Music Video Production: Storyboard

Storyboard subject to change in production. Used as a rough guide line combined with the storyboard idea sheet as a secondary storyboard.

Shot 1-3:

This is the opening sequence of my music video where is it immediately shown to the audience that the man character has strangled (with his hands) his wife/girlfriend as she has tried to leave him. The music video pans to a close up shot of a photograph of the couple which further implies their relationship. This photo is significant as it represents a happier time in their relationship - a place he wants to get back to. The lryics; "She may contain the urge to run away" - Goodwin's Theory as in the music video the female has tried to run away. Here shows the start to his control obsession.

Shot 4 - 5:

Shot snaps use to link lyrics and song together and to create pressure and focus on the main character. 

Different setting of woods to show contrast as this section of the song is where the character is reflecting on what he has done. Character and audience build up relationship as the artist is walking towards them with a point of view shot singing the lyrics. Different angles will be used to create variety and interest but also to add to the artiness and ambiguity of the song. Refer to storyboard ideas for "La la la la's". 

The sequence of each of the settings go back to the first setting of the bed room where our character is sitting next to his dead girlfriend. The use of going back to this setting marries all the story lines together, adds a arty alternative feel to the storyboard and reinforces the idea that the main character was just reflecting about this time in the woods.

Shot 7 - 9:

Here the theme of obsessive control is shown as the main character finds out that he can physically control her if he keeps her as a doll and therefore begins the transformation into making her pristine and mannequin like. This is the first significant introduction of the female character to the audience.

Shot 10 - 12:

In this sequence (held in the bedroom) the main character tries to position his 'doll' into a pose to recreate the photo from the beginning. This is significant because it shows the he is trying to recreate the happy moment in his life when he felt he had the most control over his girlfriend, However this control before was in the form of love and stability in his life whereas now this control has become physical.

Shot 13 - 18:
This sequence is the first date sequence where the couple go for a romantic picnic on a hill. This is the second time when we see the male showing physical control over his girlfriend as he tied ribbons to her wrists, holds her body up with his body and puppeteers his girlfriend to show the amount of control he has.
The use of the hill side setting as a stereotypical date location means that it is obvious to the audience that the couple are on a date.
Shot 18 is a flashback to when the male killed his girlfriend. As explained previously (post: Ideas I would like to include in my music video) The use of cutting different moods and sections of my music video on the "la la la la's" means that I will be able to achieve my aim of making an ambiguous music video that shocks the audience and changes moods and settings frequenctly.

Shot 19 - 21:
In this section of the song I have chosen to take the opportunity to use some editing skills in order to create effects that are conventional to those in other alternative songs, therefore making my music video similar to real alternative music videos. I will use slow motion on the slower parts of this song to connect the audio to the visuals as well as the use of zooming that will allow me to zoom in to the eye and the end of shot 21 and then zoom out to shot 22. The use of lip syncing in shot 21 strengthens the connection between the visuals and audio whilst building on the relationship between the characters' and the audience.

Shot 22 - 23:
This is where I have used Goodwin's theory to make my music video look more realistic. I also felt that this had an element of sensitivity as in this sequence the couple are together doing the same thing.

Shot 24 - 25:
In the ending section of this song I have chosen to use my editing skills again as I have decided to have the end of my song in slow motion and backwards so the couple end the music video happy and loved up as a couple how they are in the picture at the beginning of the music video.