Story Boards

During a lecture with Simon, we discussed story boarding and the importance of them for all members of the post and pre production crew. Story boards highlight to the person reading what exactly the director's vision for that scene is. They tell you through images what shot size it is and who is in the shot. There is also a small amount of detail underneath explaining what the image is and the shot size. 
BBC - BLAST FILM
We also learnt what the different shot sizes were and how to tell them just from looking at a picture. I found that through describing the shots using the body as an indication very helpful to my understanding because in past experiences, I always got Close Ups mixed up with Medium Shots because they look very similar. I now have a better understanding of the two and can tell them apart by looking at the characters bodies. If all you can see is head and shoulders then it is a close up. If all you can see is from the waist up then it is a medium shot. Knowing this information will help me when it comes to filming my project as I will not only have the right shots, I will be using the right terminology.

I decided to practice story boarding to aid my understanding. I created a page of story board from watching the "moment" I have blogged earlier (Peter Pan.)
My Story Board of Peter Pan
 

I found doing this task very insightful as it allowed me to think about not only how the director visioned the scene would be but also how particular the shots were filmed and edited together. I will use a storyboard for my project as I feel that it will help me to structure and organise my shots before doing them as well as alerting the members of my crew how I would like them to be.  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Studio Production: Scripting for As Live and VT Productions

Image
A script for an As Live and VT Production, the scripts are very different to that of a film. Below is a guide of how to create a script for an As Live Production.  Layout of an As Live Script There should be two columns: - Left= Shot numbers, camera numbers and shot description. - Right= script, stage instructions, Sound Effects and Graphics.  There are cut lines placed at the end of the word or action at which the cut is to take place.  This allows the vision mixer to the cut the show together with ease.  Adding shots to the script means you need to create a sub shot. For example, Shot 10 would become Shot 10a.  The Camera Operators need to know that you have made a change to the script so that they can add this onto their camera card and be completely aware of what they are doing.  These camera card are provided so that they are fully aware of what it is they need to do for their shots and when to do s...
Read more

Fiction Adaptation: "Being British" by Deanna Rodger

Image
I have chosen to adapt the poem " Being British " by Deanna Rodger.  From my understanding of the poem, it is about the challenges she has faced regarding interracial stereotyping and the struggle to be accepted as a British Citizen of natural birth.  Deanna is a spoken word poet and an international performer. She has had achievements such as being awarded " Elle's " UK " 30 inspirational women under 30 " as well as The Female Lead 's " 20intheir20s " and Cosmopolitan's  " No.1 trailblazing woman ".  She is also a well known poetry grand slam champion and does in fact host her own poetry competitions such as; Chill Pill  and Come Rhyme with me.  Deanna lends out her poetry for educational purposes and evidence of this is seen on her website: https://deannarodger.co.uk/deanna-biography/ I have chosen to adapt "Being British " because I think it will give me a challenge to create a realistic drama out of Dea...
Read more

Production: Producer's Role During Post-Production Research

As I am the Producer for Young & Famous and I am not editing the project, I understand that the Producer takes a step back from the post-production phase.  I have researched into what the Producer's role is throughout this stage as I was unsure if what I was doing was enough.  According to the Creative Skill set; a Producer's role throughout Post - Production is to keep in regular contact with the Director and editor, but to let them harness the footage and create the film.  As the Producer, this is their time to deal with all the finances of the film such as paying actors, marketing and liaising with the distribution companies to sell or exhibit the film and confirming edit or sound changes.  As we are not going to be distributing Young & Famous to big companies to sell, I focused on paying all of the actors their expenses and regularly coming into the edit suit for review meetings with Simon and Andrea.  I...
Read more