LO1 - Task 1 - Storyboard

Below is the storyboard drawn when planning the first scene.

Here's how the storyboard compares to the actual footage.

 When editing the video, instead of creating a separate frame for the opening title, I chose to put the text in a clear space on the opening clip.

For the opening clip of Joe, the location wasn't important for the scene, so I just drew him in a normal room with windows and chairs. When it came to filming, I chose for their to be no items in the background, so that the only focus was Joe.

I also drew it as a full shot, but realised that Joe would only be talking so to use all of body in shot wasn't necessary, and my chosen shot again draws more attention to Joe and what he's saying.

I drew the Doctor with glasses, but they weren't needed and weren't used.

I originally planned for the Doctor to be sat behind a desk, but then worried that this would make other shots of the Doctor, where he performs actions and physical activities, more challenging for the actor, so I instead had him stood up. The can was initially going to be placed on the desk for Doctor to easily access, but after losing the desk the can was instead placed on the shoulder of the skeleton prop.

I was going to slowly zoom into the Doctor whilst he was talking, but found that this sometimes cause the shot to jerk and become un-focused, so this idea was dropped.

Dr. Agon still remained centralised in the shot, even with extra comical props added like the scientific hat-wearing model diagrams.

For this shot I copied the storyboard exactly, as I wanted it to be a close up shot of Dr. Agon pointing to the diagram of the brain.

Slow-motion for this shot was only a thought, as in the storyboard I only only wrote "Possible slow-motion." It had no impact and wasn't used, however I felt that it did work well for the next shot.

Slow-motion was added to shot to make the can clearer and stand out more against the (almost) out of focus background. A close-up shot was used as planned and I feel that it works well as it puts more impact and focus on it.

Joe's hand movement weren't as animated but that was through the actor's choice.

The next part of the film shows the can hitting Joe in the head. This was an idea that developed later in production, but not before the storyboard was created.

The shot then returns to the Doctor, now acting with a sympathetic/upset expression.