Storyboards and Planning

When storyboarding, consider whether each part of your storyboard is a scene or a specific shot;
Scenes (e.g. a group of people walking into a room) need to be broken down into shots
e.g. mid-shot from directly in front of door
close up of faces from side
high angle shot from behind, looking over shoulders and showing room
This creates a shot-list, which can be written and linked to each numbered scene.

You can then organise each scene (and shots) by setting to produce a list of which scenes you will film in any 1 setting. This will help ensure you use your filming time efficiently.

This can then be broken down into the actors and props you will need for each scene, again helping to ensure superb planning.

Key Concepts

Representation
- who or what will be represented in your video?
- in what way do you want your audience to see them, respond to them, feel about them?

Media Language
- how will you make your audience respond in this way?
- consider: mise-en-scene, lighting, props, sound and music, setting, costume etc

Audience
- who is your target audience and how will your representation appeal to them?
- how do you want your target audience to respond?
- why is it important that your artist is represented in this way in relation to your audience?

Genre
- how does your representation link to the genre of your video?
- which elements will be recognisable to your audience?
- what have you changed/ challenged/adapted about the representation in relation to generic conventions and expectations?