Vid Storyboarding
There's interesting information on the Storyboard entry on the dreamwidth vidding community.
I take vid notes and plan in a few different ways. It depends on the project, source, and me.
(Supernatural - used for Choose Life.)
Sometimes I'll print out the lyrics/words and work from them, filling in the clip and episode I want. I don't always do this and I'm not sure what makes me pick one method over another when I'm sourcing. In order to do that I've usually rewatched the source and took notes specific to what I'm vidding.
(Deadwood - used for Special Death)
If it's a series I watch the episodes, take short notes that spark my brain into remembering the clip when I read them. I usually note the time taken from the given episode along with the meta data. If the vid has a wide scope, like an entire series, or if I have a lot of thoughts on it, I'll scribble down notes to remind myself what I wanted to include. This also helps to organize my thoughts. I find the simple act of writing something aligns it in my mind and things fall together easier. Many of the notes don't form into anything useful or just don't work.
(Deadwood - used for Special Death)
For movie vids, the source is generally more limited than a television show. My notes are shorter and more like a map of where things are in the file. It's annoying to want one small clip and have to scrub through a 2 hour movie. It's especially annoying when the movie is edited with fragmented time, like Memento and The Limey. For one vid I took the movie and reordered it linearly, which meant taking notes and then reversing them.
(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - used for Memories Are Made of This)
With movie vids, I don't have as many source notes, just two or three pages to use as a guide.
(The Brøken - used for that brøken day)
There have been times when I've sourced for more than one vid from the same source. I was trying to save rewatch time in the future. I know what clips I'll need for the vid because it's completed in my head. So when I'm sourcing for a current vid, I'll also take down clip notes on the vids I have in my head. I'm drawn to the same kinds of clips, so I pretty much know what I'll use later.
(Supernatural - used for I Want You (She's So Heavy), Choose Life., and future vids)
I tried typing my source notes to use on my laptop, but I didn't like it. I ended up printing them, so I stick with handwriting my notes. A couple times I looked up the sheet music on Bear McCreary's Blog and printed it, making notes about using certain types of clips on certain notes. I abandoned the idea because I started to hate Battlestar Galactica and I think I left the notes on my keyboard, which is buried somewhere in the garage.
(Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - used for Ding! Dong!)
There are also times when I have no notes. I'm not entirely sure what the difference is in the vids themselves.
I take vid notes and plan in a few different ways. It depends on the project, source, and me.
(Supernatural - used for Choose Life.)
Sometimes I'll print out the lyrics/words and work from them, filling in the clip and episode I want. I don't always do this and I'm not sure what makes me pick one method over another when I'm sourcing. In order to do that I've usually rewatched the source and took notes specific to what I'm vidding.
(Deadwood - used for Special Death)
If it's a series I watch the episodes, take short notes that spark my brain into remembering the clip when I read them. I usually note the time taken from the given episode along with the meta data. If the vid has a wide scope, like an entire series, or if I have a lot of thoughts on it, I'll scribble down notes to remind myself what I wanted to include. This also helps to organize my thoughts. I find the simple act of writing something aligns it in my mind and things fall together easier. Many of the notes don't form into anything useful or just don't work.
(Deadwood - used for Special Death)
For movie vids, the source is generally more limited than a television show. My notes are shorter and more like a map of where things are in the file. It's annoying to want one small clip and have to scrub through a 2 hour movie. It's especially annoying when the movie is edited with fragmented time, like Memento and The Limey. For one vid I took the movie and reordered it linearly, which meant taking notes and then reversing them.
(Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - used for Memories Are Made of This)
With movie vids, I don't have as many source notes, just two or three pages to use as a guide.
(The Brøken - used for that brøken day)
There have been times when I've sourced for more than one vid from the same source. I was trying to save rewatch time in the future. I know what clips I'll need for the vid because it's completed in my head. So when I'm sourcing for a current vid, I'll also take down clip notes on the vids I have in my head. I'm drawn to the same kinds of clips, so I pretty much know what I'll use later.
(Supernatural - used for I Want You (She's So Heavy), Choose Life., and future vids)
I tried typing my source notes to use on my laptop, but I didn't like it. I ended up printing them, so I stick with handwriting my notes. A couple times I looked up the sheet music on Bear McCreary's Blog and printed it, making notes about using certain types of clips on certain notes. I abandoned the idea because I started to hate Battlestar Galactica and I think I left the notes on my keyboard, which is buried somewhere in the garage.
(Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - used for Ding! Dong!)
There are also times when I have no notes. I'm not entirely sure what the difference is in the vids themselves.