Storyboard and Shot List

Storyboard 

Throughout our pre production process we made sure that we drew many different storyboards to keep up to date with changes in our screenplay or treatment. In each storyboard we made sure to include every detail to make it precise and ensure that when we come to film we wouldn't have any problems on set as we wanted to make sure it ran as smoothly as possible. When writing our first storyboard we wanted to make sure that certain shot would work, we did this by filming some mock shots in the classroom using a pencil as our scapulae to just an idea if these shots would work or. By doing this, we were able to see that some shots,although good ideas, were not going to be effective in our final piece and we had to think of a new way to create the look. our final story board looked like this :

In our story board we also had to include what type of shot we were using for example over the shoulder shot. We also had to add in if there was any dialogue in that scene, or any sound effects as we had a slapping sound effect for when the doctor hit the girl . Furthermore we also had to state whether the focus was in soft or sharp on certain objects, again we had to do this by some test shots to see what worked and what didn't and then added them to the storyboard.

Although the storyboard took time, i think our final piece followed it well, even if some where sjot differently to how we imagined them it followed the storyboard well.




Here are the shots we did in class with the pencil to see if certain shots would work.








Shot List


To make sure our shots matched up, we completed the shot list at the same time as the final storyboard was being completed. Making the shot list really helped on set as it showed everyone were we were and what shot we were doing next. By following the storyboard and the shot list at the same time it allowed things to run smoothly as everyone knew where we were and what we were going to shoot next. It also helped when it came to our editing process as we could rename each shot on Final Cut pro to the exact name on the shot list and therefore helped when piecing the sequence together.It also ensures us that we don't need to go out and re film any shots as we know that we have them all.  Below is a picture of our shot list :

We decided on 9 shot types to stick to the horror genre conventions but also to give the opening the right feel that we wanted to create . W also need to ensure that we had included enough shots so that when it came to editing we had enough to work with , by filming the whole film opening in each set up we were able to achieve this as we knew we could take bits from each set up.

I feel as though our shot list helped us a lot when filming as it made sure we had everything done and that we could tick each shot off once we were happy, without it we wouldn't have known what scene we had just shot and therefore it was useful to our team.