Story Boarding

 Making the Story Board:

2/26/2022 11:57PM

    I had a rough idea of how I wanted the opening to look. I knew I wanted to have it primarily shot in the forest. I also knew I wanted the opening to represent a search. The film's plot is based on this search so I wanted that theme established from the start. I also was cautious of the opening looking more like a compilation than anything. Because of this, I wanted to make sure the opening indicated a continuing storyline. In order to do this, I thought of making a map the viewers could see. At the end of the opening, the character will cross off the location he's at circling a new one. 

    This thought lead me to think about the context of the map. Where did he make it, why is he making it? I thought about having the character in an abandoned, dark, and empty room. This is a similar scene to the short film I analyzed at the start of my project "The Manuel". It really gave a feeling of loneliness to the opening and also indicates a post-apocalyptic world. Now I knew both filming locations and the elements I wanted to implement. I started sketching the shots out below. Bellow each frame is a description of the shot and the character's actions. There ended up being 23 frames in total. 

1. Medium shot character walking forward

2. Camera moves to medium shot through the tree

3. *Cut* medium shot center third showing forest in back

4. *Cut*Wide Tracking shot character walking into the forest

5. *Cut*High angle shot character looking at the map then around the forest

6. *Cut* High angle shot from a camera positioned on a tree, the character left third partial tree branch in the frame

7. *Cut* Character positioned different spot searching 

8.*Cut* Character positioned different spot searching 

9.*Cut* Character positioned different spot searching 

10.*Cut* Close up of mushroom/tree in the left third, camera close to the ground, the background of forest out of focus 
11.*Cut* Focus pull from mushroom the character in the background 

12. *Cut* Shoe from a wide shot from the right corner of an empty room, a character on floor planning 

13.*Cut* Camera goes to a medium shot of character on the floor

14.*Cut* Wide shot of a character walking through the frame in the first 

15. *Cut*Over the shoulder shot of character planning on the floor 

16.*Cut* Medium shot of character bending over picking up mushroom 

17.*Cut* Medium shot going around the character on the floor planning 

18. *Cut*High angle shot from the tree of the character looking around in the forest 

19. *Cut*Full shot of a character in the left third, the character is on side of the shadow as the sun is setting 

20. *Cut*Celling overhead shot of character planning in room

21. *Cut* Camera positioned the same place multiple wide shot cuts of character in different places, frantic

22. *Cut*Over the shoulder shot of the character looking at the map and putting a pic of mom in pocket 

23. *Cut*Camera tilts upward showing top of tree and sky where title will be placed