Main Task - Storyboarding

After our Preliminary Task we have had to film a two-minutes opening to a movie using the techniques that we have learnt during the year. To do this, the first step was to chose a genre and write down a storyboarding to show what it is going to happen in the different scenes: after many changes of mind our group decided to film an opening for a drug-drama.

In the end, this were the scenes and the possible techniques we opted for:

1) A young boy walks away from a school on a windy day: during his way home it is made clear that the character is carefree person who does not know what is good for himself (establishing shot + zoom in);

2) He reaches his home and goes straight in his bedroom on the first floor (match on action when he passes through the door and goes upstairs);

3) The protagonist shows his frustration when he does not manage to do any of his homework and decides to "have a break" (high-angle shot + camera moving backwards);

4)The boy starts looking for something into his underwear-drawers, he pick a black sock and throws it on the desk (mid-shot + cut-in);

5)From inside the sock, the main character pulls out a small transparent bag containing some cocaine (no worries, it is going to be flour) and some quick shots show the importance of this substance for the bloke (stop-motion technique);

6) Lastly, he will inhale the three lines of coke and drop on his chair (wide shot + 3 zoom-in + whitening screen).