storyboard - media - music video

1. Rough Draft
The first draft of the storyboard included the basic
shots. Some of the shots were too long to be in a
music video so in the final draft I added cutaways
to shorten these scenes. The drawings didn’t
accurately portray the different shots I wanted use
as some looked like mid shots that I wanted to be
close ups. In the final draft I made it look more like
a close up or whatever shot it needed to be. There
are also shots where a star crosses over eyes but I
didn’t show that in the visuals, but I made sure I
did in the final draft. The rough draft was mainly
just the scenes I wanted to portray in certain parts
of the song rather than detailed shots.

2. Final Draft
This is the first section of the final draft. It shows the
opening scene which includes the audience meeting
the Main Character and the ‘Other Woman’ which
shows the importance of their roles in the narrative.
In this draft I added colour to represent where they are
and it also helps the actors as well as myself visualise
the final product. I have also given the characters facial
expressions so that the actors know the basic emotion
they should be feeling in that scene/ shot.

3. Final Draft (Contd.)
The first two frames show the cutaways of the Main
Character walking to the first main scene in the video.
The third frames show the ‘Other Woman’ walking
from the opposite direction using the same shot types
to show the equality between the characters. There is
also a long shot of the scenery so that the audience
knows where they are.
In this part I added cutaways and colour so that I had
enough shots to not bore the audience and colour so
that I can visualise the scene better.

4. Final Draft (Contd.)
The first frame will show the intimacy of the
relationship but also the handheld (or steadicam) will
show the instability of the unfaithfulness.
The second frame is to represent the natural imagery
that is part of the generic conventions of the genre.
The third frame shows how close they are as well as
their feelings about the relationship because it shows
MC looking guilty/upset where OW looks happy
because she is with him.
The fourth frame shows the initial representation of
the star which links to the lyrics “when the stars
collide” which could be GF finding out about OW.
The last frame shows his attachment to this
relationship because it looks as if she has been gone for
a while but he has stayed.

5. Final Draft (Contd.)
This part of the storyboard shows visual
representations of the main character’s guilt towards
the situation he has put himself in. This kind of imagery
allows the music video to be a negotiated reading on
whether the main character is the antagonist of the
piece because it shows his guilt for what he has done
however he still did them knowing the consequences.
It also gives more naturalistic imagery which is part of
Alternative R&B’s generic conventions.

6. Final Draft (Contd.)
This is the first part of the second part of the final draft
of the storyboard. It shows the main character walking
away from the first scene with the ‘other woman’ and
shows the first signs of guilt that he feels and the first
time the audience sees the girlfriend.
There is also the beginning of the scene that includes
the flashback which shows his guilt because he is
remembering the past vividly.

7. Final Draft (Contd.)
This scene shows the flashback where he goes into a
field where he lays down and sees his girlfriend. On a
different section of the storyboard it is made clear to
the audience that this is a figment of his imagination.
This shows the main concept of the video, guilt, in full
affect because it is now affecting him physically as well
because the flashback isn’t just for the audience it is
also affecting the narrative.

8. Final Draft (Contd.)
This section of the storyboard contains three scenes.
The ending of the scene from the previous section of
the storyboard; where he sees the ‘other woman’ with
the ‘other guy’ and has a negotiated reading on
whether he is affected b it or not; and where his guilt is
taking full affect on him physically.
The use of colours and scenery represent the dynamics
of the characters as well as the guilt caused by the
situation.

9. Final Draft (Contd.)
The first two shots show the main character moving
away from the flashback which shows that he doesn’t
want to face his problems and his guilt.
The next three shots represent the lyrics “I don't need
to know about what you do when the sun goes down”
because we see the Other Woman with her boyfriend
and it shows the Main Character showing no
expression so that the audience can determine if he
cares or not about what she does ‘when the sun goes
down’.

10. Final Draft (Contd.)
The first shot is a continuation of the last shot so that
the audience can take in his full facial expression to
negotiate whether he cares more about the Other
Woman than he says in the lyrics.
The third image shows the generic convention of
nature as well as a representation of his guilt through a
distortion of a previous image because it shows his
mental health deteriorating.
The fourth shot shows the fine line of the relationships
he has because pictures of the girlfriend and the other
woman ‘clash’.
The last shot is showing the Main Character finally
break from all the guilt and the camera movement is
done through Steadicam or a dolly but this shot is using
a handheld shot to be more graphic.

11. Final Draft (Contd.)
This is the last section of the storyboard where the
audience finally meets the girlfriend. The shots used
are the same shots used when we meet the Other
Woman; this is to show the similarities between the
two relationships.
There is also an illustration of the lyrics of the line “if
the stars collide” at the end to finish the music video
on a cliff-hanger.

12. Final Draft (Contd.)
All of these shots are in parallel to the beginning shots
with the Other Woman to represent the fact the main
Character is torn between the two relationships.
However, the main difference is that it is at sunset. This
is showing the opposing relationships and how the
clash as the are opposites.

13. Final Draft (Contd.)
The first shot here shows opposing imagery because
with the Other Woman as the star in her eye crossed
from left to right. These images foreshadow the stars
colliding.
The next two shots represent the closeness the Main
Character has with the two girls because it shows the
jump from the girlfriend to the other woman.
Also, in the background of the two shots shows the two
stars beginning to travel towards each other which
allows the last shot to make sense in time. The first star
appears when the girlfriend is in shot and the second
when the Other Woman replaces her. They collide in
the last part of the song so that the imagery of it can
be negotiated by the audience of what it represents.