Picture Storyboard

This is the storyboard with real pictures of me and Jacob acting out the scenes in the video (including the first few seconds of action included before the song starts) that we discussed and tested for our final video outcome, to give us more of a shaped idea of what things would look like before we filmed. We did storyboard pictures before every filmed scene so that we had an idea in mind of what we would be doing when it came to the filming of the video. (Note: the storyboard has been annotated here by me differently to what is portrayed in some images, as we changed some ideas, as shown through this.)





For this scene, the first few seconds of action, like in the drawn storyboard, we went in from a medium shot of me sat looking very sad and upset. The medium shot allowed my arms to be shown as they would be in use through the scene, and also the mess on my bed behind me to show her physical state, including a picture of me and Jacob on my laptop, an idea we came up with to show the contrast from a happier past that we shared. This shot also allowed for facial expressions to be seen by the audience.


The next shot, again from a medium shot, shows me looking over at my phone and going to pick it up, showing I am thinking about it, and gives the audience the impression I am about to use it.

The next scene shows a point of view shot of my phone as I have picked it up, to give continuity, and to show me sending a text. This shot was ideal, as it was close enough to see the message I was sending, asking 'Can we meet?', explaining the narrative to the audience through actions rather than lyrics.








The next shot shows me from a medium shot puting my phone back down, looking at the wine glass beside it.




The next two shots show, again from a medium shot, me picking up the glass and downing the drink. The half content of the glass shows I have already been drinking it, and that I am using it to esccape issues between me and jacob, and the fact that we have split up.


The next scene shows from a medium shot, me putting the glass down and picking the phone back up again. We planned to add a sound insert of a text at this point, showing the phone is going off to show that there is a new message.






We then go back to a point of view of the phone to reveal the message and to show what I was looking at. This also establishes the narrative to the audience, as the close up displays the message in detail from the male character, which says 'Okay, same place.' This place will be the original meeting place of the couple, to show the romantic aspect, and makes the audience aware that this is a special place that they are both aware of visiting in their past.



There is then a medium shot back out for me placing the phone back down. This medium shot is then held as a starting point for a backwards tracking camera as the piano instrumental begins, and I look around sighing at the room that I am in, showing I am both aware of the state it has got in since the breakup, and thinking about the conversation just had between myself and the male character I am about to meet up with. The camera then backwards tracks, revealing the mess within the room, going into a wide shot, and also establishes the whole scene I am in, whilst giving the impression that the action has now moved from just the central character, as the journey begins to meet Jacob.




This scene is all filmed from a medium shot to show the action without having to focus on the emotional aspects, so that bodylanguage is clear and references this, as there is much happening in the scene. The next few sections show me to be clearing away tissues from the bed, showing her emotions have overcome her since their split, picking up jeans from the floor which are crumpled, again to show her lazy physical state since the split, reflecting her sadness and emotion, and finally putting on my coat, showing I am about to set off on the journey. This is the last part of the action to the instrumental before the song begins.
















The first two shots of this scene is a long shot, showing me from a side looking into the mirror and wiping my makeup that was smudged on my face, showing that I had been crying, expressing previous emotions since the breakup.






The next shot is again a longshot, showing me picking up a teddybear from the floor, a romantic token of our relationship symbolising our past, giving emotive representation to the audience.

A long shot finally follows for the end section, as I place the teddy back onto the bed, showing it still has sentimental value, as does the relationship.





The previous long shot continues as I walk accross to my laptop on my bed, before a medium shot of me approaching it as I look at it. A close up then follows, showing a picture of us as the background on the laptop. This shows as it is still present on the wallpaper, that it is still sentimental to me, and by it still being there, I have not yet given up on the relationship.




We then go back to a medium shot as I close the latpop, showing both that I am ready to leave, and that it is painful at this time for me to look at, as the breakup is still raw and I am still unsure of the upcoming events that are about to happen as I go to meet Jacob.




I then turn away out of the shot to leave, as I sing the final line 'To make you feel my love'. The shot then cuts to a long shot as I am besides the door as this happens, looking around the room, showing I am remembering and thinking about the past, before switching off the light, making a blackout into the next scene. This blackout establishes a cut into the next sequence of events, giving continuity but also using the light switch in the previous scene to do this.





(Images have not been taken for this scene yet)

This scene contains the first flashback in our video of when the couple first met. We wanted it to be a very tender, romantic moment between the couple, and for this to reflect on the audience as they watch it.

We begin with a wide shot, showing me stood near a wall, overlooking the lights and the river in the distance, to establish a very romantic setting, and also to put both characters in the shot, as we planned to have Jacob stood almost out of the shot, right at the side looking at me. This shot is also wide enough to establish action in the scene, as I am struggling to control my umberella due to windy weather conditions in the scene.

We stay in the long shot for this next section, as Jacob sees me struggling and embraces me from behind to try to turn the umberella the right way around. By this close position of contact, there is more romance established, as the naivety of the characters meeting for the first time shows that they are both a little nervous and shy around each other, though this intimate and bold movement shows there is affection from the male, and that he is protecting the female by helping her in this way. To the audience, this shows that he is the strong, protective and loving figure that we desire in our lives, and is seen commonly in a romantic film.

We then cut to a medium shot to show the expression of both characters whilst this action is happening, seeing the female looking very shy and happy as she finds the male attractive, and did not expect what happened, and showing the male smiling too as the chemistry is clear between the two, although they have just met, establishing the theme of 'love at first sight', another typical convention seen in love and romance videos and films. The medium shot is held as they look at each other, showing a connection has been established between them, leaving this as the last point before the next scene.




This scene cuts back to the future, shown by a medium shot of the female walking down a street, showing her journey to meet Jacob, and shows enough emotion and body language for the audience to get the idea of what is happening in the scene. (We had the idea of shooting flashbacks with a blurry enfringement around the shots to represent this.)
In this scene, I am walking down a 'good' street, with lights seen as I pass them singing. This portrays a more positive, romantic environment, showing warm lights and colours, portraying a stereotypical scene shown in other romantic videos. This shot continues as I walk out of the shot into the next street, establishing continuity of the narrative.
The next shot is a medium shot of me walking into a more dangerous street, as the lyrics 'I'd go crawling down the avenue' are sung, to give a literal meaning to this. The lights in the previous scene are now gone, showing a black background to represent loneliness and isolation. This referrs to my research videos, one being 'The Script's 'Breakeven', as this is a convention used a lot to portray loneliness and heartbreak since the central character's breakup. It also gives vulnerability, like in the video for 'Before It's too Late', showing high-angle shots of central characters to give emphasis on this. We wanted to use this in these scenes, however, we found it difficult to get onto a high enough level in the chosen area to do this successfully.
During the end of this scene, the camera slowly pans around the female, as she stops and looks up at something. This is done in the style of a point of view shot, establishing what she is looking at, and giving continuity through to another type of shot. An over-shoulder-shot is also used, to show her looking at Jacob from her perspective, who is waiting to meet her. This shot also gives the audience a feeling that this is the final confrontation, as they have finally both arrived at their meeting place, and gives a feeling that something is about to happen between them, as a final climax in the video.

This scene is the last flashback of the past, contrasting with the first as a more negative memory of their relationship, showing a variety of emotions from the female's perspective. We start in wide shot, showing both characters sat together, appearing to be watching the television from their location, their comfortable-looking and intimate positions together, and the point of focus in both of their eyes. The pair then begin to argue as Jacob makes a comment about something. The argument gets more and more heated, with both of them using hand jestures, the wide shot clearly displaying this, with facial expression included. There is no dialogue heard in this scene, as we wanted to have the song over the top with the music, but to make it clear through bodylanguage to the audience that an argument was taking place. The red wall was also a key feature for us, as it represented love and danger, both displayed within the scene. This section finishes with the female jumping up out of the comfortable position, to show she is angry and does not want to be near him, and is in a state of disbelief from this isolated position and facial expression.

There is then a medium close up as the female rises, to show continuity from the previous section, before jacob is then shown in a two-shot form with the female as he gets up in rage too. He then rises his hands over his head to show his frustration as the argument continues in this shot, before moving out of the shot in what appears from his expressions to be an angry rage.

The previous shot is then continued in another wide shot, showing Jacob grabbing his jacket before approaching the door to leave, with the female following him in disbelief, hands outwardly displayed to outline her amazement that he is leaving after the argument. The female is then shown to go back to the sofa to sit down as the male closes the door.

The next cut into a medium close up shows continuity of the previous shot of the female sitting down. This shot bridges the gap, and also allows for facial expressions to be seen, the image of sadness portrayed in this particular section after the sequence of events that have just happened, leaving the female looking alone and vulnerable.

The next section (no image shown), shows the two characters in a wide two-shot, taking the last few steps toward each other before they finally have conversation. This is a cut back into the present again, and the final chapter of the video. There are many lights behind the two in this scene, with the river from the start shown once again, giving a feeling of remeniscing and visiting past memories to the audience, making them feel mixed emotions as the characters do, and involved personally in the scene. This romantic scene also gives the feeling of a final climax to the video, and that something important will happen in this scene. The intimate two-shot shown also gives a final feeling about it all, as the couple have never been this close together through the whole video, and have never been face to face in such close proximity, also representing them facing up to their problems as a couple. This also gives a feeling that they have been stripped of all of the arguments and complications that have been shown throughout the video previously, and are being forced to now speak openly and honestly for the first time.

During these scenes, the female sings her emotions, as it is a music video and is a convention used in every song, and gives a more powerful emphasis on the emotions she shares reluctantly to the male. This shows them both looking and feeling very vulnerable after the previous argument scene shown, as though they have approached each other very humbly, and are ready to be open and true to one another. All of this gives even more of a romantic aspect to the video, and makes the audience feel this personally whilst watching the video, also making them revisit past personal experience themselves whilst watching. We wanted all of this to come accross, and I believe that the conventions we used did this successfully.

In the last part of the video, after the female has shared all of her feelings openly, she bows her head as though in a state of being in doubt of the male's feelings, as he responds seemingly cold and isolated towards her, making her feel as though he no longer feels the same way about her.

The last section, still in a medium close-up, shows a contrast to the previous scene, as Jacob finally smiles and gently lifts the female's chin up to face him. This delicate and intimate position symbolises he still cares and wants to be with the female, as he is showng loving jestures towards her and is still very gentle with her, in contrast with the body language he showed in the argument.

Realising that Jacob has forgiven her and that the couple are at peace and have another chance, the female smiles happily and contentedly, as though she appreciates this, and sings the last line of the song looking into Jacob's eyes. This gives powerful emphasis on this line, if anything more than any other, as she is stating she wants him to 'feel her love' again, giving the impression to the audience that peace is finally present between the couple, and that they have both matured and want to love each other rather than arguing. The way that this is portrayed visually will give the audience this feeling, and will give them a warm, emotional, yet positive feeling, as they have been brought through so many emotions on a personal level with the couple, and are at last brought to feeling a sense of peace and enlightenment, leaving them feeling happy and loved. We wanted our video to give off this feeling, and give an overwhelming sense of love and togetherness, despite all other emotions displayed, at the end of the video, leaving the audience feeling as though they are wrapped up in love and happiness, a 'feel good' video, as shown in many others alike.