Brief
For our preliminary task we had been told we were going to make a short, basic film, which could be whatever we wanted in school, but we must ensure that we make it keeping in mind four basic principles:
1. Continuity editing: Varying distances and angles, using pans, steadicam, handicam, cutaways etc.
2. The 180° Rule: In which we have to keep to the correct perspective, as to not jump the line and cause audience disorientation, by staying on one side during a scene.
3. Two lines of dialogue must be used.
4. At one point in the short film a door opening should be shown.
Ideas
In class we were shown some previous students attempts on the preliminary task, which gave our group a lot of ideas to work with and think about, some had a basic chase scene, whereas others attempted to keep their main plot a mystery during much of the short film to lead up to a large, occasionally shocking climax.
However, we decided we wanted to try and combine the two, with a chase scene leading up to a shocking reveal.
Storyboard
This is our storyboard, showing the story of someone searching through a bag, only to be caught by the bag's owner, and so a chase ensues, and in the end the thief is caught, only to cause quite an upset when their identity is revealed.
We will be using various techniques throughout the short, including a point-of-view (POV) shot during the chase, many over-the-shoulder shots, as well as shot/reverse shots to create tension.
Well done on first post and loading storyboard effectively. i have some pointers to give you in class however one important thing to tell you is that your storyboard features all ELS instead of a variety of distances. Was this your intention?
ReplyDeleteThe way the storyboard was done was to show the story through the drawing, then show the shots and angles underneath, writing them. We do intend to have different shots, they are written underneath the pictures.
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