Storyboarding for concept of music video

The pictures are the drafting of the story board for our music video, this is a guide and a reference to help us when it comes to film our music video so we know what scene comes when and what camera angles to use during specific scenes. we also kept track of what scene came when during what part of the song by giving each scene a time period so we know how long each scene should last for.

Location Shoot planning

Information on Song Artist-OKGO

Info on Artist: The band Ok Go was formed in 1998 by the lead singer, Damian Kulash and bassist Tim Nordwind. The band's speciality is alternative rock, although they also perform power pop from time to time. The alternative rock song which we're doing, "This Too Shall Pass", was released in January 2010. It involves two music videos - the first, the 'Marching Band' video, was not the album version of the song and the 'Rube Goldberg Machine' video, which was considered to be the original version. We feel the uniqueness of these videos really matches their respective songs. The first consists of making music out of simple, everyday objects, which are placed in a certain order and calculated precisely so that the movement of one object will have an impact on the movement of another. This is what makes this a production line of sounds, which match those of the instruments the band use for the actual song. The second, however, does the same thing, although it replaces objects with people, who are required to play their respective instruments at the right time. What really caught our attention apart from the originality of the group was the fact that both of the videos from "This Too Shall Pass" have absolutely no cuts. This demonstrates that the group are very dedicated and must have had loads of practise to get everything right and on time in a single, long shot.

Music Videos in Similar Genres

"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World: This music video was shot by Paul Fedor and has all the theme of a teenage party. The style in which it was shot is a fast paced one. It has mostly mid-close ups and mid shots, which focus on the near nudity of the teenage actors, who don't seem to wear anything except their underwear. This, however, does not include the main actor and the band. The location for the music video was decided to be a house, at which the party is seen taking place, as well as its surroundings (the front and the back garden swimming pool). However, it is mostly shot indoors. The video choice is unusual, as I don't believe I know many music video directors who would use near-nudity to represent teenage sexuality, although this would be a more blunt way of doing so. This is also used to separate the main actor from the rest of the crowd (except the band), as he unsuccessfully tries to fit in and therefore has a secondary theme - relationships. This is supported by the ending, when he finds a girl in a similar situation. The unusual form of 'make-up' is the scene at 00:48, when we see the teens with marker pen left on their bodies, which could support the theme of a teen party, through the use of the stereotype of teenagers. This is a video which includes a 50/50 mix of narrative and performance. "Numb" - Linkin Park: This music video was directed by Joe Hahn and includes decreased saturation and a rather depressed mood. The speed of editing roughly matches that of the song, especially when the song reaches a climax. The angles that the camera uses often include wide shots, mid-close ups and the occasional close up shot. The whole video was shot in the Czech capital, Prague, mainly at the St Vitus Cathedral. We receive wide shots of the city and occasionally get a glimpse of the actress on its famed Charles Bridge. All its indoor scenes were shot at Johannes Kepler Grammar School. It involves a usual teenage fashion. However, this excludes the actress, who wears clothing that almost resembles a gothic style. This could be a link to the theme of the song, as its all black which nearly matches her hair. The only difference is the band itself. Whilst playing, we notice that they are dressed with clothes which match her own, further creating a link to the depressed mood. The music video is mainly narrative based, although with a small mix of performance. "Bring Me To Life" - Evanescence: Philipp Stölzl's music video includes a lot of CGI and animation, especially for the entire city we see in the establishing shot. Its theme is very dark, as evidenced at the start. We see that most, if not all, of the shots are shot with a mix of mid close ups and mid shots. Even though the entire city is made with CGI, the shots of the actual mix were done in January 2003 in Romania. The main actress (and unlike the other videos, the main band singer Amy Lee) is seen throughout the video in a nightgown, whilst the rest of the band is featured in gothic clothing. What is an exception are the party-goers upstairs, who are dressed in regular party clothing and masks. Whilst one of the girls takes of her mask, we see her make-up ruined, suggesting a broken heart and effectively adding to the song's main theme. To add to the goth style, we see Lee with heavy eye make-up and piercings. This video is similar to the other two - a mix of performance and narrative, although it would be more associated with "The Middle', by Jimmy Eat World. These are the music videos I chose to compare to "This Too Shall Pass". They are considered to be alternative rock videos, or close at least and therefore help us in comparing all three to our chosen music video and what we would do for our own. I had a bit of trouble finding the right videos because of their respective natures - although they do have the alternative side to them, I noticed that none of them are COMPLETELY alternative and therefore couldn't decide whether to simply do the rock category, pure and simple. However, I didn't think this would then have any sort of link to This Too Shall Pass, because of the simplistic and rather light hearted nature of it, not people yelling into the microphone and slamming their guitar down on the stage floor, or so the stereotypical rock style goes. Therefore, even though that This Too Shall Pass was entirely performance based, I decided to do my previous idea of these videos because they are all unique in some way that TTSP also is.

Permission to Use Song

Initial Pitch Ideas For Music Video

Pitch For Music Video from forbez44