Shot List

Specific Location	Shot Number and Shot Details	Props in the shot and where	Character(s) in scene
1,2,3 Outside Aaron’s house	Establishing shot. Camera pans buildings and stops when it reaches Aarons house. Aaron walks out of house when camera stops panning.	Hat	Aaron
4 In front of the gate	Mid shot. Aaron walks up to gate	Boom box, hat	Aaron, Aaron’s friends.
5	Over the shoulder. Aaron opens gate with key	Boom box, gate key, hat	Aaron, Aarons friends
6	Camera goes in between Aarons friends “Long shot”, See Aaron open gate and walks through.	Hat	Aaron, Aarons friends
7	Foreground shot, camera behind Aaron’s head see Aarons friends in foreground standing with boom box	Boom box, hat	Aaron, Aarons friends
8	Camera zooms in for close-up of Aaron walking towards his friend while the other friend walks towards him	Hat, Boom box	Hat, Boom box
9	Cuts to close-up of the boom box and shows a hand turning the volume dial up. Then cuts to a close-up of the sub-woofer on the boom box	Boom box	Aaron’s friend
10	Longshot of Aaron and friends walking out the alley. Camera is behind them	Hat, Boom box	Aaron, Aarons friends
11	Long shot, cuts to the opposite side and shows Aaron and his friends walking out of the gate.	Hat, Boom box	Aaron, Aarons friends
12	Camera is tilted on the floor. Characters walk by showing lower body.	No props	Aaron, Aaron’s friend
13	Camera pans left to right Starts of showing park and continues to pan past the characters faces. Mid shot	Boom box and hat	Aaron, Aarons friends
14,15	Close up of placing the boom box down.	Boom box	Aaron friend
16	Over the shoulder shot. Aaron informing friend to be careful Starts to rap	Boom box hat	Aaron and friend
17	Switches to mid-shot behind Aaron, friend raps also,	Hat	Aaron friend
18	Mid shot, a Whole group starts rapping.	Hat, Boom box	Aaron, Aarons friends
20	Close-up of Aaron’s friend rapping in a comical way as he dances.	No props	Aarons friend
21	Mid-shot shows whole group rapping and dancing in a satirical way.	Boom box, hat	Aarons and his friends
22	Film title.

Feedback

The initial draft of our storyboard had to undertake several adjustments in order for it to improve. Several aspects of the feedback our group received suggested that we lacked a wide range of camera shots. Therefore our group members decided to include more interesting shots. For example we incorporated several close-ups, long-shots, mid-shots, establishing shots and over-the-shoulder shots. This change helped to improve are basic comical storyline into a more appealing and engaging one.  The group’s main focus was to adjust the way in which the titles appeared. Our first vision was to present the titles on a blank screen; in-between each frame. However, this idea prolonged the movement of the characters and the actions which occurred on screen. As a result each shot didn’t correspond with the next and so the storyboard lacked a consistent flow. 

I realised that this wouldn't be beneficial for the audience because it created confusion and inconsistency. After the teacher’s feedback, we decided to completely change the way in which the titles appear on screen. We collaborated that if would be more effective if the titles appeared on the actual moving image in each shot. Also the group also confirmed the titles should remain in the same mid-right potion. Are group found that consistency was a key aspect we needed to include, in order to present clear readable titles to are audience. Another improvement which the feedback suggested was to include small aspects of comical dialogue when the characters were interacting; to ensure the audience are aware if the genre of the film. It also adds understanding to the personalities of the characters. After hearing this suggestion the group decided to incorporate a scene where the characters would ‘rap’ against one another in an amusing way. This idea helped tie up the end of the title sequence by aiming to further engage the audience and make them laugh.

The feedback are group received really help to put our storyline into perspective, and encouraged us to re-think the ending of our title sequence so it would interest the audience. Altogether I think our re-drafted storyboard provides a visibly clear story but remains appealing and relevant to our chosen gene, comedy.

Storyboard Final Draft

 

Storyboard Draft One

 

Assessment 4 Moodboard

Assessment 4 on Prezi

The Final Idea

The final storyline we decided to go with was idea four, out of our six initial ideas.  As a group we deliberated that this idea considered an entertaining storyline for our target audience; young adults. Our idea provides an unrealistic, but mature plot which adds to the idea of a comical genre. This is an example of the type of film our audience would find comical throughout. The film’s title sequence will uses typical conventions of a comedy film. For example, a possible idea of a title sequence could include: The film begins by setting the scene ‘London, united Kingdom’; a preview of writing will inform the audience of the location and the year. This will create understanding of where the film is situated and where the action will take place. The sequence will include a strong sense of Mise-en scene, which will be integrated throughout the title sequence.

 The typical conventions of a comedy genre include: High key lighting, as it emphasises the characters emotions and feeling. It will be used throughout the title sequence to represent the genre of the film; a family comedy aimed particular at young adults. This could also be portrayed through the use of vivid colours and family orientated locations. For example a family home, or work place.

Another possible convention our group could incorporate in our title sequence is:  on-screen sound. Dialect could be immediately preformed by the characters. This would be effective for this particular genre because a sense of laughter will be created by the humorous conversation displayed.  For example the main character, James and his friends or family.
The brief of our selected storyline consist of our main character James (MC Don), a man around the age of 25; who desires to fulfil his lifelong dreams of becoming a famous, international recording artist. James is particularly aiming to achieve his world wide name throughout the hip-hop industry. He disarmingly travels to Hollywood to have a meeting with a top record deal, the company denies James of any potential or talent and so he is put down miserably.

  James continues on his travels home, back to the UK after being turned down and has what he explains as a 'massive breakdown'. However comically, his breakdown only lasts an hour and then he soon gets back on his feet trying to achieve his dreams alone and making it broad for others. We chose this story as our final idea as we thought we could expand on a great comical story line while including several conventions of a typical comedy film.

Six Initial Ideas

1) A young girl babysits for the night, but things doesn’t always go according to plan when the kids take over.

2) A mischievous monkey escapes a zoo and causes mayhem in Manhattan.

3) An irresponsible man is forced into a troublesome situation, when he has to look after a foster child for a while.

4) A wannabe hip-hop artist goes on a journey to follow his dreams, but will he get his big break?

5) A teenage girl starts her first day at school after being home schooled all her life. How will survive in the American high school?

6) A young boy gets lost on his journeys in Disneyland, and has the adventure of his life.