Below is our animatic - a moving collection of sketches taken from our storyboards (for our music video) arranged in a similar order to our final video, as inspiration and a helpful tool in allowing us to see how shots might fit together and how camera angles can be employed successfully.
The animatic begins with a sketch of a long establishing shot to set the scene and allow the audience to view the scene across the lake, which then zooms slowly towards the girl sitting on the end of the pontoon highlighting the main character to the viewer and making sure they are focused on her. It then flicks forward to one of the 'flashback' scenes of earlier in the metaphorical day documented within the video, showing a close-up of the couple's faces in bed to allow their emotions to be seen and then zoom out to take in the whole 'picture' of the bed and wider setting. After this we have shown how we will present the idea of the girl leaving the room by seperate sketches which represent seperate shots - each shot will be a few seconds on from the former so that the end result would be as if she is 'jumping' from one side of the screen to the other, almost making her movements ghost-like.
The shots which document the girl's journey through the woods are shown in the animatic through sketches of long shots mixed with close-ups - one highlights the setting and the actor's movement, the other shows the emotion and detail. The long shot of the woods and the girl in the middle of the shot creates a shot that draws the viewer's eye along the woodland path and through the shot. The close-up of the girl's legs and feet draws attention to her haste and speed and is a contrast to the previous long shot.
The woodland shots are fragmented with 'flashback' shots showing earlier in the 'day' when the couple had been getting ready for their engagement party - a mid-shot to show both characters dressing and present their relationship by showing their proximity within the shot. One shot will zoom in on the engagement ring on the girl's finger as she is fastening the clasp of her necklace.
The final shots will show the 'end' of the girl's journey on the pontoon, and will show her dropping the ring into the lake - first, side on and then above to highlight the ripples of the water
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