The importance of planning
After our AS thriller piece 'Duct Tape', we looked back at how planning help us to reach our end goal and how useful planning could be this year for a much more complex music video. We split up our planning into different categories to analyse and gave them a rating from 0 - being the worst, to 5 - being the best.
1. Storyboarding: We gave this a 4 out of 5 as the storyboard was well organised with a clear aim of what we wanted each shot to look like, including camera movements such as tracking and zooming to give a better understanding of what to do when it came to actually filming the shot. However the reason it didn't reach a 5 was because of there being a need to explain shot lengths and types.
2. The finished piece reflecting the storyboard: This was also given a 4 out of 5 with us sticking to the storyboard very closely, proving that we've stuck to our plan. However, a restriction of a 5 would've been due to having to improvise with extra establishing shoots in the titling sequence of our piece and so slightly going off track from the storyboard by adding extra, but not missing out on any.
3. Risk assessment: This got a score of 5 out of 5 with us safely analysing all the issues and dangers that filming our thriller could've consisted of and then sticking to the safety measurements we took out.
4. Shot list/shooting schedule: This was given a 3 out of 5. The reason for this was because we had a shooting schedule and stuck to it accurately to have all the actors needed at the right place and time, which was well done. However we didn't have an exact shot list, and so was unable to match up the storyboard to the real life shot without solely getting the same looking frame.
5. Screenplay: I chose to give this a 5 out of 5 with the screenplay being very in-depth to give the clearest understanding of how the thriller plays out and unravels to the audience without actually having to watch the video. It sets out each scene's location and exactly what happens in it.
6. Location scouting: This was given a 3 out of 5. Although there was no direct previewing of the locations to see how we could shoot the thriller, I have a good knowledge of Sheffield city and could recall the locations I wanted to film in, and so didn't require to actually go there and look. I do feel that it would've been a good idea to have still gone to get a clear understanding of the locations and potentially get inspiration for more shots.
7. Early drafting: We gave this a 1 out of 5 due to the fact that there were no early drafts of the piece. We did build it up over time and keep watching and re-watching to make little adjustments then gaining feedback from others.
1. Storyboarding: We gave this a 4 out of 5 as the storyboard was well organised with a clear aim of what we wanted each shot to look like, including camera movements such as tracking and zooming to give a better understanding of what to do when it came to actually filming the shot. However the reason it didn't reach a 5 was because of there being a need to explain shot lengths and types.
2. The finished piece reflecting the storyboard: This was also given a 4 out of 5 with us sticking to the storyboard very closely, proving that we've stuck to our plan. However, a restriction of a 5 would've been due to having to improvise with extra establishing shoots in the titling sequence of our piece and so slightly going off track from the storyboard by adding extra, but not missing out on any.
3. Risk assessment: This got a score of 5 out of 5 with us safely analysing all the issues and dangers that filming our thriller could've consisted of and then sticking to the safety measurements we took out.
4. Shot list/shooting schedule: This was given a 3 out of 5. The reason for this was because we had a shooting schedule and stuck to it accurately to have all the actors needed at the right place and time, which was well done. However we didn't have an exact shot list, and so was unable to match up the storyboard to the real life shot without solely getting the same looking frame.
5. Screenplay: I chose to give this a 5 out of 5 with the screenplay being very in-depth to give the clearest understanding of how the thriller plays out and unravels to the audience without actually having to watch the video. It sets out each scene's location and exactly what happens in it.
6. Location scouting: This was given a 3 out of 5. Although there was no direct previewing of the locations to see how we could shoot the thriller, I have a good knowledge of Sheffield city and could recall the locations I wanted to film in, and so didn't require to actually go there and look. I do feel that it would've been a good idea to have still gone to get a clear understanding of the locations and potentially get inspiration for more shots.
7. Early drafting: We gave this a 1 out of 5 due to the fact that there were no early drafts of the piece. We did build it up over time and keep watching and re-watching to make little adjustments then gaining feedback from others.
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