Preliminary Task - Storyboard

Our preliminary task was loosely based on this storyboard. We designed the storyboard to show off what we had learned so far - Match on Action, Shot-Reverse Shot, and the 180° Rule.

We planned to have a man walk through a door, and show him coming through it and closing it. He then walks over to a table, where a woman is sitting. They talk, before the man walks out.

Unfortunately, on the day we had some difficulties filming, so we adapted our storyboard slightly, and decided to allow the two people to start a conversation, and we would move round them taking different shots. For this reason, the filming has continuity, whereas the sound and audio doesn't. We attempted to change this on the Mac, but unfortunately, we could not dub the sound over and keep the film the way we want it.

Preliminary Task - Continuity Principals

An opening sequence is designed to:

• Establish character and narrative context
• To set up some sort of curiosity or question that will be answered within the film
• To help the audience understand location, character and purpose
• Display credits while explaining some sort of action

For the preliminary task, there are 3 rules that we must abide by:

Match on Action
Two shots that connect together, to seamlessly show a piece of action. The movement/action usually starts in one shot, and ends in another.

Shot-Reverse Shot
A technique, where the camera shows Person #1, look at Person #2, over his shoulder. The next shot is Person #2, looking at Person #1, and the final shot is back to Person #1 looking at Person #2. It usually is used during certain lines of dialogue.

180° Rule
Two characters in the same scene should always be showing on the same side. For example: