R+P Post 20: My Music Video Timeline

Our next step was to create a timeline of our whole music video. We did this by sticking A4 pieces of paper together and drawing three different tracks along them. The first track was for the lyrics, the second was for the images/shot types and the third was for lighting. Below is a photo of the whole timeline

We used our steal-o-matic as a guideline for the first 2 minutes and then we continued to add and decide on what shots would come next and how long they'd last. We listened to the track whilst creating the timeline not only to ensure that our timings were correct but also so that we could make sure to cut to the beat as much as we could. Because we have put the lyrics on the track as well, we know exactly which shots would be narrative or dance based and how much of the song doesn't require lip-sync. As lighting is an important factor of our video, having a lighting track meant that we could pin down exactly how many different lighting set-ups we will have and which shots they will involve.

We also broke it down by the structure of the song. We marked the end of the verses, pre-choruses and choruses so we knew what was happening in each section. 

Intro, First Verse and Bridge

First Chorus, Second Verse and Bridge

Second Chorus, Dance break

Final Bridge, Final Chorus

Overall I found the process of creating the timeline extremely useful as it helped us to plan out our video in detail and it has compiled all of our ideas in one place. It also means that we know exactly what shot is happening at each point of the song. This will be beneficial when it comes to editing our video and it will help us save time.