Animatic

This is the animatic made from my storyboards and ideas for my music video.

Interviews

In order to gain a more universal insight into what people expect to see in a music video, we each conducted a handful of interviews with people of different ages and genders. So far, I have managed to interview three people, who all expressed different opinions, which was useful as it provided ideas and perspectives which I hadn't considered myself. 

Firstly, I interviewed my classmate Joel, as I figured it would be useful to hear what someone my age thought about music videos. His perspectives on the themes that I wanted to include differed to mine in that they were a little more down-to-earth, a little more realistic, indicated for instance when he suggested expressing my character's frustration through his body language. He mentioned that he'd expect to see a stereotypical 'happy family' in a suburban setting which was interesting because it seems obvious, but I hadn't considered including a family for my protagonist which could add another comedic dimension to my video.

Next, I interviewed my Mum to see what someone older than myself might expect to see in a music video. Understanding that frustration is not as easy to convey as it might otherwise be when there is no dialogue and the character's face is totally concealed as in my music video, she suggested that I could use jarring visual effects in time with the music as a visual metaphor for frustration. However, as nice an idea as this is, I think that technically it is something that I will not be able to achieve given my knowledge and ability with visual effects.

Lastly, I interviewed my Dad, and I would say that this was the most interesting, thought provoking and enlightening interview of the three. He wanted to see things in music videos that were surprising and had not been done before, if the song is supposedly "telling me something I haven't been told before". He interestingly pointed out, after I asked him how he might expect to see suburbia represented, that he wouldn't expect to see suburbia represented in any particular way. He didn't see the point in his own personal depiction of suburbia presented to him, and thought it would be better for me to present it in a surprising and challenging way, something I will definitely consider when producing my music video.

First Storyboards

These are the first two pages of storyboards that I completed for my music video. There's a very loose narrative here, but more narrative elements will be added when I have appropriate ideas.