From my last blog you will know that I have been working on our groups story board and it is finally completed! For the story board I focused on the main object or subject involved in the shot and didn't focus too much on background. This is because it won't matter what the background is and we will not interfere with the natural backgrounds as our genre, tragedy, is all about real life and making the viewers able to relate to the character, setting ect. Also, I had to put two drawings for some of the shots, this is because there is a specific movement of the camera or of the action that could not be captured with just one drawing.
Unfortunately, I'm not a very good artist and therefore, I realised that although the drawings may make sense to me, the whole team and actors have to be able to read and understand this story board. Therefore I decided to add little post-it notes to add analysis on to each shot/drawing.
On these analysis, the first thing I included was the Shot number, this is mostly for the editor and camera team's use as these shot numbers will match up to labelled shots on the computer. Next I added the angle of the shot, this is also mainly for the camera crew as it is very hard to capture the angle when drawing (especially if you are not very good at it!!),. So by adding this, it is very clear for the camera crew who have to film the shot. Next I wrote the visual, this is what is seen on screen in the shot. This is important for the actors and camera crew as it is impossible to draw every single movement and visual that will be on screen. Therefore by writing what will be happening in the shot, the actors know how to act the shot and the camera crew know what they are looking to film. Next I labelled the actor(s) in each shot, this is for the whole crew and it mainly for organisational purposes. Next I included costumes for each shot, this is for the actor(s) so they know exactly what they will be wearing and also for the director of costume so that they can ensure that each actor is wearing the right thing for each shot. Next I included the time, which is how long each shot will last. This is mainly for the editor so that when they are editing the clips, they will know how long to crop each clip. Next I added the audio as this is also impossible to capture on a drawing, this is for the editors and sound crew mainly as it is their job to record and add the sound in each clip. Next is lighting, this is mainly for the camera crew and editors as they will be he ones in charge of capturing the lighting. And lastly is the props which is mainly for an organisational purpose.
The last thing we did was put a black boarder round the first and last shot and put black arrows around the board. This is so the other members of the crew looking at the board will understand how it works and where it starts and finishes. This is important because I am the one who did the story board and therefore the other members of the crew will not know straight away where each shot goes and how the sequence follows on.
I will now add pictures of the story board that was completed over two sheets of A3 paper:
WITHOUT ANALYSIS VIABLE:
WITH ANALYSIS VISIBLE:
I am currently working on the Location Plan and the Shot Plan and hope to get them up soon!
See you soon.
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