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I have just finished and scanned in my story board. By having this storyboard, it will help me when I come to produce my music video as I will then know what camera angle I want to use in advance. It will also help the band as they will know what type of position I want them to stand in and what to do depending on which camera angle I have chosen to film.

Story Board

This is the story board I have created which will help me when I come to film and edit the music video I will soon be making. They story boards specify things such as camera angles, camera shots, the type of lighting used, the change of location, the change in time etc. I have gone in to a lot of detail with this as I wanted others to be able to understand what I want my music video to look like. It will also help the characters I use in my music video as they will know what scene I am choosing to film and what facial expression and movement they need to do.

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This week I have written about my final idea for the music video I am going to create. I have gone into a lot of detail in my rough treatment and also my final idea post. In my Final Idea's post I explained, in detail my rough treatment which gives more information on what I want my music video to be like. I chose to do my rough treatment in such detail as it would help me when I come to creating my storyboard and when I come to film my music video as I will know what to do and write.

By writing about my final idea, it makes it clearer to readers and myself, what I am going to do for the music video. I will then be able to refer back to this in future reference for example, when I start to create my music video.

I am now going to create my story board which will help me when I start to film and edit my music video as it will remind me what I want my music video to look like.

Final Idea

My final idea for the music video that I am going to make for the song 'Sound the Angels' by The Costigans is a mixture between a narrative and a performance video. I chose to do this as it is a conventional feature of an indie band and I want to stick to the main conventions as this will make my music video look as professional as music videos that are being watched now.

For the performance side of the music video, I chose not to show the band performing on a stage as it is similar to a lot of other music videos I have seen before, without breaking a lot of conventions, I chose to show them performing in an open part of the woods/ forest, as it fits well with the end of the music video and also a lot of the words in the lyrics. This is also much more interesting for the audience to watch as there is more colour and interesting things to look at in comparison to a stage.

For the narrative side of the video, I chose to link with the lyrics to the song by chosing to use a couple in the narrative. I also chose different locations such as the bedroom at the start, the woods and a park as I wanted to show the different between the narrative and performance. By using the woods at the end, and making the actor/ vocalist run from the narrative (woods) to the performance (open section of the woods), it makes the video a lot more interesting to watch for the audience. I also chose the bedroom for a few scenes as it establishes that the two people are a couple and also that the vocalist is the main male character in the music video.

The rough treatment I have shown on one of my posts explains what camera shots I use, the sets and locations and also what is happening in the performance and narrative side of the music video. By having such detail in my rough treatment it will help me when i come to film my music video. I did my rough treatment in great detail so if I forgot what I was going to do, I could refer back to it. I could also use it soon when I create my storyboard as my rough treatment includes a lot of detail about camera shots, movements and the scenes.

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Recently, I have finished the rough treatment for the music video I am making using the song 'Sound the Angels' by The Costigans. I feel like the treatment I have produced fits with the song well. This is because I have firstly thought about the tempo of the song, in certain sections the tempo is quite fast and therefore I thought of using a running scene.

The song also sounds quite romantic, so for the narrative I chose to include a short story about a couple together. the first couple of verses to the song sound as thought there are problems in the relationship, I want to show this by creating a scene in the bedroom where the man/ vocalist looks at the woman sleeping in a concerned and sad way, which implies to the audience that there is something wrong.

I also chose to include flashbacks of what the couple use to be like together, which gives helps the audience understand there is something wrong in their relationship. You can see the difference between the scene at the start in comparison to the flashbacks because of the facial expressions used and also how close the couple are.

Indie bands like to show that they are serious about the music they produce and so like to show scenes of the band playing their instruments together. For example:

So, I decided to include a few scenes of the band playing their instruments and singing together. I also chose to show this outside as the song talks a lot about the night sky.

I wanted to arrange the instruments/ lighting and band members in a square or circle to make them bolder within the scene. I also think it looks more interesting in comparison to placing the props in a straight line.

In the last few verses, I chose to connect the performance to the narrative. I did this by making the vocalist/ actor run from a scene in the narrative on to the performing set, and also see in front of him singing, the woman on the performing set. By doing this it connects both scenes together well and looks interesting.