Daisy
Campbell
Storyboard sketches
From the blue arrows around the frame we can see that the view should go from blurred into focus on a close up shot of a calendar
We then snap back a wider, almost establishing shot of the bedroom that the calendar hangs in. The sound quie of an alarm clock ringing and the audience finds where it is
From the blue arrow I know that this frame is shot from below, giving the illusion of power. This shot shows the protagonist running down the stairs. We establish that the protagonist colour of identification (in the storyboard) is pink.
The protagonist enters via a door. From the arrows highlighted in blue I can tell that the door swings open from the left to the right and the character of the birthday girl is established.
The protagonist (as seen in pink) sits on the ground and blows a balloon. As indicated from the blue arrow, the camera follows the balloon as she inflates it.
The camera now is still and is shot over the shoulder of a stuffed animal. This could be seen as humorous, as this technique of shooting is most commonly used when two people are talking to each other. However, this shot is shared between soft toys.
This needs to be a drastic contrast to the last scene. I want this to be an extreme close up of the protagonists face. The audience can establish that the protagonist has been crying as mascara has run down her face .
From the overhead blue arrows I know that this scene should be shot from above. The birthday cake on the table (the same table that the soft toys sit at) is shot from a birds eye view, the cake is centralised.
Outside shot from the outside of the house that the protagonist lives in. The mysterious birthday present of the box is centralised. Making it the most important thing in the scene.
The protagonist (still wearing her pink identification and birthday hat) bring the box indoors, she gets inside.
The birthday party guest (identified by their purple costume comes inside and opens the box. From the blue arrows I can see that the box lid is pulled apart from the centre to the right and left.
Finally, we camera sinks into the box and sees the protagonists party hat, her identifier. The audience establish that she has disappeared unexplainably.
Storyboards are an effective and useful tool for anybody in the film making industry as they help the directors/animators/script writers visualise what the full piece will look like when it is completed. A was useful to me as I could plan the angels, effects and positioning of everyone and everything in the shot, before I shot it.
These are the basic plans of the main events that happened in my film, The one on the left is the first draft, on the right is the second and final draft for all the main moments of my film