Spring FlingKelsey Hyde

PROOF OF

PLANNING

In total we had ten storyboards of key shots needed in the film. Each one accompanied by brief notes of the summary of the shot to help with any pointers when filming.

STORYBOARDS

SLIDE 1Slide 1 showed the opening clip starting with an extreme close up of Amelia lying on the bed with a face mask on. This slowly zooms out to show more background of her room, giving an idea of setting.

A cutaway shot shows her alarm counting down and going off, to which she suddenly jumps up.

SLIDE 2A close up shot of Amelia putting her slippers on is shown next. This shot was planned to be of a low height and level angle in order to focus on the action of putting the slippers on.

The main character then goes to the bathroom where she splashes her face with water, before quickly looking up, providing a match-on-action shot.

SLIDE 3After the match-on-action shot, there is a low angle straight- on shot of Amelia running down the stairs with the camera recording through the banister.

A medium shot of the first character, Mallery is shown walking towards the house where the scene is set

SLIDE 4This shot is instantly switched to the image of Ruby walking through the garden gate, closer to Amelia’s house.

This switches to Elena walking up the path, and so on and so forth, until all girls reach the doorbell of the house.

SLIDE 5Another extreme close up is shown of each of the four girls fingers pressing the doorbell. To show differentiation of the characters, we had each of them have a different colour or pattern nail varnish.

All the girls are welcomed in and in turn they hug and greet Amelia before running up the stairs. The same shot is used for when Amelia came down the stairs.

SLIDE 6Match-on-action is used in this next clip where the girls enter the bedroom with a view from the back, suddenly switching to a view of them walking through the door.

In the end, this was carried out twice as there were too many people to be able to make a fast and effective match-on-action in one go.

SLIDE 7A further match-on-action is used when Amelia opens her wardrobe doors. The camera is suddenly viewed from inside the wardrobe to create this shot.

Amelia then changes into the dress she takes out. With a camera set close to the ground, she first drops her skirt down before pulling up the new dress.

SLIDE 8The following shots are of extreme close ups of the girls doing their make up and collecting their possessions ready to go. This is started by Mallery applying mascara, switched to Ruby curling her hair and then to Emilee applying lipstick.

This last shot is also a match-on-action as she is first seen putting it on in a larger mirror which instantly switches to a smaller compact one in the opposite direction.

SLIDE 9The main character, Amelia walks back into the bedroom, showing the other characters her outfit. This is all done in one long shot to show all the characters in the frame, whilst also ensuring there is enough detail for expressions to be seen.

SLIDE 10This last slide presents the ending of the opening scene to this film. After the girls pick up their make up and bags, they pose briefly for a photograph before laughing and heading off.

Slides 5-7 show the arrival of the characters, through to Amelia getting changed into her dress.

Storyboards 8, 9 and 10 show the close ups of the girls getting ready and the photograph being taken at the end, before the title appears.

THE PRODUCTION LISTThe production list contains all the practical materials and props needed for the filming to take place.

We found we didn’t need to bring a great deal of props with us, as much of the basic items were already available at Milly’s house.

SHOT LISTThe shot list contains the variety of shots that were planned to be used in the film.Indeed many of these shots were used in our film, although not all as planned e.g. the two-way shot and point of view shots. The shots we were able to include were distributed throughout the film.

TREATMENTThe treatment is a paragraph of writing explaining what is happening in and around the scene.

Our treatment sums up the content of the short clip: A teenage girl invites a few friends around to get ready for a night out. The friends get ready by getting changed and putting on their make up before posing for a photograph and leaving for their party.

CAMERA PLAN1This camera plan shows the design of where the cameras were intended to be arranged in the setting. Factors such as furniture, props and the cast had to be considered in each setting. We identified the key areas in the room where they would be the most effective at capturing the content.

These placements allowed us to include match-on-action from the door, as well as having a wide range of area to cover in the room.

CAMERA PLAN2This plan shows the camera set out plan for the bathroom clips. The first camera was placed in order to get a side- on shot of Amelia washing her face, whilst the second camera enabled us to do the match-on-action through the mirror.

CAMERA PLAN3This final rough camera plan shows the outside setting of the house where the actresses would approach the house.

The first camera position would have been facing right, in order to captured Mallery and Ruby walking towards the house, and the second camera would have filmed the other two. The third camera was there for the recording of the doorbell clips.