Timeline

A timeline is a device that uses the words and the timings of the song as a first attempt to link the images to the words and the music riffs of the song. It uses a timeline grid method to show what is going to be on screen at the time of each second of the song. This is a helpful tool to understand what works on screen to the song and how many shots there is to be for every section of the song. With the timeline we can see whether images will hold in the line of the song. If the line of the song is seven seconds and we cut on the beat at the end, you need an image that will hold for seven seconds. Will an image of a hand playing a synth be interesting enough to hold for seven seconds? The timeline tells you whether it will or not.

With the timeline we can test out which line has a performance elemet with it, which one has a narrative image with it and which one has something else with it.

The storyboard helped us understand how much of the video would be the narrative of the OAP's acting and how much of the video would be the band performing. For example; the band has more screen time than the actors because as they are a new band they need toi be established and therefore they need to be put across to the audiece in a positive way more than the actors do.

Also we will use different shot types for the band and the actors. The band is formed of two attrative young girls so we will use more closeups and close mid shots as they are more important and visualy intreging than the OAP men and women. therfore, I will use more mid shots and long shots for the narrative scenes. Also, the band is formed of two twins but they may not be identified as 'identical' from a log shot. In order to identify the girls as twins, mid shots and closeups are nescessary so the audience is aware that the band are twins.

You go from the timeline to the storboard which is the next step to the pre-production.