Lyric sheet + Storyboard

 This part of my blog will detail the planning and storyboard of our project

Lyrics Sheet

This was done in class together to collaborate and combine our ideas together before starting the storyboard.

However, we felt like the time we were provided was not sufficient to let our ideas properly develop so Regine moved our discussion to Canva

This was a lot more helpful as we were able to easily collaborate through comments. Here are some of the discussions I had with Regine

And here are some additional communication from our WhatsApp group chat

Storyboard

This was done by Regine

A storyboard, defined by Teachfloor, is said to be "a visual representation of a story, often in the form of illustrations or images, arranged in a specific order to show the sequence of events in a film, video, etc."

 

I had taken the time to learn a little more on storyboards and what is expected through this blog by the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2vrhv4/revision/2 - however my teacher had ended up providing us templates to aid in our storyboard process. It included 2 templates, one wth 4 large boxes for detailed and another with 8 smaller boxes. Our teacher had suggested us to draw out the scenes from a singular location rather than planning the cuts between a performance to a b-roll, with the intention of reducing confusion in the narrative. Because of this, most shots did not have a defined duration, as it can vary depending on where it will be placed in the editing phase.

By the second detailed page, we were asked to show our progress to our teacher and he was able to give us suggestions on our storyboard and narrative. He informed us on his concern over how well we would be able to communicate the different flashbacks/timestamps that were happening since we did not have access to actors of different ages, which prompted him to suggest a different approach of one flashback and a continous display of the artist's journey through her career from the mother's camera perspective. We, as a group, all agreed to this new narrative as it felt as though our message could be delivered more clearly and readjusted our previous planning to fit towards it. 

In these first few pages, I had used 2 pages of big boxes to draw out my ideas in detail, however, I will be switching to the pages with smaller boxes moving on to be more time-efficient. Since I would focus less on detail, I will be able to spend more time in ensuring the ideas all throughout the video will be comprehensable (due to the limited space to write descriptions) to both my team members and my teacher. This is the continuation of the storyboard.

There are still some scenes missing, which include the scene from the bridge as my team and I had not been able to have the time to properly discuss our next plan of action and realign our vision. Thus there will be more to come. However, for the sake of the due date, this will be all to submit at the current moment.

Reflection:

• Doing a lyric sheet really helped us ensure that we all have the same understanding of our ideas for the music video and that our production can remain consistent by avoiding miscommunication. I also found it really enjoyable as it was fun to hear other people ideas and share my own
• The feedback our teacher gave us provided a lot of insightful perspectives to consider. It felt a bit demotivating as we needed to find a way to work around our issues but I'm grateful for it as it let us prevent the our finished product being decoded incorrectly by the audience