Creating my storyboard

My goal for today was to create my storyboard. I got my pencil and papers and started drawing out my ideas for each important shot. I wanted to show all of the story and important shots, so I only took some of the most significant shots from the shots list and the script. I tried to draw bicycles, but I don't really know how to. I tried my best though. Here's my storyboard:

The storyboard shows the basic plot of my film opening, starting off with the pan right medium and close up shots of medals. These shots would include some of the opening credits in a subtle white text. Then it shows the main character in a close up talking on the phone to his friend, who is reminding him about the mountain biking trip they had planned. Kiran then will leave in a medium shot to his garage. We will see the close up of Kiran pressing the button to the garage door, and then a long shot from outside his house showing the garage door open. Then there will be various shots showing him go to Markham Park: POV, tracking, long shot, extreme long shot. Afterwards, we will see the close up of a danger sign. Then, Kiran will meet his friend in an OTS shot. Then, they will start biking in medium and long shots. We will see another close up of a double red diamond sign. Then, the crash will happen in a long shot of him falling, a POV shot of him getting closer to the floor, and a close up of him colliding with the floor. Finally we will see the title screen (Big white text on black background "Back On Track") followed by a close up of Kiran in the hospital.

In the storyboard, there were multiple things that I wanted to emphasize to make sure that the audience understood the certain plotlines of the film opening right off the bat. First of all, I wanted to make sure the audience understood that the main character (me), was a high school track star. Using inspiration from the film opening from The Wrestler where the camera moved right over a bunch of the main characters accomplishments, I did a similar thing with the camera panning right over lots of medals and trophies. While one might think this is too ambitious to accomplish, I actually have lots of medals from personal races, some trophies from various different races, and my dad has a ton of medals and plaques that I could use to get these shots from. I also have a certificate that I drew in the 4th shot of the storyboard. This certificate will be used to introduce the character's name as well as show that he had a good track season in the previous year. 

Another thing that I wanted to emphasize with the specific type of shot was that I wanted to foreshadow the crash that would happen in the end of the film opening. I did this by showing close up shots of the DANGER sign and the double red diamond sign. I think I will make these two shots zoom in shots as well to further signify the importance of these signs to show that beginner bikers should not be doing dangerous things like Kiran in the film opening would do. This also shows an important theme that the rules are there to be followed, not to be disregarded.

One other type of shot that I utilized to show something was the long shots. All of the long shots used were there to introduce the area that the character lived in. I also used these long shots so that I could put some of the credits into these shots as it won't take too much focus off of the character, and it would be a good time to input the credits. There won't be too much action in these long shots and the camera would most likely be still, so putting the credits here will be beneficial, as putting the credits in the scenes where there is actions going on will distract the viewers.

The storyboard will be helpful as it shows the kind of shots that I want, and it visualizes each shot, so that when I go to film, the shots will already be planned out, and I will only need to shoot the shots in accordance to the storyboard. It will also make the filming process faster as the ideas are already drawn out, I will just have to film. 

I think that's enough writing for today, though. I now need to film the project. Well, until next time. See ya!