Planning -- Storyboard

Research:

In doing some research on storyboards, I feel more comfortable with creating one of my own. Storyboards save time and money by giving directors an easy vision of what they want to portray. While I do have somewhat of an idea of what a storyboard is its always good to do some further research.

Source: Storyboard example

Storyboards don't have to be anything complicated. Doodles work just fine as long as you have an idea of what is occurring. 

One thing I for sure wanted to include when it comes to planning my film is a storyboard. Like a script, a storyboard will give me a visual on how my scenes will play out. While the actual scenes of my film could be changed later, I think it's better to have a grip now than be at a loss later. Scene 1 is going to establish where one of our main characters is. It's a simple scene, yet it falls into the coming-of-age stereotype perfectly.

Sound is going to be of the main importance in the first scene as it only features an alarm clock, which tells the audience that the main character is soon to be shown. While I can't portray sound in my storyboard, it could be gathered with the alarm clock. The actions done in the first scene will allow the audience to gain a perception of the typical occurrence of not wanting to wake up so early. 

When I film these scenes I want to use my story board as a guide. While these scenes are not set in stone because I want to make sure my cast members/teammates are on board I think its good to have a rough idea. 

Concluding thoughts

From here on out I'm going to make more story boards and speak about them with my teammates so we can actually visualize scenes. At the same time I kinda enjoy doing them because I like art and doing them is partially soothing. My next step is to look at the props and audio I'll be including