Story Board

Here is a written story board list for my music video, in addition to the picture story board below.

1. Girl is playing with old dolls house. 0:06
2. Girl sees balloon stuck in a tree outside. 0:11
3. Girl stands up to go to get the balloon. 0:18
4. She goes outside and retrieves the balloon. 0:27
5. On the beat, the girl jumps in a puddle. 0:28
6. Shot of lead singer, singing. 0:32
7. Girl is walking in an isolated location with the balloon.
8. Close up of girl gasping. 0:39
9. Girl passes an old couple who are having tea on some train tracks.
10. Medium close up of old couple having tea.
11. Close up of old people's faces changing. 0:55
12. Shot of lead singer banging a drum, with flour/icing sugar (which looks like smoke). 0:56
13. She then passes two young boys sat on the side of the road, playing on a whole computer.
14. Mid shot from behind. 1:02
15. Shot of lead singer, singing. 1:10
16. Prostitute hanging around a street corner. 1:16
17. Two young girls sat at the side of the street in pretty dresses but messed up hair, begging for money with flowers.
18. Close up shot, emphasis of the colour of the flowers changing. 1:24
19. Girl walks past failed business man sat in the middle of the road, eating a posh roast dinner.
20. Close up of man eating. 1:33
21. She pulls the balloon into shot. 1:35
22. Close up of girl’s face. 1:37
23. Girl then walks through a house where a teenage girl is sat cross legged on the floor in front of a fuzzy TV screen. 1:46
24. Girl runs past window with lady watering vegetables in cans. 1:50
25. Shot of lead singer singing. 1:59
26. Shot of guitar being played. 2:03
27. Girl then walks through a football game where young children are playing; one of the children is dressed up in an eccentric costume. 2:13
28. Shot of drums being played. 2:17
29. Medium close up of child in eccentric costume. 2:17
30. Girl walks past a teenage boy without a shirt, with a long scar down his back, drinking beer.
31. Close up of him drinking the beer. 2:27
32. Girl runs past a middle aged woman, doing graffiti on a wall. 2:33
33. Happier music is introduced, which is the start of all of the locations coming into full colour and the characters becoming happy and full of hope.
34. Close up of old man pulling on old woman’s hand. 2:34
35. Old couple dancing together. 2:38
36. Close up of the flowers turning into bright colours.
37. Medium close up of the two girls giggling together. 2:41
38. Failed business man rips away napkin, tucked into his shirt and smiles. 2:45
39. The TV screen suddenly turns on. 2:49
40. Girl and child in the eccentric costume hold hands and skip around in a circle. 2:52
41. Teenage boy pushes away beer bottles. 2:54
42. Girl grabs the middle aged woman’s hand and pulls her away from doing the graffiti on the wall. 2:58
43. Girl runs along the grass – shot from behind. 3:00
44. Close up of girl turning her head around, to face the camera. 3:02
45. Final shot – Long shot of a silhouette of the girl stood on a hill with the red balloon. 3:04

As the girl passes each location before 2:32, colour is slowly introduced into each scene.