Our Storyboard ~ A Work In Progress

I got to work with our director today to add my own input to our storyboard! We worked more on specifying particular shots in the very beginning of our film.

We so far have four finalized shots, and the fifth marks beginning of our character's dialogue (which we're going to work on more tomorrow).

In the first shot, we have a high-angle tilt which introduces the audience to the bookstore (Barnes and Noble is where we plan to film). The camera tilts down as our first main character (I'll call them mc 1 for short) walks into the store.

We then move to a wide shot of the store's interior, which serves as our establishing shot for the film. Given the composition of this shot, I was debating with my director and editor whether or not the title of our film should appear here or more towards the end of this two-minute intro.

In our third shot - a long shot - the camera changes positions as mc 1 moves to a different area in the store. We plan to have both main characters in this shot, with mc 1 in the foreground and mc 2 in the mid-ground.

Because both characters are featured in the third shot being in different positions, the focus of the camera will shift from mc 1 to mc 2. This then transitions to our fourth shot, a close up of mc 2. We plan to change the vibrance of the film in some way here, which we will figure out with our editor after filming (we are not yet sure whether this idea should be scrapped completely or just altered).

Our fifth shot is a medium shot of both characters finally meeting. I plan to have them both outside of the rule of thirds lines, though mc 2 will lean in farther into the line (as they are making the first move). 

When we next meet again, we will expand on this storyboard. We plan to complete our storyboard and create the shotlist by February 15th!

Now, in working on the storyboard, I couldn't differentiate between particular shots, and did some research on the matter. My next couple of posts will be going over what I learned about them, and how some of them are applied to our film!