PRE-PRODUCTION - COURSEWORK

 

Script

Before starting our storyboard, we came up with some initial ideas for our film on a piece of paper. We then developed that into a script, so we could visualize which shots would be filmed at each location, and sort out the narrative that would be featured in our film. Our storyboard ended up slightly different to our script as we changed our minds on some shots as we began to visualize each scene, however Clementine (my partner) and I found it very useful to have to the script to refer to throughout the different stages of production.

First draft

Second draft

Pre-visualization

Below is a picture of our preliminary storyboard, which we drew out when we first started to visualize the different shots. We drew each shot on a magnetic whiteboard sheet, so we could rearrange them as we figured out the sequence of the shots. This made it much easier to figure out the order of our film as we were able to add, and move around shots as we discussed our thoughts.

Storyboard

This is our final storyboard, which we used as we filmed. It helped us stay on track and made it much easier to make our shooting schedule and work out the logistics of filming. Although we added a few shots, we used it to make sure we remembered to film the shots we had discussed previously, so we knew we at least ended up with the shots we needed to carry the narrative of the story.