Storyboard Blog: Music Video

 I begin my scene sequence by taking a low angle shot of the afternoon sky in the first block. The camera will be pointed directly upward and it will most likely be taken in the PM. This is because I wanted to show a time progression throughout the music video. Transitioning from daylight hours to the somberness of night. It then cuts to the next scene (still in the afternoon) which will be a slow pan left to flower bushes and their surroundings. In the third scene a faucet will be slowly dripping before cutting to the fourth scene. The fourth scene establishes the time difference as it is supposed to take place as day bleeds to night (sunset). As the sun sets outside of the window the book lies open being left unread on the windowsill. The goal of the first four scenes are to establish setting which will be the area in my general vicinity. They are also meant to establish the "feel" of the video.  This is because although the shots may not necessarily tell a particular story to the viewer I think it represents the vibe of the song. That once in a while occurrence when you find yourself thinking about someone you used to know and the hard-hitting feeling of the absence of their presence which you once thought would be forever. In the fifth scene it is night and the camera is directed towards a road and stays still as cars (or no cars) pass by before cutting to the next scene. The sixth will then be a close up (or as close as I can get) of the night sky (and hopefully if I can catch it) the moon before transitioning to the seventh. The seventh scene will be shot from inside of a car. It will be focused on the window as the surroundings pass as if the viewer was sitting in the passenger seat, listening to the song, and thinking. My aim was for the video to tell a story through a lack of story. The subject is the song and the video is the medium. My hope was that the video would encompass the absence and thoughtfulness of the song. I only drew seven scenes because as I stated in a previous blog entry, I intend on doing long, stretched shots in order to match the song. It is my intention that each scene will be between 8-9 seconds and I wanted to minimize the amount of footage I get because in previous experiences it has been more than was needed.