Shot by shot storyboard

The video starts with a close up of a phone vibrating. The text message then reads 'sorry I can't do this anymore' from 'Alex'. Even before meeting the character it is apparent that someone has been dumped. The music starts when the text message appears. Within a few seconds we are introduced immediately to the main character where a pan upwards is used to show him reading the text. Out of anger the main character trashes his room, including messing up the bed, throwing things. The pace of the music is still slow so it would look better if we put these events in slow motion. We still want them to be relatively short shots though to add excitement and movement. Close ups are used to show the main characters distraught. A medium shot shows the character drinking which is then followed by short consecutive shots of showing the amount of vodka decreasing in the bottle. This shows the large amount of alcohol drunk in a short period of time. Then the character leaves the house to buy more alcohol and let off a bit of steam. On his way, he passes a girl and boy, one being his ex. There is flirting which makes it apparent they are more than just friends. A medium shot shows the boy and girl both look over their shoulder and then it cuts to the main character doing the same and looking angry. The music starts to fasten up which goes in time with the main character going crazy in the street including kicking things. A pan downwards shows the main character collapsing to the floor with his head in his hands. This is when he makes the phonecall to a drug dealer, a high angle shot makes him appear weak and desperate. There is a medium shot of the drug dealer and main character meeting and there are various close ups to show their emotions. A shot reverse shot shows the conversation between the two. There is then a close up of them exchanging drugs. There are then a series of shots showing the main character doing the drugs including point of view shots. The main character decides to burn presents and belongings of his ex. This includes using a close up of a teddy burning. You see the main character's body through the roaring fire. There is then a turning point, where the main character decides to get clean. Mid shots show alcohol being thrown away and drugs rubbed away. The main character starts to run a bath. The song starts to slow doing again as so does the pace. A close up of running water is used which emphasises the song title, 'watercolour'. A close up of the main character forwarding the earlier text from Alex, 'sorry I can't do this anymore' confuses the audience. There is a wide shot of the character laying in the bath, putting his head back, closing his eyes. In slow motion, the camera follows a falling photo spiralling down. A close up of the photo reveals that it is actually a homosexual couple. Earlier when the girl and boy was walking, it was actually the boy that was the ex, 'Alex'. When the music slows down, the camera zooms out showing the main character laying in his own blood in the bath. He's got slit wrists and hung arms over the bath.

It is inevitable when coming to filming, that our actual music video will not be exactly like the storyboard above. When filming, we may decide not to include things due to limitations or add things that we didn't previously think of. When editing, we may find that the footage is not long enough and therefore have to film again. We also may want to rearrange the order of the events to make it more understandable.