Having finally completed both storyboards for the whole pilot episode and the opening title sequence, we can now both approach the episode with more of a visual understanding. This will help Aimee with her editing approach and also myself for creating a shot list.
Here is the finalised storyboard -
OPENING TITLE SEQUENCE STORYBOARD
The storyboard for the opening title sequence features a mixture of archive footage and original shot footage by myself. Some of the archive footage has been sought after, for reasons i will specify later, but i just want to focus of what images were needed & why. I wanted footage of people, potentially blurred out faces, of urban and suburban landscapes, to juxtaposes the city to the freedom of the countryside. I wanted to find a lot of close ups, that would have a great effect once they would be placed on the timeline against extreme long shots, as i feel it would create a tone that would fit our piece. The use of archive footage throughout the opening title sequence is to effectively portray the kind of aesthetic & style we would want to try and capture when shooting the actual pilot. The opening title sequence is meant to, in someway demonstrate how it would look visually, or at least put across the kind of essence of the series. The use of original footage which I captured on my own camera, Sony A7S, was to cut inbetween the archive, as more of a reminder that it's not just going to be covering pieces from the past, but the present, and that there are several more episodes to this series which involve present themes and topics, such as the gun, and contemporary objects.
PILOT EPISODE STORYBOARD
How I created this storyboard was actually through a written interpretation of the original podcast. Me and Aimee, spent a two days, dissecting the whole hour long podcast, writing down a visual interpretation of each specific moment that was being discussed within it. This took a very long time, & a lot of our patience, but eventually we were left with 8-9 pages of pure notes, basically a visual narrative for the podcast. So I had to then transform those notes, and put them into the storyboard as a visual picture interpretation instead. Having those notes made it a much easier experience, had we not done the preparation beforehand, this process would of taken much longer than it had done.
You'll see that the shots are quite generic, that there isn't anything you wouldn't typically find within a drama/period piece, and that's right. Even though this is a unique format of screening a medium, it's still going to be shot like a drama period, as research has provided us with answers that state it's how the footage is exported that makes the vodcast what it is. So i've made the conscientious decision to shoot not too complex, but not too basic either. In one scene of the storyboard i've tried to imitate a scene from the series Fargo, (Series 2) where there is a split screen whilst it tails two characters off on different paths. I loved the way it was choosing this specific method to tell the story in such a manner, it was totally original & fantastic to watch.
Throughout the storyboard you'll see that the camera movement is quite heavy with handheld action, this is due to our actual format & it being a new developing one. I believe that it would be quite a bold move and something that could work, as the audience we aim for is currently just a listener, we hope the handheld would grip them, like it would with a film or TV series. Handheld camera movement is proven to immerse the viewer in a different way to any other camera movement, as it allows you to feel what the character is feeling and to be within breathing distance of them, metaphorically speaking.
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