Storyboard for Short Film

Storyboard Pages 1 and 2: Road Trip to the Vacation House (2020 Vision)

Throughout these 2 pages, our goal through the storyboarding process was to portray the overall purpose of the scene. In the early interpretation of this script, the heading read, “Four high school friends are on their way to their vacation home to celebrate spring break 2020. The city is packed with tons of spring breakers and traffic is at an all time peak. The four friends continue happily into Fort Lauderdale, and are excited for the warm weather and beautiful beaches.” As such, we thought it was appropriate to include drone footage of a lot of the scenery. Additionally, we included multiple mid shots of the individual characters as they shared their thoughts and ideas. Finally, we also included multiple shots of the car the characters would be driving in. This adds an additional action packed element to the scene, as the car rolls down the street with the drone following it with a profile and head on shot. Overall, we are really happy with this portion of the storyboard and are excited to continue planning the following scenes. 

Storyboard Pages 3 and 4: Guard at the Gate (2020 Vision)

In the portion of the script, we decided it was necessary to plan out 2 storyboard pages for the guard at the gate scene. In the original draft of the script for the 2020 Vision production, the scene header read as follows, “Ryan drives up to a gate that is the entrance to the neighborhood they will be staying in. Ryan is greeted by the guard at the gate, who he must show his check-in information for the airbnb that he booked. The guard seems confused throughout his conversation with Ryan.” In the terms of the shots used throughout the scene, the first and most obvious connecting scene was the establishing shot of the guards tower. Then, we used a drone shot to follow the car as it pulled up the guards post. Finally, we used mid shots and pov shots to connect the dialogue throughout the scene between Herb, the guard, and Ryan, the main character. All in all, we are excited with how the planning process, will benefit us throughout the production time, as we are planning ahead of time.

Storyboard Pages 5, 6, and 7: Vacation House and Grocery Store Scenes (2020 Vision)

In this portion of the script, we decided it was necessary to split these two individual scenes across 3 pieces of storyboard. For the general interpretation of the vacation house scene, we originally wanted to include, “The four friends pull into the driveway of the house that they are renting. It is beautiful, and they start exploring the rooms and backyard. They decide to turn on the television to relax after their long car ride. However, the channel that comes on alerts them of a looming virus that interrupts their plan for the day.” Fittingly, many long shots and establishing shots were included to depict the setting, overall aspects of the houses, and the breaking new scene. Additionally, we decided to once again make use of mid shots for the dialogue between characters. In regards to the grocery store scene, we once again referenced the original script for the scene. “All four of the friends park at the grocery store, get out, and go inside. While inside Jordan takes the lead, deciding what supplies to get. They stock up on food, water, and toilet paper quite frantically and all the while Ryan is receiving weird looks from people which he shrugs off as a paranoid response to the virus.” Throughout this scene we specifically looked to incorporate multiple long shots to introduce insignificant characters and provide insight into the actions of the characters. For instance, we plan on using a long shot as Ryan grabs toilet paper or other necessary supplies. 

Storyboard Pages 8, 9, and 10: Breaking News and Vaccine Administration Scenes (2020 Vision)

For the final portion of the storyboard we wanted to make the shots as intense and dramatic as possible in order to follow the theme of the movie. In the second breaking news scene, we decided to film with close-ups and mid-shots in order to establish a sense of intensity, the scene header says “As the friends are arriving home from the store they receive an urgent message from the government alerting that a vaccine has been found. All US citizens must receive the vaccine as soon as possible. The friends rush to make an appointment at the vaccine center.” For the administration of the vaccine, we focused our shots mainly on Ryan since the story ends up revolving completely around him and his intense hallucinations. In this scene, the header reads “The next morning the friends drive to their 10 AM vaccine administration appointment. They pull up to the center and are greeted with a doctor coming over to their car. The doctor asks Ryan to step out of the vehicle because of Ryan's unusual behavior. Ryan is administered the vaccine and in an instance his friends are no longer in the car.” Almost every shot in this scene is of Ryan or the doctor in order to really emphasize the disappearance of Ryan’s friends. The final screen will most likely be a sudden blackout following Ryan’s last line.