Preliminary Task Planning

For our preliminary task we were asked to film a sequence that included the following:

• Film someone opening a door
• walking across a room
• sitting down opposite from someone
• engaging in a couple of lines of conversation

Other than this we were given three specific requirements:

• We had to follow the 180 degree rule
• There had to be match of action
• We had to include the reverse shot

Therefore, when planning the preliminary task i decided to film it on my own and not in a group in order to gain as much filming and editing experience as possible. Originally i planned on using my two friends in my task and just filming them walking into a room and having an everyday conversation, of which i would have filmed from a range of angles and shot types. However when i thought about it i decided to change my mind and think of a short narrative that would compliment my genre and my current pitch idea. 

As a result i decided to plan my preliminary task in the form of a story board and shot list. My new plan was to film a girl as if she was the friend of the girl that goes missing in my current pitch idea. The idea was to make it seem she was at a counselling session talking about her missing friend. I did this intentionally so i could gain practise filming in relation to the thriller genre and could practise using shots that are conventional to the genre as well. 

Here is my initial storyboard plan: