Storyboarding

After completing the shot list we decided to draw up a storyboard in order to visualise the different shots we were going do and thus be able to view the trailer as a whole in a more adaptable way. We would like to turn the pictures into a moving animatic, whereby we can almost see the full trailer in it's simplest form. We split the three acts between the three of us and have now returned after half-term with all of the pictures drawn up ready to fit them together as an animatic.

After drawing the pictures for our storyboard from hand, we exported them into photoshop in order to add colour to the pictures. We wanted to do this in order to make the images more clear, but also for us when it comes to the filming stage as we can easily identify, which characters are in which scenes along with the help of our shot list. The colour not only improves the overall quality of the storyboard photos but provides us and early viewers with a clearer view of how our film will eventually look like. 

This part of the process was particularly useful for me as I was relatively inexperienced with using photoshop and it was a good way for me to get to grips with the workings of the programme before we moved into the graphics/research stage. Due to the fact that I was heavily involved in the credits & Ident research, being able to use photoshop was particularly helpful as we could sample a few ideas before finalising them.

Above are just a few of the many storyboard images we altered and then coloured in using photoshop. I found it particularly difficult to get to grips with the different layering involved on photoshop but am now much more confident when using it.

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Although sub-par, the below shows how we have utilised colour and a mixture of photoshop and drawing to create the images for our story board. Through the use of colour we are not only able to differentiate between our characters but also show the tone the film will take, with the prominent light and dark blue lighting being something we have wished to emulate since the start of our project, taken from such aforementioned films as Welcome to The Punch and The Dark Knight Rises. As well as using technology to colour we have also utilised google images in order to provide us with sections to our images, such as the world map in the centre-right shot and the face which the photo frames in the bottom right hand shot. By doing this we are better able to visualise the look of our trailer, meaning that when it comes to the day of filming we are better prepared to find the exact correct lighting and locations.

MT  

JL