A2 Media Coursework Creative Project: Storyboards:
Music Video: Lover of the Light by Mumford and Sons
by



Joshua Millington
Lydia Jones
Rebecca Sinclair
Hannah Reilly

Scene 1 Shot 1

Establishing extreme long shot of the sun through the branches of a tree. This creates lyrical meaning through the use and focus of light. To make the shot more interesting, it'll start out of focus and then focus to a high quality.

Scene 1 Shot 2

This shot will be a combination of a long shot and close up, in the foreground there will be a close up of leaves rustling in the wind; however in the background they'll be a wide spread of trees and grass. This creates a motif of nature.

Scene 1 Shot 3

In the this shot, the camera will pan from right to left. It'll be an extreme long shot of an area of trees and the camera will pan towards the sun light. The pan will be slow pace to match the tempo of the music.

Scene 1 Shot 4

In the this shot, the camera will pan from right to left. It'll be an extreme long shot of an area of trees and the camera will pan towards the sun light. The pan will be slow pace to match the tempo of the music.

Scene 1 Shot 5

This shot will be an extreme long shot of the protagonist walking towards the character from the background. The setting will remain the same, to suggest a link between nature, growth and light. The protagonist will walk at a slow pace, to match the music.

Scene 1 Shot 6

The next shot will be a low-angle shot, following on from the last, having the protagonist slowly walk towards the camera. His head will be cut to create an enigma.

Scene 1 Shot 7

Then this shot will be another extreme long shot of the isolated protagonist. There will be a lyrical match of the word shadow, as the shadow in this shot will be magnified. The sun will also appear again, acting as a motif of light.

Scene 1 Shot 8

The next shot will be an extreme long shot of an animal, in the sunlight. The point of this will be to make the reveal of the protagonists face more impacting .

Scene 1 Shot 9

This shot will be a hand-held, low axis shot of the protagonists feet, again building a form suspense and mystery.

Scene 1 Shot 10

As the music increases tempo, there will be a long medium shot of the protagonist, finally giving a clear depiction of him. The protagonist will be in the right of the frame.

Scene 1 Shot 11

Then there will be a long close up of the protagonist. Still placed to the right, to bring the trees, grass and general nature into the shot.

Scene 1 Shot 12

As the music approximately will resume previous slow tempo now and the first lyric after the last shot is stretch, there will be an extreme long (stretched) shot to match the music of the protagonist stood in the middle of beautiful natural scenery.

Scene 1 Shot 13

This shot will be slightly similar to the previous, yet the protagonist will be slightly further away, almost like an ellipsis feature. The camera will be parallel as it pans the movement of the protagonist from left to right.

Scene 1 Shot 14

Following this pan of the protagonist starting to walk down the bridge, he'll be at the end of the bridge for this shot, to save time. This'll be an extreme long shot, with the protagonist positioned in the centre of the frame.

Scene 1 Shot 15

To conclude this scene, they'll be a point of view shot from the protagonist, with the camera tilting upwards to the sun.

Scene 2 Shot 16

This scene will predominately focuses around the central protagonist. Therefore it'll start with a medium close up against a white background with the protagonist in centre frame.

Scene 2 Shot 17

Following this protagonist themed scene, will be close up of the face of the protagonist, to match the lyrics also (my ears and eyes).

Scene 2 Shot 18

Extreme close up of eyes to convey emotion.

Scene 2 Shot 19 - 24

This shot will feature the protagonist writing down the idea of the song, this will be shown through a slightly a high angle shot and a medium close up. This will be a two part sequence with a close up of the protagonist testing different keys on a keyboard; this montage editing will suggest the protagonist is making the song.

Scene 2 Shot 25

The montage effect of these two shot sequences will end with a medium close up of the protagonist looking almost proud at the paper.

Scene 2 Shot 26

After the fast pace montage, the music will slow and this will be reflect by a slow downwards tilt close up of a guitar. The guitar shows an advancement in the protagonist's journey and he is holding it which will match the lyrics so love the one you hold.

Scene 2 Shot 27

This will be a long medium shot of the guitar being tapped on, whilst resting on the protagonist's lap.

Scene 2 Shot 28

The will be a low angle close up of the protagonist's feet, as he arises from a chair.

Scene 3 Shot 29

The idea of this shot is to have a close of the MIC LIVE sign in the recording room and have the light come on in sync with the lyrics a lover of the LIGHT. This shot will show the translation to the recording studio.

Scene 3 Shot 30

Following the previous shot will be a long close up of the protagonist singing into a microphone.

Scene 3 Shot 31

After that shot, they'll be a medium shot of the same situation.

Scene 4 Shot 32

This shot will feature the protagonist walking onto the stage in smarter attire and a better looking guitar. There will be long panaramic travelling as the protagonist emerges, to follow him in parallel sync.

Scene 4 Shot 33

This will be a long shot of the protagonist performing the song, this shot will reveal his growth on his narrative journey.

Scene 4 Shot 34

This shot will be taken from behind the protagonist, it will be a medium shot of the performance.

Scene 4 Shot 35

In this shot the protagonist will be sat on the steps of the stage, it'll be a long shot to reinforce the theme of isolation.

Scene 4 Shot 36

There will then be a medium shot to focus in on the character's performance as he is sat down singing and playing.

Scene 4 Shot 37

This shot will carry on from the last but as an extreme close up of the chords being played on the guitar.

Scene 4 Shot 38

This low angle sidewards shot of the protagonist, will convey his determination and passion of the song.

Shot 4 Shot 39

Replicating the last shot, but from a different angle and almost directly in-front of the protagonist.

Shot 4 Shot 40

This shot will be an long medium shot from behind the protagonist.

Shot 4 Shot 41

Following the last shot this will be a medium shot of the performance; capturing the singing and guitar playing.

Shot 4 Shot 42

In this low angle shot the character will sing the last line of the second to last choures; therefore it is low-angle to convey power.

Scene 4 Shot 43

This shot will be very similar to the other to keep continuity and create a form of theme and auteur style. It'll be a medium slight low angle shot.

Scene 4 Shot 44

This shot will be very similar to the other to keep continuity and create a form of theme and auteur style. It'll be a medium slight low angle shot. From a slightly different angle, so the video doesn't become boring.

Scene 4 Shot 45

This shot will be very similar to the other to keep continuity and create a form of theme and auteur style. It'll be a medium slight low angle shot. From a slightly different angle, so the video doesn't become boring.

Scene 4 Shot 46

This shot will be very similar to the other to keep continuity and create a form of theme and auteur style. It'll be a medium slight low angle shot. From a slightly different angle, so the video doesn't become boring. This shot will be from the back of the protagonist again.

Scene 4 Shot 47

This closing shot will feature the protagonist sat down life before and be at long medium range.

Scene 48 Shot 48

Finally the concluding shot will feature a medium to long shot as the protagonist walks away from the fixed camera.