The Foo Fighters - "The Pretender" Storyboard Animatic

The Foo Fighters - "The Pretender" Storyboard Animatic

My task was to create an animatic of the storyboard of the music video of The Pretender by The Foo Fighters.

First, I converted the music video from Youtube using Clip Converter and I put it into Final Cut Express.

Then, I uploaded the storyboard pictures of the first 45 seconds of the music video I drew beforehand onto the computer and put them onto Final Cut Express.

I then started to piece together the storyboard pictures in time with the first 45 seconds of the music video.

When I finished piece the animatic together, I exported it and uploaded it onto Vimeo (upload takes 45 minutes) instead of Youtube as Vimeo doesn't have any copyright restrictions.

From this animatic, I learned about the shot variety of the music video. There were Long Shots to show the whole band or other areas in the studio and there were Mid-Shots and Close-Ups to show the band  members individually.

I also learned about the shot duration of the music video. During the beginning of the video, the shots last a long time before cutting to the next shot, but as the other band members start to play their instruments, the pacing of the video becomes much faster and the shots last for less time than before.
The Foo Fighters - The Pretender Storyboard Animatic from Marianne Webb on Vimeo.