Storyboard

My group and I finished the storyboard to give us an idea on how our Thriller opening will look. There were many thing that needed to be thought about such as, transitions, timings, positioning of characters etc. This is going to help us when it comes to creating the animatic of our presentation. Not only this but creating a storyboard will help us when it comes to filming so it gives us an idea of what it is that is needed to be done.

This is our first storyboard the group made and it was quite exciting to see the visual side of our opening. Although we did find that some of our shots  needed some work with either timing or transitions, and we also moved some around to make it as life like as possible




One we had moved and changed things we then had to think about the camera angle and which shot would look best where. We kept going back to change things once more as we felt it still wasn't right. I'm sure what ever we do it still won't be perfect so it is working progress

 

Overall, from creating the storyboard it will allow us to see our Thriller opening in a visual way instead of on paper in words and will give us an idea on how our final product will look. From doing this we are prepared for filming and editing as we can use the storyboard as a guide to aid us throughout. Our next job to do will be the animatic presentation our storyboard will help us in this also.

Evaluation of Continuity Task

How has the continuity task aided your understanding of the film process?

By doing the continuity task it has really helped my understanding of the film process, and my understanding of it has greatly improved. It has been very good practise for when creating our own opening of a Thriller. We faced some problems throughout the continuity task which I’m sure we can improve on when planning, filming and editing our opening title sequence.

What problems did we come across during the continuity task and how did we overcome them?

When doing the continuity task we came across some problems like I’m sure the other groups did too but most of them we did overcome.  Not many of us have used the software we need to do our editing but from doing the re creating editing task and from asking Mr Miche and Mr Ford we slowly but surely managed to get the hang of it. Another problem we faced was timing because we didn’t check to see if our location was free to use we had to rush the filming the next day as we had to complete the task for our deadline.  When editing the final extract we all agreed that the ending wasn’t done to the best of our ability as it didn’t flow with the other shots, this is probably due to the timing issue. However we decided to leave it in the end as we wanted to focus on our actual coursework piece and we will take it on board and when it comes to filming for real that all the shots flow and are continuous and if not be sure to film again until they do.

What did you do well on in your continuity task?

I think we succeeded in editing as we learnt so much from our previous lesson and we put that into practise, although we are still learning when we are doing which will help when editing our actual Thriller opening. We managed to include a variety of camera angles and stuck to the 180 degree rule. Although the ending wasn’t as good as we hoped it’s good because we can learn from our mistakes and make our final piece as good as it can be.

The storyboarding process and shot list

I don’t think our group realised how important these elements are when creating the continuity task and the opening as we relied on it quite a lot. The shot list changed a lot as we wanted to get it perfect and we used it a lot. We realised that we needed to be more organised and our timing with things needs to be improved. This links back in with the storyboarding and shot list as it needs to be accurate in order to help us with our final piece, we didn’t spend much time researching what kind of music so when we had to add it in it took time researching and finding what fitted in best. However we did give roles during this task Melissa and I filmed and directed, whilst Finley and Jacob were acting within our continuity task but when it came to editing we did it as a group because we all needed the practise and needed to learn.

Overall, from doing the continuity task it has really improved not only my understanding but the groups understanding of the skills in planning, filming and editing. We will make sure we improve in the final piece. Not only this but we now know what to expect and make sure we are organised and our timing is in check.

Continuity Task

Practising Shots

Before going out to film our continuity task Finley, Melissa, Jacob and I thought it would be a good idea to practise some of our shots. This was decided when drawing our storyboard as we didn't know how to draw them, hoping we would then get a feel for how to draw them.

This is our Low Angle shot looking down on Jacob from Finley's perspective making him seem inferior.

This is our attempt at high angled shot looking up at Finley from Jacobs perspective making him seem superior






Whilst taking picture we decided to take picture for our location

This is our second inside Chikara

This is out first location outside Chikara

Storyboard talk

On Tuesday we had guest speaker, Sophie to come in and help us with our storyboarding. I found this incredibly helpful as showed us that you don't necessarily have to be an incredible artist in order to create a storyboard. Not only this but Sophie showed us example of her own work and work that has been used in order to create an actual Disney film. Mr Miche then asked her what her top three most important things were when it comes to storyboarding and these were her answers;

• Plan before you start storyboarding, maybe bullet point your plot in descriptive sentences.
• Don't necesarrily have to draw it order, get a scrap piece of paper to get your little idea down first. Don't feel limited with one piece of paper.
• Think of the rule of thirds and where the things are placed. If its closer to the middle of the screen it tends to be more important.

Continuity Editing Task

Preliminary Task

In this section of the Continuity Editing Task we were asked to provide ourselves with a shot list and storyboard in order to complete a 60-90 seconds clip, however there are some technical requirements we need to consider when creating it;

• You must not break the 180 degrees rule
• You must include a shot reverse shot 
• You must include a variety of appropriate camera angles
• You must edit so that continuity is apparent and meaning is clear
• You must include more than one location
• You must include some interaction between characters
• You must include some non-diegetic sound

This is our groups shot list;

• Over the shoulder of person A entering Chikara
• Opens door (close up)
• Close up of person A looking around the building for person B
• Walks up and opens second door
• Cut to Drama Studios
• Establishing shot of person B doing an essay
• Close up of person B's face 
• Person A walks up to Person B
• Shot reverse shot of person A asking "Where is my pencil case" and person B replying "Please Finley, I really need it"
• Shot of Person A going to hit Person B (screen goes black)
• Person A exits through the same door 

Location= Chikara and Drama Studios

Characters= Jacob and Finley

Here is our story board; 

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