Wednesday 5 December 2012

Pre-Production - My Storyboard

I have now drawn up a complete storyboard to do with my music video, which can be seen below.

I have also provided a full list of shots relating to each frame. The reason behind why I put the list of shots on here instead of on the storyboard is I was worried about the amount of space under each frame and also that my handwriting may not be legible due to the scanner.

I want to make note of a few things though. First, the shots I have named for each frame are those that I see are most appropriate, for example on sheet 3 the middle left and middle center frame are said to be establishing shot simply because they show you the music video is bringing the viewer back to another location (even though it is within the house). Second, some of the shots I have listed are actually edits and movements, simply because in some frames the star is not present and these edits and movements are happening within the frame, so I thought it worth mentioning them. Third, I have used terms for shots, such as close up and long shot, for the animated characters as well as the star within the music video, simply because it allows me to tell what kind of shot is happening in the frame and the drawings do resemble basic anatomy so I can actually list the shots being used on them. Finally, I want to make sure that it is known that technically every shot used on the animation characters is a bird's eye view shot, since I will be taking pictures of my drawing from directly above, I chose to mention this here as, if I listed it to the frames people may get confused and think it is a bird's eye view shot because the drawing is drawn in that way and it isn't the actual camera placement.



TL (top left): long shot
TC (top centre): mid close up
TR (top right): point of view shot/action match (edit)
ML (middle left): mid close up
MC (middle centre): mid close up
MR (middle right): point of view shot/eyeline match (edit)/action match (edit)
BL (bottom left): mid close up
BC (bottom centre): mid close up/reaction shot
BR (bottom right): action match (edit)


TL: action match (edit)
TC: medium long shot
TR: medium long shot
ML: action match (edit)
MC: zoom in (movement)
MR: long shot/zoom in (movement)
BL: long shot/zoom in (movement)
BC: medium shot
BR: medium shot/pan right (movement)

TL: medium shot
TC: action match (edit)
TR: mid close up
ML: establishing shot
MC: establishing shot
MR: medium shot
BL: medium shot
BC: point of view shot/eyeline match (edit)
BR: long shot
TL: long shot
TC: point of view shot
TR: medium shot/reaction shot
ML: close up/tilt up (edit)
MC: medium long shot
MR: mid close up
BL: mid close up
BC: eyeline match (edit)
BR: mid close up/reaction shot

TL: long shot
TC: action match (edit)
TR: action match (edit)
ML: action match (edit)
MC: medium shot
MR:medium long shot
BL: eyeline match (edit)
BC: mid close up/reaction shot
BR: medium shot

TL: establishing shot
TC: medium long shot/action match (edit)
TR: long shot
ML: close up
MC: long shot
MR: long shot
BL: long shot
BC: long shot
BR: establishing shot
TL: long shot
TC: medium shot
TR: medium long shot
ML: long shot
MC: long shot
MR: action match (edit)
BL: medium shot/reaction shot
BC: medium long shot
BR: medium long shot

TL: medium shot
TC: medium shot
TR: medium shot
ML: action match (edit)
MC: long shot
MR: mid close up
BL: mid close up
BC: mid close up
BR: point of view shot


These of course outline all the shots that will take place within my music video as well as for how long the shot will be and during which specific part of the song. By following this from start to finish, filming then editing my music video together should run smoothly (definitely more smoothly than if I hadn't planned for how long each shot last and through which specific part of the song at least).

That concludes this post guys and girls :)

See you all next time! :D

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