Changed Video Idea

When we were watching our video back so far, we noticed that the narrative was quite confusing, and it was unclear as to what was happening in the video. Michaela showed it to her sister, and without knowing what the narrative was about, she was confused as to what was happening. With this in mind, we have decided to make the video all performance. This is mostly what Pop videos are anyway so we do not mind changing it. I think in order to make it interesting though, we need a lot of different camera shots and angles, different locations, and different costumes. We already have most of these elements anyway. The video below is an example of a performance video, so we could use some of the ideas from this video:




This is our storybaord for our changed video idea:

Storyboarding

Last lesson we had a class discussion about how to improve our storyboards this year. We discussed the mistakes that we made last year with our storyboards and then said what we had learnt from storyboarding and filming last year:

• Needs to be precise otherwise there is a lack of continuity, lighting etc.


• Must follow it


• Actually do one


• Over film-easier for editing and can change point of view for variety of angles


• Change roles so everyone gets to film


• Detailed- have 3 different ideas for one line of lyrics


• Be organised


• Laminate it (incase it rains)

The last one is particularly important to our group because last year it rained whilst we were filming and our storyboard was ruined. We did follow our storyboard but not completely and we could have been more organised. So this year we are going to take all of those points on board so that we can be as organised as possible to ensure our music video is good.

We also made a list of things the storyboard needs to include to make it really good:

• An image of the shot


• An explanation of what happens in the shot in words- include facial expressions and character's movement


• Is the shot interior location or exterior?


• Bring all the equipment and make sure the camera is charged


• Include information about extras in the shot


• Props and costume in the scene


• Camera movements


• Angle of the shot