Group Planning: Storyboards

Before shooting our footage for our soap trailer we made separate storylines, this was so we knew what social issues we wanted to include and how we would create an interwoven storylines. It also made it easier for us to make our storyboards as we had the storylines planned and put into order. Below are images of the storyboards which we created.

Shots 1-3 was planned to be our wardrobe scene. Shot 1 was of a teenager waking up and getting ready to meet his friend, we planned to use an extreme close up camera shot of the teen's face whilst he was getting ready, and this was in order to introduce the character to the audience.
We planned for the teen to open their wardrobe and take out an item of clothing through a point of view shot.

Shot 2 switched to a second teen. A close up would be used to introduce the teen, whilst they are also taking an item out of their wardrobe. This also showed that both characters are in the same storyline.

Shot 3 we planned to use and over the shoulder shot to show the view out of the window, this was in order to move the storyline to the passer-by.

In shot 4 the passer-by’s point of view is used to focus on the prop of the phone so the viewers can read the text message; this was used in order to move the storyline to the drug scene.

Shot 5 is a scene of a couple arguing, we planned to use an over the shoulder or shot reverse shot in order to show the argument between the couple. This was used in order to show relationship issues as well as introduce a female character.

Shot 6 is Philip reading the text which has been sent from the teenager who passed by the window. This was used in order to link the two characters together within the same storyline of the drug deal. (Incorrect order whilst planning).



Shot 7 was a shot of our main communal area which we planned to use within our soap, we planned to capture the exterior of the pub in order to emphasise that this was the main communal area within the soap, before we would fade into the next shot which would take the audience into the pub.

Shot 8 would be faded into after showing the exterior of the pub, this in order to show the audience the interior so they can see the main setting where storylines within our soap will become interwoven.

Shot 9 was the character in the pub leaving, who would then walk into a character coming out of the betting shop, this was in order to show the social issue of financial situations, as the character leaving the shop has lost their bet.

Shot 6 mentioned previously (Wrong order in planning)



Shot 10, was Mark walking past the drug deal whilst it was taking place. We planned to shoot this using a trailing show of Mark before switching to a mid-shot of the drug scene in the alley. This was in order to create continuity editing.

Shot 11-12:

For shot 11 we planned for the character (Mark) that has lost the bet to push the character that has left the pub (Edward) due to anger, who would then stumble into the road with oncoming traffic. This would then cut straight into shot 12, where you would see an extreme close up of Edwards’s face, before changing to a point of view shot of a car coming towards him. We then wanted to black out the scene in order to connote that Edward had been hit by the car. However after carrying out the risk assessment we felt that this would be a dangerous scene to capture as there were many high risks involved.



Shot 13 was the title screen where we planned to show all of the characters within the trailer on a black screen where out title 'Bargroves' would then fade onto screen. We planned on using the black background with a dissolve effect as it would be an effective transition from the black out.