Storyboards

Below are the storyboards we have drawn up which highlight the ideas and the order, in which we want our music video to be made.

Here is the first page of our storyboard. As you can see from our drawings and descriptions, we have decided to go along with the main idea we originally had (which I previously wrote about). The first image drawn displays an establishing shot of a row of houses, this is the foundations for the whole of our video, as it sets the scene and allows the audience to have a feel for the beginning environment. The images displayed on this board may become difficult to shoot, as it may involve a lot of cutting and quick editing in order for our vision to become apparent to our audience. The idea of zooming in and out of windows might also be deemed a problem, as it will be a continuous aspect at the beginning of our video, but hopefully with good editing this can be overcome. The next images continue with the story up until we get the shot of the girls getting ready in their bedroom.

This is our second storyboard. The images continue from the previous board, allowing for a clear understanding as to the order in which our video will be shot. As you can see, both groups continue getting ready, but this time close up shots will be used in order to define detail we feel the audience need to see (MSN conversations on a laptop). Allowing the audience to see such detail will enable them to understand the flow of our story and at the same time, understand some of our characters.

Here is our third set of storyboards. When drawing these images we struggled with picture five. We wanted to include a shot which would show the boys driving past the girls on the bus; so the audience could see both sets of groups together on their journey. However, we decided that this shot would be too hard to shoot, as it would involve us having to do a crane shot, which would be difficult to organise, or would involve a third car travelling behind both the bus and boy's car, which in some circumstances could become dangerous when trying to get the shot. As mentioned before, we may not use the bus scenes if complications arise in regards to us being allowed to film. If this is the case, we will instead shoot footage of the girls making their journey by foot through Brighton.

This fourth set of storyboards involves a lot of action, as it illustrates both sets of groups approaching the end of their journeys. The first image displays a shot from a CCTV camera on the bus. We hope that by including a shot such as this, it will break our video up and give the audience a different perspective of the journey. This shot may become hard to shoot, as it will involve a lot of cleverly planned organisation, but by putting in the effort, we hope to achieve a decent shot that is clear and original. The next shots display our characters reaching their destinations. Here reverse shots will be used in order to show the viewpoint of some of our leading characters. Through using these shots, the audience will feel as if they are actually there, with our characters and this will allow them to feel the reality of our music video.

These final three shots are the climax to our story. It is here the audience are exposed to the conclusion of our groups journey.We are yet to decide on how our video will end and where the ending will take place, but hopefully it will provide the audience with an understanding of our entire video and will flow with the previous scenes.