PHOTOGRAPHIC STORYBOARD

We produced a photographic storyboard as it allowed us to get an idea of the sort of shots we would be using. We based the photographic storyboard on the hand drawn storyboard and the animated storyboard. This shows a series of photos that represent different images that can be used in our piece. The artist that we used isn't the actual artists that we intend on using in the actual music video, however it was more for the purposes of understanding the shots we are going to use and seeing how we can make the piece flow from one shot to another and link the images together.

We use a variety of shots. By doing this it keeps it interesting and ensures that the audience don't get bored. Also due to the amount of shots that we wish to use, we will require good editing skills, this also means that a variety of shots is essential to ensure that we don't have long continuous shots that get boring and aren't interesting to the audience.

When carrying out this task, it was beneficial to because it allowed us to use the equipment and practise different types of shots. This then means that we can take different shots and see how they would look in the music video. For example, when carrying out this task, we practised doing lens flares as we thought this may be a unique shot that we could incorporate into the music video. By doing this, we became quite good at doing them and are now planning on using this in our music video as a way of editing from one shot to another when the lens flares.

Overall, by doing this photographic storyboard, it was beneficial at getting an understanding into the sort of shots we could use and how they would look in real life, rather than just on paper and animated. It allowed us to see what shots would work, what shots we may have to re consider, and any overall improvements that we could make to our music by changing certain things and get an overall positive outcome. Therefore this was an important task and was very valuable in ensuring we can produce the best possible quality music video.

By Jack Jolly