Storyboard

This storyboard is designed as a visual roadmap rather than a traditional shot list. Instead of planning your music video from top to bottom, you will travel through three interconnected pathways that weave together like a plait, representing the three visual languages of a music video: A-Roll (Performance), B-Roll (Abstract Imagery), and C-Roll (Narrative/Story). As you move through the roadmap, think about how these strands cross over, influence one another, and create meaning through repetition, contrast, and rhythm.

Each numbered frame represents a key visual moment rather than a fixed length of time. Begin by sketching a simple thumbnail of your idea in the largest section of the frame. Use the smaller note areas to record lyrics, camera movement, shot type, lighting, filters, textures, or editing ideas. You do not need to complete one pathway before moving to the next; instead, jump between the coloured strands, allowing images, symbols, and emotions to connect across the page.

Use the arrows and intersections to identify moments where the performance cuts into the narrative, where an abstract image reinforces a lyric, or where a visual motif returns later in the video. Add your own arrows, symbols, colours, and handwritten notes to personalise the map and make new connections.

Inspired by punk design and the work of Stephen Sprouse, this storyboard embraces experimentation, layering, and imperfection. Treat it like an artist’s notebook rather than a worksheet—draw over it, collage onto it, highlight recurring motifs, and make it visually chaotic if it helps communicate your ideas. By the end of the planning process, the storyboard should not only map the structure of your music video but also reflect its energy, aesthetic, and creative identity, becoming a piece of visual design in its own right.

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