We drew a second story board after uploading our footage so that we could work with any extra shots that we hadn't planned that we might want to use. (This will be put up in a seperate post.)
The first shot on the second story board was a close up of the faders in the studio being pushed up, then the song comes in. We thought this was a good way to open the video and is often used in rock videos.
Next we had a couple of shots out in the snow before we started shooting for the actual video. This was for a bit of a scene setter, and makes the audience feel like they are part of it. Another technique often used in rock videos. The next few shots are from the solo footage. The guitarist is playing the intro by himself at this point so we thought it would be cool if, when the whole band come in in the music, they come in on the video. We thought this would make a good impact with the music.
As the drums come in, we had a close up of the drummer, one of Goodwin's six. We thought it best to put close ups in when that member was doing something different, ie a fill.
After this come long and wide shots of the whole band from different angles. We tried to used the amps as borders for the shot and I thought this worked quite well and looks really good in some shots.
During the verse, the singer is the main focus like in most videos. It seemed quite easy to match the footage to the music. I guess this could be because he actually sings it. A few different shots of the whole band are used, one from behind which is quite cool. Also there are a couple of close ups of the other band members, and one two shot with the rhythm guitarist and bassist. I used these two members because they are sort of a group within a group if you see what I mean? A section if you will.
At one point, the documentary style comes back with some black and white pre show footage which works really well. It shows 3 of the members just having a laugh before they go on stage, this is another technique to make the audience feel as if they are there.
The chorus starts in the snow, then the studio element comes in. The Jeff Buckley shot that I mentioned earlier is used here. It kind of takes you through what it's like to be in a band in this video, but we go on.
Because we only had a small amount of live footage, we had to work hard to make sure that we weren't using the same shots over and over again. I put them all in slow motion which seems to work really well in the chorus, and gives it an almost epic feel. I also adapted the colours of some of them.
I had the idea of, in a fill at the end of the first chorus, having a shot of the drummer repeated 3 times one after the other. It creates a remix kind of effect which I think works quite well, as long as people don't think it's a mistake in the editing! After this, I tried to match the shots with the lyrics, a match between visuals and audio (one of Goodwin's six) by placing a shot on each of the syllables, I think it works in a way, but could be changed later on, we will see.
As the next verse comes in, we change location to the hanger. There are various long shots and close ups similar to the first verse. We also go to the studio half way through this verse, the shots are all fairly short in length to match the beat of the song at that point.
My favourite shot is in the second chorus, it's a slow motion live clip from the front with strong blue lighting, the slow mo works really well. The chorus is in a similar format to the first one, based on live stuff.
In the breakdown, I have used slow motion close ups of each member. I thought this would be a good moment to show each member to the audience, and the slow motion links to the half time part of the music.
In the next part that we call the 'Jools Holland part' (because of the piano) we have used all locations and have tried to mostly keep close ups in to keep the intensity high. The guitar solo is pretty simple at the moment and could be changed. Although I do like the way the straight cuts match the beat at the end of it.
In the last chorus we cycled through the locations to round of the video and make it seem like the end, not something just random. I also tried to match a fill again with some shots but this will likely be changed.
The last 5 shots are all close ups of each member so the audience remember them.
It's not too bad for a first draft in my opinion but could be a lot tidier and more professional by maybe altering colours or changing a few shots here or there. Maybe also trying to create more energy by quickening the pace of the shots. We'll get some audience feedback and see what they say.
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