of different shots. One of the main focuses of our video will be the use of the actresses lips hence why there are several shots above. This is because we want to repeat this element throughout the chorus. The actress will also be wearing a dark vampy lipstick to match the mood of the video.  We thought that it would be a good idea to have a close up on the actresses lips as it will display our lip syncing ability which is a very important element to use when creating the video.  

As you can also see from some of the above images, we want the actress to be placed within two spotlights, in order to make our video appear more professional as it will create good lighting. 

Above are some more images of the shots that we are planning on using in the video. the first row of post it notes displays images of a couple, as the video is focused around the breakdown of a relationship and the feelings you are left with. Therefore we are planning on ripping up images of the couple to make it clear to the target audience that this is the message behind the video. 

Furthermore, you can also see that we are planning on using a lot of split screens. The reason for doing this is because we want our video to appear dynamically interesting to the audience as we are not planning on using a grand location therefore we need to make the video appear more interesting using the editing facilities. 

Overall I am pleased that we decided to create a story board as it helped us to map out our narrative ideas on paper. Although I do think that a way of improving this is by creating a storyboard for the full length of the song as this would've given us a solid structure to follow.