The storyboarding process

Before any filming is done it is always best to create a storyboard which can then be made into an animatic, but why? Animatics allow you to see the basis of your finished product before you've started it. To start with Holly and I drew all the shots we wanted onto paper. Next was to add shot types, timings, edit types and a very brief explanation of what is going to happen in each shot. Once the shots had been put onto the computer we could then go through with a fine comb and iron out the creases making sure all the timings were correct and adding both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. We wanted a score that created tension for the audience.

Our animatic uses a range of shot types which makes it more exciting for the audience and we have also included our continuity editing techniques which helps build the story and create the sense of tension we had hoped for. We added our non-diegetic sound from Garageband whereas we recorded our diegetic sound straight onto Imovie which is the programme we used to create our animatic.