Storyboards-Friday 1st October

In Fridays lesson, we were introduced to the production of storyboards. A storyboard is a vital part of making a film as it enables you to plan every scene and shot you hope to use. It gives you an insight in to future development and will help you immediately defeat any problems that could arise.


We used a video made by the year 13s to have a go at creating a storyboard of our own. Many different shots were used within the video, making it perfect for us to practice with:

Film genres

Monday 27th September


In todays lesson, we discussed the range of genres we could pick for our film projects:

• Comedies- Parodies/spoofs- e.g. Superbad, Shaun of the dead, Austin Powers.
• Alternative/Indie- e.g. Juno, 500 days of Summer, Boys don't cry.
• Horror/thriller- e.g. Saw, House Of Wax, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
• Chick Flick - Clueless, Legally Blonde, Pretty Woman.
• British Films - Kidulthood, Adulthood, Fish Tank.
• Action - Taken, The Matrix, LOTR.
• Bromance - The Hangover, Wedding Crashers, I love you, Man.
• Hand-held (shaky cam) - Rec, Paranormal activity, Blair Witch Project.

I originally wanted to create an opening to a chick flick film, but me and my group have decided to pick British film as our genre. We have chosen this because it automatically makes our opening very versatile. It leaves a lot of space for our plot to develop.