Timeline

With most of our elements and initial ideas formed and understood in our group, I began writing up a rough draft of our timeline for our music video so we can see and discuss specifically what goes on throughout with the narrative and performance side of the video. The video is structured into mainly two elements, the narrative side with the boxer training in the gym, and the performance side with the band members playing their instruments while lip syncing. Jackie and I discussed the main concept and idea we want the storyline to go like during the video:

(NARRATIVE) : The video starts with the main singer and actor for the track lying on the floor lip syncing to the opening number of the music while awakening, from which it will connect near the end to when he was knocked out in the boxing ring during the video

(NARRATIVE) : The actor carries on singing lip syncing while showing some more of the boxing element side by following through his routine of opening up the gym doors, windows etc

(PERFORMANCE) : From the actor side of the video it then cuts from the main singer lip syncing in the boxing scene to the band members performance as a wide shot POV to establish the bands performance and where they are

(PERFORMANCE) : The shots will cut from the lead singer who is also the main actor singing to the track to some of the band members playing their instruments nodding to the beat playing

(NARRATIVE) : The actor will travel around the boxing club after opening it up with the previous shots and then being his warm up for the boxing

(PERFORMANCE) : Cuts to the band playing the track building up to the chorus line and the tension in the atmosphere from the lyrics and beat of the track

(NARRATIVE) : Different elements of the boxer warming up are shown similarly shown in our test shot video with skipping rope, punching bag, sit ups, duo boxing etc

(NARRATIVE) : During the warm up the track beat will match in time with the punches and high energetic moves to allow the atmosphere to be really strong and upbeat

(PERFORMANCE) : When the chorus of the track starts the band all start to mine the chorus part with shots cutting from the main lead singer and parts of the band members using high energy confidence towards the camera

(NARRATIVE) : After the warm up element shots of the boxing scene we may cut to some scenes of the number girl getting ready to make up some of the time of the track with different makeup, and hair scenes

(NARRATIVE) : As the track starts up to the next chorus the shot scenes open up to the final fight in a boxing ring with bright lights and punches matching the heavy beat track

(PERFORMANCE) : The band heavily beats to the track with fast editing between performance and narrative of the final fight

(NARRATIVE) : For the final shots of the track with the final track of the music to the beat it will end with the lead singer/actor boxer getting punched in the face and knocked down to the ground finishing face up like at the start of the video