Open the envelope for mission objectives:
Objectives:
•Follow the raid icons to get help for your mission;
•Investigate different types of camera shots and
angles;
•Discover how to move ideas from a story to a
storyboard;
•Create a storyboard using a range of camera shots.
Camera shots
Establishing
Bird’s
Low
High
Close-up
eye
angle
angle
view
shot
Extreme
close-up
What shot? Click on the right one…
Establishing
shot
Extreme
Establishing
Close-up
Close-up
close-up
shot
Establishing
Bird’s
Low
Close-up
High
eye
angle
angle
view
shot
Medium
Close-up
High
Low angle
angle
shot
A crow circled high above the
shadows of the forest with its black
wings beating. The dark trees
stood out against the moonwashed sky, their branches
reaching out into the night.
From out of the darkness a figure
emerged, a tiny speck against the
dark of the forest. As the figure
drew nearer, white clouds of
breath rose into the darkness, and
a faint rasping sound could be
heard through the whisper of the
night breeze. An owl’s cry echoed
through the forest.
Bird’s eye view – as if from
point of view of crow
Sound effect – slo-mo sound
of wings - loud
Establishing shot – view of
forest from ground level
Medium shot of shadow –
then close up of shoe
Darkness – just use sound
of breathing – suspense!
Establishing shot again –
screech of owl rings out
Focal points
What Shots?
Plan the shots For your storyboard
A pair of dark, heavy boots came
into view then, slowly, the rest of the
looming figure, its face partly hidden
by shadow.
When the face came into the
moonlight, the cold eyes glinted in
the moonlight like shards of ice.
“It is time,” the man whispered.
Low angle view of dark
face
Extreme close up of eyes
Close up of face
His face was lit. When he looked up
he could see….
Storyboard
example?
High angle view of boots
Camera moves out to
medium shot as it looks up
Focal points
Reveal Shots
Action/Camera
Frame
Sound
A crow circles
high in the air –
establishing
shot.
Slo-mo sound
effect of wings
beating.
The dark trees
stand out.
Establishing
shot from low
angle.
Natural sounds –
bird cry.
A figure
emerges –
medium shot
from a high
angle.
Close-up of shoe
Sound of
breathing.
As above
End mission:
1. Complete storyboard from the story you have looked
at – finish it off as you like;
Or:
2. Create a storyboard based on a section of your own
story.
Remember to use a variety of camera shots and think
about sound for your film storyboard