Storyboard Finalisation

We will be using a range of flashbacks for our music video. For the structure of our narrative will use in media res which means we will start with the the female actor mourning over her lost lover and then has flashbacks of their time together throughout the video while preparing for his funeral. We felt that using in media res would captivate our audiences engagement from early on in the video. When reviewing our preliminary task we noticed that the audience volume dropped after the first 2 seconds by 15% therefore it is very important to open the music video with captivating action in order to keep our audience attention throughout the whole video. 

Scene- Milestone Museum 

The lighting at the Milsetone Museum is artificial, there is a lack of natural light therefore the shots may turn out quite orange. This should not be a big issue though as its easy to edit the colour on Imovie. 



















Scene- Graveyard 
We must shoot this scene in the daylight before it gets dark or else the videos will be too dark to use. although we want some darkness to symbolise her sadness we don't want it too dark that the audience will not be able to see the shots. 













Scene - Regal Picturehouse

This will be a flashback scene showing the couple happy and in love. The lighting may be an issue due to the fact there is no natural light and cinemas are very dark, so we will ask the manager whether he/she will be able to turn on the projector lights. I find that when using artificial light sometimes videos can turn out quite orange coloured therefore we will use Imovie to edit the video by adding slight blue/cooler coloured tints. 

Scene- Church- Reflecting on partners death 
The lighting in our Church scene will be dark which connotes will feelings of sadness and mourning. The female actor will be alone in the church to symbolise her isolation and loneliness now that her partner has passed away. 

Scene- Sheldonian Theatre Exterior- Proposal
In this scene we are planning to use a wide shot and other various shots in front of the Sheldonian Theatre which is a very visually appealing building, making this scene look sophisticated and similarly aesthetically pleasing. 

Scene- Dressing Table- preparing for funeral

 For this scene we are planning to have a photograph of our male actor that our female actor will look at as we use a variety of close up shots to show her getting ready for her partners funeral. The photo will establish who's death it is. We will also have her read a letter which has a close up of the words 'KILLED IN ACTION.' The lighting for this scene must be natural lighting because w found that when experimenting shots for the dressing table that artificial lighting wouldn't suffice and it was still far too dark, especially against all our other shots it would show a real lack of continuity and make the video confusing and not flow well. 

Scene- Caversham Courts

This is a very iconic scene from Nottinghill where the male actor is reading the female actor a book, this would work perfectly in our music video as a flashback. 















Scene- Railway 
This scene will be shot at the cholsey and Wallingford railway,where there is an old fashioned steam train and a platform perfect for filming. The lighting will be natural in order to symbolise the authenticity of the scene rather than artificial lighting which will make it look more like it has been staged. This will make the actors more believable in turn the audience will be more invested and involved with the plot. This can be seen in the theory of uses and gratification which suggests that audiences use media to escape from reality and be invested in 'fake lives.'