Animatic

Here is our animatic based on our storyboard, it details the events that happens and the timing of shots. Also sound effects and ambience have been added in to enhance the viewing, this is roughly how we expect our film to end up (but with real footage).

We have done most of the research & planning, so we are now in a position to prepare for the shoot.

Storyboard

To achieve a more accurate production of our film, we created a storyboard, which shows frame by frame the events and shots that occur. The storyboard is accurate to the final film treatment and also shows transitions where appropriate between shots. 

Storyboard REC by gwpahsmedia

The next step will be to upload each image into final cut and add a rough draft of sound, also editing the timings of each image to make it appear how we would like it. This will be our animatic.

Props Research & List

Here is a list of props we will be using in our short film, we will use objects as closely similar as possible.

Alarm Clock

The purpose of the alarm clock is to show the time of which Dave wakes up in the morning, I chose this image because the alarm is fairly bland, which accurately represents Dave's life. The lack of color in the clock shows how his life is boring. 

Kettle & Mug

Like the alarm clock this kettle and mug lacks color, used in the office it again reinforces the dullness of Dave's life.

Keys

Dave grabs his keys out of his house, to display his high level of responsibility we should have lots of keys on his keyring, this way the audience get a feel for how messy and unorganised his life is.

Wallet

Like the keys, having his wallet appearing "busy" with receipts and cards, and everything but money will make him look like a busy man leading a clustered life, of which he cannot keep up with. Black also represents formality and professionalism.

Office Chair

And conclusively, the office chair follows the theme of monochrome we have been aiming for amongst other props. Reinforcing his professionalism and his rather bland life.

Below is a formal list of character ownership of props by scene:

Character Ownership of Props

We will use this to know what to bring to each shooting session.

After deciding upon our props, we will now move on to make an animatic, in order to get a clear visual idea of the order of our story and what it will visually look like.

Actor Release Form

We got our actor Rio Jackson to sign the actor release form to ensure any legalities are resolved if necessary, as he is under 18 we had to get a legal guardian to sign and date as well.