Further Planning of the Preliminary Task

Now we had a better understanding of what we wanted to do for the preliminary task, we began to plan in further detail. We started off by writing up a list of the various tasks that needed to be done before we started filming; these included:

• Writing up a storyboard.
• Selecting the music to go in the scene.
• Finding a suitable location for the scene to be shot.
• Selecting the sound effects to go in the scene.
• Writing up a simple script for the scene.

We started off by creating a storyboard for the scene:

When creating the storyboard, we always had in mind the three aspects that the brief stated needed to be including the the task; an example of match on action, shot/ reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. Furthermore the scene had to include two characters; one character walking through a door, an object had to be exchanged and there had to be dialogue between the characters. We made sure these aspects were included.


Also, when putting together the storyboard, as well as concentrating on the visual part of the scene, we had to think about the audio that is going to be used in the scene. This included sound effects, background noise and any music that we wanted to include to help the overall affect of the scene.


We first storyboarded the audio by thinking about the effect we were trying to create. By doing this we could think about the kinds of sounds we wanted in the scene. Firstly, we thought about the background noises and music, as this is essential for creating effect. After this we thought about the sound effects to keep continuity.


After storyboarding these sounds, we looked at the sounds from http://www.sounddogs.com/, which is a free, and copyright free sound download site. We then voted on the best sounds and downloaded them, ready to begin editing when we finish shooting.


The location we easy to find as we decided to set the film in an office-based room, so we just needed an empty classroom.


Then finally we wrote up a simple script :
Shot 5
Character B: Have you got the money (rough, aggressive voice)
Shot 6
Character A: Yeah, where do ya' wanna meet?
Shot 7
Character B: The train station at 11
Shot 9
Character A: It's all there.


We are now ready to begin shooting the scene.