The main focus of my 25 shot storyboard is cinematography. This is why I have included as much information as I can when I have spoken about the cinematography techniques used. As you can see from the picture below I have included the majority of my information in that box.
Because I was focusing mainly on cinematography I made sure I used a range of different types of shots so that I could express meaning through these different types of shots.
Shots that I have used to create the meaning within the story board include Close ups, I have used several close ups and mid close ups in order to show the emotion on the protagonists faces. This is because when Joe is singing it is important to show that he really is singing and that he is singing what he means so he shows the emotion on his face, the close ups are also important when Beth is on screen as it’s important to show what Beth’s emotions are at that time.
I used mid shots in order to show the two characters in the shot together, this way you can still see the emotion that they are putting in and you can fit both of the characters into the shot so that the scene looks together more rather than individual images of each character.
I used long shots in order to show the two characters and the setting as when the two characters are in the shot together and they have moved to a different location E.g. to the climbing frame, the long shot allows me to show the two characters and the new setting that they have moved to.
I also used other stylistics such as Mise en scene, Editing and Sound, I used mise en scene as I chose the setting of the location, I chose what props would be in the shot when E.g. Guitar. I also used editing as I chose how the shot would change and when it would change, E.g. if a shot cuts away or whether it fades out. I also used sound massively as my genre is musical so it was important for me to mention that there was the song playing in the background and when the song wasn’t playing if there was any dialogue or any other sounds that could be playing at that time.
When I asked audience for response I got many ways in which they found the storyboard very good however I also got some criticisms on how I could improve it. Some of the feedback I got about my product which was positive includes; “The shots are very good, you can tell that cinematography was your chosen stylistic”, this was very positive feedback as it showed that the area of my focus was what this person enjoyed the most about my storyboard and this is great news. Another piece of positive feedback I got was “The information that you have included for each area is very good and I really like the whole product, you can tell you’ve worked hard”, again this was very positive as this means that this person appreciates all the information and that they can put the shot together in their head from the information that I have given them. A negative piece of feedback that I got was that somebody said “The mise en scene is a bit random, why would they go on a kids park when they are playing on it.” This isn’t good feedback and if I had the chance to go back and change my location I would try and find somewhere that would be a bit cooler and would be somewhere that the coolest kid of a school would go and meet his friends, however in my past experience before you get to the age of 17,18 it’s hard to find places to go as you can’t drive and you can’t meet at a pub therefore I tried to go along with the fact that they’re meant to be 16 and therefore this would be the only place that they could meet as this is the only real place that they have to go because of their age restrictions. Altogether my feedback was very good, even the negatives as this let me know what I could do better if I were to do it again and that will make me improve therefore all the feedback I received was very beneficial and helpful to myself.
