R+P Post 12: Our storyboard

I really enjoyed creating the storyboard with Tom, as I found it easier to create a plan of the opening sequence visually. Also, it enabled us to think more about the story and narrative structure shot-by-shot. Additionally, it allowed us to plan our dialogue really well, which is essential for our opening sequence due to its genre.

Photo of our first storyboard

Our framing colour-key

We decided to use post-it notes for our storyboard shots because they can be easily moved around an changed. We used a key to tell us which colour post-it note corresponds to which framing type. We chose to do this because it meant we could quickly see if we had too many shots with the same framing next to each other, which would make it boring for the audience.

I found that making the storyboard was the most useful part of pre-production, as it gave us the first real visualisation of the opening sequence as a whole.