The Books

I am using books in my piece to symbolise growing and learning. I am using them near the beginning to show the character is in their childhood and beginning to learn more and I am also using them in my 'university' scene to depict the higher education pathway they have chosen. I hoping to edit the majority of shots with books using a stop-frame animation.

Storyboarding Scene 1: The Birth

This is a more visual storyboard I have made for the first scene - the birth scene - to help me think about the shots I want when I film. Obviously there will be more shots in my actual production and they will be slightly altered but it is more of a visual guide.

Location Scouting

These are places I have found where I would ideally like to film. 


This location, a flooded forest, would be used in scene one, in the birth scene, when the camera will be coming out of water. I have chosen a naturalistic setting because birth is a very natural thing. I hope the weather is similar to the picture (sunny) when I film and birth is a very positive thing and I think the light of the sun helps portray this.

These two locations can be used in scenes four and six. They are both larger open spaces. In scene six the character will be feeling lost in teenage life and I think these spaces can depict this and you cannot see a clear exit route and can feel very alone. 

Whereas in scene six the will be running and happy because there is so much to explore and play with. 

The forest surrounding the fields can be used in scenes 15 and 16 for death. I hope to had a low angle shot as if the character is looking up and have the sun beaming through the forest trees.

Exploration of Objects Scene

In scene three my character will be exploring textures and objects like a child would when they were younger. Here are some textures I've chosen to explore. 

Stop Frame Animation Attempts

I started filming clips for my music video, below are some. Some are just trial runs of ideas I liked and wanted to try out.The books growing are to portray the person growing, whilst the bigger books are to depict university. The cards coming out of the books are a depiction of his/her children being born and growing. Originally I would of liked to use small books to show this but found it hard to find these. In my actual video I hope to speed up the transitions. 

Planning The Scenes

Below is a rough idea of my scenes for my music video.





The Protagonist

Originally Jack Cowley was going to be my male protagonist, however, I have now decided to scrap this and show all my imagery through the protagonist’s eyes using point of view shots and stop motion. I hope this will add to this more symbolic approach I am hoping for. Here are some point of view shots I really liked.