Friday, 8 November 2013

Story Boards

A story board is a visual representation of what my trailer is going to look like using shot types and camera angles. The story board is used to help on set and used to visualise what the film is going to look like. Its almost like a plan which you use before you film it.

Story boards need to include :

  • the location
  • how many actors are in the shot
  • any important props or vehicles
  • costumes
  • Movement of actors,props, vehicles
  • lighting
  • shot types
  • shot angles

Underneath is a example of a story board from the famous and popular film Harry potter.


For my own story board i made my own grid in which i am getting ready to start planning. I used some feedback from my teacher after he had read my script to start me off with my storybaord. I realised how detailed my story board had to be.


 
Here is my story board for my trailer. It is very simple but very helpful when i will be filming my trailer.
 


 
Between my shots I will use the transition 'Crossfade'. This will allow my trailer to flow smoothly. I want my trailer to have quite a fast pace meaning the duration of most of my clips wont be longer that 2 or 3 seconds as I want to keep it fast paced to keep the audience engaged. This will also help reflect the story line. The sound behind the clips will just be my music choices as I only want to keep the sound on my important clips like the doctor scences as they are very important. The rest of the sound will just involve my 3 music choices and my voice overs telling the narrative.
 

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