Final Storyboard

 Here are pictures that show the final storyboard of our piece:

As a group, we believe that our final storyboard outlines a music video that will be very successful if it is executed well.

We used a template to create our storyboard, which included sections for us to plan the shot duration, the visuals of the shot, the camera instructions, what sound will accompany the shot, and allowed a section for us to make any additional comments if required. This storyboard template was more advanced than the one we had used during the creation of our thriller opening sequence at AS level. On the storyboard that we used then, we only specified the visuals and the camera instructions. However, our experience last year taught us the importance of detailed storyboard planning, as we felt that the information on our storyboard then did not give us enough guidance, hence making the process more difficult for us. A more detailed storyboard, including the more fine details, such as shot duration, really help you to get an idea of what the product will be like when it's finished.

Some things that have changed since the draft...

• We have added titles to the first shot in our video, as this is a common convention of music videos. It allows the viewer to establish the artist and the name of the song at the very beginning of the piece.
• Overall, shot lengths have decreased. We had initially planned for quite a few shots to be around 5 seconds in length. However, we found that shots of this length became uninteresting, as they felt unnecessarily long. 
• Shot order has changed, as when we started filming, we realised that in order to tell the narrative effectively, the shots should be in a different order.
• Some of the shots that we included in our draft are not in our final storyboard. This is because, as we started the filming process, we realised that some of the shots we had planned were not effective for the purpose we wanted to use them for. This meant that we had to substitute those shots with new ideas, which we came up with whilst out on location, and during brainstorming sessions. 
• We filmed a shot of the word "Sorry" written in the sand with the sea washing over it, which we intended to use as the titles. However, we then decided that we actually still wanted to open our piece the way we had initially planned. We really wanted to include this shot, so we decided that we would put it at the end of the video, as though it was the conclusion to the apology that was the song itself.

Our final storyboard may be subject to change if we need to employ our contingency plan for any reason, or if we think it is necessary during the post-production to phase to improve the final quality of the piece.