Creating My Story

To turn my film into a project from an idea, I started to develop into how to shoot it, where, the storyboard itself, etc.

I started with a storyboard, to get the basics of my film onto paper. I decided to draw out the first couple of camera angles in the first couple of scenes. To the right, you can see the storyboard I created. The arrows represent the camera directions, or the movement of people/extras.

After getting an idea of what my film would look like, I edited my script around the story board and annotated it.

I annotated things like the shots, certain moods to be created in parts, and adding detail to directions, like walking (fast/slow), etc.

This helped me sort out what shots I needed, and helped a lot with my shot list.

I created a shot list to organise what shots I needed in what scenes, and it's acts like a sort of checklist. It helps me to check off what scenes I need to do, and what shots to include, so I don't miss anything. I've also added descriptions to help if I've forgotten what idea I had what that shot, or to explain to someone who is reading it.

Additionally, the scenes are colour-coded by location. I did this because I put the scenes in order, and some locations are repeated. This way, I know when scenes are in the same location or not.