Storyboard

Storyboards are important as they play a huge role in pre-visualising what happens in the music video through animations and illustrations.

They are also useful as it helps the group plan and know what we want to film and we also get to see each shot visually meaning that we are able to consider what will work and won’t. It also allows us to see what would look good on camera and what wouldn’t. This would mean that on set time isn’t wasted as we need all the time we could possibly use. Story boards also help the editor see which direction they could go with the editing and they have a rough idea of what the final product would look like.

an example of a music video story board 

The story board will include a shot number that tells you what shot you’re working on which is helpful with organisation, the actions the band are doing which help the camera know if it’s a close up or wide shot and the camera movements. While doing the storyboard it’s important to include sound, lighting, transitions and timing.

A storyboard can either be done digitally or physically.

An example of a physically drawn storyboard.

An example of a physically storyboard.

Organising the storyboard


To make sure all the work is divided equally amongst all four group members we decided to have 2 people doing the drawings and 2 people doing the writing. Wendy and I will be doing the drawings and Millie and Maddie will be doing the writing.