Music Video: Storyboard

VKLC Storyboard 

The first scene we have of Amanda will be a side-on tracking shot of the string (Shot 1)  woven through the twigs on the floor, gradually catching up with Amanda's feet following the string. We liked the idea of starting the music video off with the diagetic sound of twigs crunching beneath our actresses feet (discussed in my location post) to introduce the location of the forest- the environment that best defines our performer and taking inspiration from the nature sounds at the beginning of Amanda's Heartwood album. The moment Lorna's feet come into shot is the moment the music will begin (Shot 2). As the intro gradually builds up to the verse, the camera will be tracking up to Amanda's face whilst still maintaining a side-on positioning (Shot 3). The moment the lyrics come in, the camera will start to move from its side-on positioning to revolve around our performers head and reveal her identity (Shot 4). 

Quickly establishing a relationship between the viewer and the performer, the shot where Amanda starts to sing the opening lines will be a stationary close-up with a shallow depth-of-field (Shot 5). During the line "I will find a silver lining sometime" the shot will switch to a mid shot (if we're lucky enough to get one- if not it will just be clouds) of a silver lining (Shot 6). Following this will be a shot that changes from sharp focus to blurred focus of our Langley park location, not only following a conventional shot in music videos but also matching the lyric "blur my vision" (Shot 7). Inter-cut shots of nature (Shot 8). 

As the tempo increases and the chorus begins, the camera will switch to a close-up of Amanda's feet running towards the camera to the beat of the song (Shot 9). The camera pans across Amanda performing by the Heartwood tree discovered during our location research- she smiles during the lyric "with every smile and every laugh there's something I will always lack" (Shot 10). A panning long shot follows this of Amanda moving in behind a tree whilst singing the lyric "an imperfected me will not be seen" (Shot 11). Shot in tandem with the lyric "burn forever in my mind"- a close-up of a magazine photo being burnt (Shot 12). 

Another panning long shot/mid shot of Amanda in the green wooded area to lyric "and those greens..." (Shot 13). Mid shot of clouds again- blue sky reflects lyric "and those blues" (Shot 14). Shot of magazine photos attached to tree in sync with lyric "there is something I will always lack" reflecting the idea of "perfection" we are all chasing within ourselves (Shot 15). Amanda runs towards camera- shot at a high angle (Shot 16). 

Close up shot of Amanda with direct eye contact- maintaining relationship between the viewer and the performer. In sync with lyric "this beauty is not clear to me" (Shot 17). As the music picks up tempo again we wanted to contrast the speed with the slow motion close up of the billowing dress, flowing through the hands of Amanda- close-up shot (Shot 18). During the final choruses, there will be shots of Amanda starting to tear down the "pictures of the magazines" reflecting her dismissal of fake or constructed, conventional beauty. Shot in sync with "burn the pages of the magazines" (Shot 19). (Shot 20) A combination of all the previous shots, inter-cut using a quick editing pace as the song reaches its peak in the song.

These final shots will be shot in the location of the Heartwood tree concluding the journey that our protagonist has experienced to find her inner beauty lies where her journey began- within herself. In sync with "this beauty will be clearer..." Amanda approaches the Heartwood tree in a mid-shot whilst singing these lyrics (Shot 21). When the lyric "...to me" is sung, Amanda will meet eye contact with the camera closing contact with the audience in a close-up shot (Shot 22). The final shot is a close-up of the heart being held in Amanda's hands.