Over Christmas we also had to come up with three storyboards detailing a recent 5 minute sequence in our lives in different styles. I did a brainstorm of what events I could possibly choose to focus on, and I came up with the making do turkey sandwhiches (a family tradition), wandering around in Venice at night (I thought it would be great for lighting) and a recent visit to the theatre in London.
The storyboard I found the easiest to do was the normal storyboard, as we didn’t have any restrictions or constraints and I was free to create whatever I wanted. I liked the freedom that I had. The lighting storyboard wasn’t too difficult to do either, as I had already shot a film when I was in Venice with UCA and merely had to go back and show my planning and train of thought behind the scene.
The hardest storyboard to plan was the sound storyboard, as this one really took some thinking outside of the box. My original idea was to do a train journey with someone looking out of the window where all the shapes blend and merge together. This was going to be done in time to the music that the person was listening to, but in the end I couldn’t think of enough variations on this idea to make it work to a standard that I would be happy with. My end idea was my trip to London, where I only showed elements that actually produced noise, such as footsteps or a phone.
Overall I’m really happy with how this project went and how it really forced me to think outside of the box and come up with some creative responses to the brief.
Harri Smyth - UCA Farnham Foundation Student 