Storyboarding

Storyboarding

For our Preliminary task myself and Yasmin decided to prepare ourselves well before filming, we did this by creating a storyboard, brainstorming ideas, and coming up with a short script for the dialogue.

Story: -

•    Location: School – an English room, E2      Setting: The English Room
•  Actor: Jak Bower            Actress: Natalie Carter
•   Genre: Romantic Comedy (Cheesy, high-school-style)
•   There will be some slow motion shots, some music, some sound effects – there will also be different camera shots, camera angles, camera movements, and camera compositions
•  Props: Jak’s school bag, Jak’s books, Jak’s stationary, Natalie’s school bag, Natalie’s books, Natalie’s stationary.
•  Equipment: camera, camera bag, tripod, go-pro, computer, hairdryer, a pile of dictionaries as a stand.
•   Date of filming: 15/10/15

Plot:  -

Two people, a boy and a girl, are early to their English class. The boy fancies the girl; however the feeling seems to be unrequited. (This will be made comic). She walks down a corridor then through the classroom door. We will then cut to the boy’s face and the he will be in awe, we will then cut back to the girl and she will be walking in slow motion and flicking her hear – we will see her through his eyes. This will happen a few times. The scene will then begin its dialogue with a shot on the boy’s love-struck face as you heart the girl says ‘Hello…Hello?!’ and ask him where the rest of the class is. There will then be small dialogue. The boy will then tap his pen on the table in awkwardness, and the girl will look away in awkwardness. They will then slowly turn their heads and look at each other and awkwardly smile, they will then both turn their heads away. The camera will then pan out and up showing them alone in the classroom and emphasising the awkwardness of the situation.

Walking through the corridor	Going through the door	Entrance
Reaction	Dialogue	Awkwardness

Shots: -

1.    Nat walking down the corridor. (Medium long shot) (Eye level angle)

2. Nat walking past the glass. (Medium shot) (Eye level shot)

3.  Nat going through the door from the outside. (Reverse shot) (Eye level shot)

4.  Nat going through the door form the inside. (Reverse shot) (Eye level shot)

5. Nat walking into the room. (Medium shot) (Eye level shot)

6. Cut to Jak’s face. (Close-up) (High angle shot)

7. Slow motion shot of Natalie – hair flick. (Medium shot) (Low angle shot)

8. Cut to Jak’s face. (Close-up) (High angle)

9. Nat, slow motion – about to sit down, turns to talk to him. (Medium close-up) (Eye level shot)

10. Cuts to Jak’s face. (Close-up) (High angle shot)

11. Nat – slow motion shot – hair dryer. (Medium close-up) (High angle shot)

12. Cuts to Jak’s face – hear Nat’s voice – “Hello…hello?!”, then Jak replies. (Close-up) (Eye level shot)

13. Shot of both Nat and Jak – dialogue – Nat sits. (Medium long shot) (Eye level shot)

14. Nat sits, shot from a different angle. (Big close-up) (Low/Side angle)

15. Shot of both, Jak tapping the pen. (Medium long shot) (Eye level shot)

16. The pen being tapped. (Extreme close-up) (High angle shot)

17. Nat looking around. (Close-up) (Eye level shot)

18. Awkward smile – both, pan out. (Medium shot pans out to Establishing shot) (Eye level pans out to a High angle shot)

Script: -

(When the dialogue was filmed we did a lot of over-the-shoulder-shots that were eye level, and we kept to the 180 degree rule).

Nat: Hello…Hello…?!

Jak: Sorry, what?

Nat: So, where is everyone?

Jak: Oh, I-I dunno.

Nat: *sighs*