1. Storyboard
Lesson Objective
What is a storyboard?
Have I created storyboard for my music
video?

2. What is a storyboard?
 A storyboard is a step by step plan of
how your music video will go

3. Why Do You Need A
Storyboard When Making A
Music Video?
 Planning is key to making everything run
smoothly.
 Have a look at these examples…

4. What level do you think these
got and why?
1 2 3

5. Music videos
 Cutting on the beat
 Lyric interpretation
 Lip sync
 Use of actors
 Use of locations
 Use of mise-en-scene
 Editing
 Montage
 Variety of camera angles and shots
 Excellent planning

6. What Should You Include In
A Music Video Storyboard?
 A sketch
 A narrative
 Shot type (camera angle and composition)
 Music
 Cutting to the beat (Bar chart)
 Duration (how long the shot will last)

7. Narration
Sketch
What is happening in the shot
Effects
(How is it going to be edited?
e.g.fade to black/split screen)
Camera Shot
What shot/angle/composition?
Music Cutting to the beat
What line? What beat are you cutting on?

8. Camera Angles
 Camera angles and movements
combine to create a sequence of
images, just as words, word order and
punctuation combine to make the
meaning of a sentence.

9. Camera Angles
 When describing camera angles, or
creating them yourself, you have to think
about three important factors
— The FRAMING or the LENGTH of
shot
— The ANGLE of the shot
— If there is any MOVEMENT involved
 Each different shot has a different
purpose and effect.

10. Shot Name
 Draw
 Purpose

11. Extreme Long Shot

12. Long Shot

13. Medium Long Shot

14. MCU

15. CU

16. ECU

17. Name the Angles

18. Draw the following shots

25. Task 7P
Create a storyboard for your
music video