Storyboard 4

Storyboard 3

Storyboard 2

Storyboard 1

Fonts and colours to use

Other required information

Target audience would be for children as the production itself contains children (my younger siblings) as actors, dressed up in various costumes- superhero, princess, Buzz Lightyear, etc. There is quite a bit of child-friendly humour, mostly one of my brothers being his crazy self and the use of Nerf Guns- no intentions of encouraging violence, Nerf Guns are just fun.

The use of continuous or discontinuous editting shows that the production is organised and any unneccesary sections of it have been cut out, allowing for the short film to flow, cutting from one scene to the next and allowing for short time jumps.

 

Brainstorm for my Preliminary Task

 

Ideas

 

 

Preliminary task- 2 mins maximum

                            Target audience: Kids to young teens?

 

- Could get siblings involved- superhero or princess costumes

- Film at home (use Dad's camera)

- 'Princess' in danger- superheroes save her- let Billy be Billy for possible humour- one bad guy and one good guy

- Script

 

- Editor- Bradley Bryant?

 

 

 

OR

 

 

- Me off camera, but actor- film day-to-day life and introduce some form of tragedy- run off with camera

- 'Issues at home'- title?

 

 

OR

 

 

 

- Stick to day-to-day life: SIBLING RIVALRY- me VS brother 1

 

OR

 

- Quiz show with younger three siblings as contestants- ask questions related to their favourite films/ TV shows/ etc- brother 1 as camera man or quiz master

 

OR

 

 

- Annoying habits- me VS others (SIBLING RIVALRY)

- Mum's sayings

- Dad

- Me and Dad playing Zombies on the PS3?

 

Have to get actors doing:

 

Match on action

180 degree rule

Shot/reverse shot

Ten second/short conversation

Walking (or running) across a room and out of a door

Character sitting down

Climbing or running down stairs- focus on feet

 

- NERF GUNS!!

- Music? Background noise?

- Billy: Batman (obviously), Thomas: Superman or other, Emma: Either superhero or princess or superhero ninja princess with a Nerf Gun

- Fight? Superhero VS superhero? Princess VS Superhero!

-(References to books- Percy Jackson (blue food), Harry Potter (Page 394) Hunger Games (sugar cubes) etc.)

- Photos of the younger three siblings in costume, of setting, of props (blue food, etc.)

- STORYBOARD

 

- If not Nerf Guns, toy guns that light up and make sounds- FIND THEM!

- KEEP ALL WEAPONS AWAY FROM EMMA- NOTHING SHARP, FLAMMABLE, VALUABLE, HEAVY OR POSSESSING AN ABILITY TO BE A WEAPON

 

- NEED SCRIPT OF SOME SORT! (Or improvisation?)

- Photos of the siblings captioned with names and slogans for all:

 

Billy- 'He may look like an idiot, he may talk like an idiot, but don't let that fool you- he really is an idiot' - (Joker, from Batman)

Thomas- As devilish as he is adorable- DO NOT FEED!

SWEETS. DO NOT FEED SWEETS.

OR NO SWEETS HERE! I DON'T SHARE!

Emma- She's a vicious, terrifying six year old- DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE SWEETNESS!

 



- Emma could be Buzz Lightyear! Will need a space gun- FIND THAT TOO!

 

- Work around Christmas theme? Santa hats? Emma in her elf costume? ('Dobby is a free elf!') Tinsel hats?



                            

 



Necessary camera shots

 

Camera shots

Shot/reverse shot is a method commonly used in the filming industry. It concerns two characters- Character A and Character B- most likely when they are engaging in conversation. While Character A is talking, the camera is focused on them, possibly filmed over Character B's shoulder. When Character B speaks, the camera cuts to record them, considerably also over Character A's shoulder.

Shot/reverse shot

The 180 degree rule tells us where characters are placed in a scene. The camera is allowed to move anywhere on one side of an imaginary line- the 180 degree line. The camera does not move to the other side of the line unless it is shown crossing- for example, passing behind a character, from their left to their right, to cross the set line.

180 degree rule

 

 

Match on action labels camera movements that follow actions of a character. The camera cuts from one action to the following one, giving the scene a sense of continuity. This technique is always used- it's highly unlikely to find a film or TV production that does not possess match on action.

Match on action