Script and Storyboard

Back to Celtx! If you don't know about this platform it it's a script writing software that facilitates the process by providing the right formatting and template to create a good script. I used this last year for my project and I really enjoyed the process of script writing. I think that since I come from a creative writing background, it's one of my favorite parts of the process. Last week as I discussed in my last blog I found myself at a bit of a crossroads, I felt as if we weren't really moving on our project and as if we were kind of all static and stuck in planning with no true intention and I realized we needed a quick change asap. Enough of thinking without action, it was time to stop thinking and start doing. So I loaded up Celtx and I got to writing out a script.

Script Created on CeltX

Technically first I went onto Google Docs and made a little story outline. After I was done with this I went right into Celtics and simply started writing. I tried to imagine the movie in my mind I tried to think where I wanted each shot to go what locations really go scene by scene that picture had in my mind for the project. I shared it with my group though I don't think they made many changes, and continued writing. FYI, I gave the characters the placeholder names of Sun and Moon, since one of them is brighter and more confident like the sun, and one of them like a waxing new moon. As I wrote I thought about having a few key production elements that would make our movie visually stand out. In class last week we did the print lecture in which our teacher talked about the print component for this project. One thing that that made me realize is that in order to promote our movie it's really important that we have a few stars components to the movie that are really visually striking. This kind of thinking informed my different choices such as starting out with bathroom graffiti to establish that plot point.

After I got done creating the script. I went into OneNote and I created a storyboard to go along with it. I followed it scene by scene shot by shot creating a visual representation and trying to convey what I had in mind so that I could share it with my group members and have while we were creating our shot list and planning our shoot. I think both of these planning components are going to be incredibly important to us as we start shooting this week and as we meet on Monday to plan out our shoot.

I know my storyboard may not be the most artistic but I've learned that it really doesn't matter your artistic qualities and a storyboard as long as you're communicating what needs to be communicated across. The type of shot, what's going on in this shot, any stings or sounds, which characters, everything else is just additional bells and whistles, it's nice to have, but if you're in the artistically challenged among us and that kind of stuff just doesn't come natural to you, like me, It's just not worth beating yourself up for.