After having finished the entirety of my script last week, the time has come to start visually presenting how i want to see the film itself. I am excited and nervous of starting this new journey, completely new to me, since it means one step closer to getting the ultimate product and having kind of an organization of how I want the scenes to look and what i would to be done, said or appear in each of them. Still need to figure out what format i am more comfortable with, either doing it by sketching in my computer or by hand. I feel lost to what to continue doing, honestly how i been feeling since starting the project, have a basic understanding of the different types of shots and angles, as well as their meanings when presented. Though i have done short clips and videos for school work, i never used any type of shot, consciously at least, to have a creative meaning and themes, neither organized how the filming and scenes would look like on paper, used to do it all in my brain and hope it would look good. Now, before i start to sketch the ideas, i have done some research to know what and how to model the two forms of sketching that I have heard of :shot lists and storyboards, as well as learning what their differences are.
From what i gather from the video, a shot list is more of a recount on the types of scenes someone would want for their film, rather counting them with only words, even though i seen others using visual images like pictures to help as well. It looks helpful to organize shooting days as well, prioritizing everyone's time and effort. I hope to keep organized with myself. am the one in charge of all aspects for the film, except the acting, which would probably come from someone in my family, and i do not want to waste their energy either, a shot list would be an useful way to explain to them what are filming each day and if they could take to that
Even though i am not familiar with storyboards either, i seen some examples before, like the ones that are made for cartoons, seen on the left. I thought those were the only places in media one needed to storyboard the story, since the images will either be drawn out either way in the later process. It was a surprise when i learned storyboarding was also a technique used in filmmaking, but can see the reasoning behind it. From the video recommendations, i think it will not be best to create them for a more visual way of organizing, but not trying to be "Set on stone" or that it would be "exactly like the drawing, since with non-animated films, you have to be completely sure of the dimensions for the film location, visiting your shooting places beforehand. From the 3 locations i have, i will have to check out a close-by grocery store and have some pictures of the places i would want to draw out, as well as how much space i have in the car. It helps me see some of the examples in the video and from directors that i admire, seeing how their sketches do not look perfect and only need to portray the movement.
For my project i will be using both, but i think it is important to realize what their differences were and in what step of the way one should do each one. The video offered a lot of advice, specially since my film is a "no-budget" category, trying to continue with what i have, as well as how having examples of using Excel and handrawn images to do them, instead of the software offered online. The various examples have inspired me to start searching for types of shots and go back to read my script and annotate how i want them to be seen and perceived.
Citations:
Sookdeo, Shivana. “Steven Universe: Storyboard Test.” Shivana Sookdeo, 2014, shivanasookdeo.myportfolio.com/steven-universe-storyboard-test.
P, Jimmy, director. Episode 102 - Shot Lists vs Storyboards. Youtube, 7 Oct. 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zJ-MrtehPU.
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