Preliminary Task: Planning

As part of our preliminary task, we were asked to storyboard the sequence of shots we were going to use to create our 2 minute clip. Our group came up with the idea of creating a situation that involved a job interview. However, as a practice for our coursework we decided to create an interview that was quite tense and based on a "thriller" type story. The storyboard below shows how we intend to create a short piece of film that follows an interview for an assassin...

 Even though our 

storyboards are not brilliantly drawn, we are able to capture each shot that we will need to create the type of genre and tension that we expect from our clip. The storyboard is also useful as it gives brief description of how to shots may pan or track and what sort of frame we will use.

The storyboards mean that we will not miss shots accidentally as we have a detailed plan of what shots are needed and in what sequence. The storyboard is also helpful to understand how much of the shot we need to cover the background and where the camera should be to ensure the character is in the centre of the frame.

The storyboards we have created will make filming and keeping on track a lot easier than if we just worked from memory. The storyboard also helps us to track our progress and discover which shots work and which don't without having to remember which shots we have tried.