Improved Storyboard parts 1-4

First two images from new storyboard made using photoshop

Storyboard Notes

 Essentially, what I was trying to depict in the storyboard was the editing of point of view shots with other, still shots edited in. I am planning to make the video relatively fast paced, to fit with what is presented in the music. The video doesn't have much of a story, and thus the storyboard is hows more of a concept than an actual story progression.

This means that The storyboard concentrates which shots will be used and where in the video, as well as putting across the general atmosphere I want to get across in the video. I also want to represent the pace of the video in the way that the storyboard is drawn.

Props & Locations

Essentially, the list of props for the music video will have to be very basic, as the video that I have planned will not require many props to be used, being more conceptual than story based (allthough still containing something similar to a story). Locations are also not much of a problem either, as most of the environments I wish to film in can be found relatively close to where I live. 

The locations in which I am filming are quite rural, as I wanted the video to have a strong reference to nature, and be quite dreamlike (something which is obviously harder to get across in an urban setting, or at least would have a very different effect than the one I am trying to create in the video). I am mainly filming roads and paths, to reference a kind of progression, a common feature of videos, as a video in itself is one of the only ways to show something which relies mainly on the progression of it's content, similar to the references to looking in music videos represent the video as a visual represention of things.

music video shot types and editing

Throughout the music video am mainly using point of view shots, as well as some high angle shots (still point of view), to make the video more personal to the viewer, as if they were experiencing what the camera is showing. High angle shots up into the sky will be used to give the impression of being free, and to reference dreams, as it seems that the anonymous person that is represented by the camera is lying down before the next shot comes in.This also references looking, and this is a reference that is commonly used in music videos. I am purposefully making the shots shakey to give the video a more "lo-fi" quality, which is the effect I was hoping to achieve. Low angle shots will be used infrequently, as I wanted to give the viewer the impression of diving towards something.

I am planning to edit the music video together in a coherent flow which fits the tempo of the music, which entails speeding up shots, changing their order, repeating them and reversing them. To beging the video, I am planning to essentially rewind the entire video to the beginning, where it will start playing. I am doing this to give the video a further "lo-fi" effect, referencing the rewinding of a cassette or video tape, and also to give the viewer the impression that the video represents a memory, or a memory of a dream, and that this is someones mind rewinding to remember it.