Comment on Storyboard & Shooting Schedule

The storyboard to our thriller & our shooting schedule can be found here on Becky's Blog.

 Regarding the storyboard, to being with we all had some input. Becky soon took over as the individual with the best drawing skills and idea of what the content of the opening was to be. However when it came to what would be contained in the shots of the flashbacks, we all helped come up with content (Jos/Rhys being hit with a rock, dragged, etc). We also decided it would be a good idea to neatly present the storyboard by scanning it and re-doing it in photoshop to improve clarity. Becky put a lot of thought into camera angles and used ideas from other thrillers such as Predators and The Book of Eli (similar to our panning of trees in shots 1-2 and the panning of the body).

 In comment of the shooting schedule and storyboard, we forgot to bring along our storyboard along with us the first time we went filming. Thus, we forgot to film some of the shots leaving us feeling like we didn't have enough footage to work with. As a result we planned to film not only on November 6th but on thursday 11th November when we had a double media lesson. However, it then was raining on this thursday so we had to delay filming until the following thursday, November 18th. On this day we remembered our storyboard and therefore were able to film all the remaining shots as well as re-film some parts we weren't satisfied with the first time round. Now all our filming is done and out of the way, and footage is currently being edited.