After consolidating our plans for what should be included in the video, narrative-wise, we put together a storyboard, drawn on paper. As this is a music video, and as such the content within should be directly synchronised with the song playing, we listened to the song repeatedly whilst doing so, and noting down how many bars of music each shot should play for, in order to understand the rhythm and pace of our video as well as how to organise it so that significant shots happen at the same time as significant moments in the music.
For example, we wanted the shot of James on Shipley station bridge to be at the end of the second verse so that when the instrumental section begins, the narrative is reset. Symbolically, the instrumental section is perfect for the second narrative as both introduce new ideas to what has come before, whether in music or in what is shown visually.
We scanned in the storyboard using a photocopier scanner and have placed them into an animatic video which you can view above, using FinalCutPro to place the images in order, with the song playing. This is a really helpful indicator of how the final video will look, and again how it will play out in relation to the song.
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