Storyline

Before jumping right into the filming of the video, another aspect to the planning of my music video is the storyline. I have been looking around for some solid theories on what you should aim to achieve in a music video story line. Tzvetan Todorov's theory of narratives appealed to me because it provides us with a very clear structure of what we need to do with the story. In Todorov's theory the protagonist within the music video should be seen to be affected by only five narrative changes.
The way we plan to approach our video is to have a structured idea of what shots, location and images protrayed will stands for each stage of the narrative change, but leave room for adapting and changing when filming on the set days. By this I mean we have decided upon set scenraios that occur within the storyline to represent certain narrative shifts, but the exact shot/acting may not work with other aspects of the film, so I will be constantly checking that the overall theme and look of the music video fits, and not get carried away with the storyline, although clearly the band shots and the storyline shots will display different images altogether.

The stages are listed below:

Stage 1 – A state of equilibrium is defined.

Stage 2 – Disruption to the equilibrium by some action or crisis.

Stage 3 – The character(s) recognition that there has been a disruption, setting goals to resolve the problem.

Stage 4 – The characters attempt to repair the disruption, obstacles need to be overcome to restore order.

Stage 5 – Reinstatement to the equilibrium. Situation is resolved, conclusion is announced.