UPDATED STORYBOARD

THE FINAL, OFFICIAL STORYBOARD

As all creative projects go, a lot of changes were made in the process of filming, editing, etc. that have all come together to create a project with many differences from the storyboard with which we began.

STORYBOARD

WHAT CHANGED?

One of the first things you can notice we altered is that we no longer have any establishing shots of the setting, but rather just begin with Juliet as the main focus. We did this for two very valid reasons which are that we didn't have the location and props to record the establishing shots we originally wanted, and that our most important (and favorite) scene was the one in which we see Juliet crying as she gets ready for her performance.

Another thing that wasn't included was the use of zooming or dollying. Camera movement is very limited in our film so that you can really take in the actions of the character rather than the camera moving for them. This was also because there was more chance for error and shakiness in film quality if we increased these techniques. 

Moreover, there were extreme changes in dialogue, namely the omission of the audio match that was originally going to transition us from the dressing room to the getting ready scene. Instead there, we simply have a drastic change in music, both volume and song.

We had to change the timing and placement for our credits because it became too difficult to include the credits in props, text overlay was just a lot more simple and gave us the freedom to figure out timestamps in post-production, something we would not have been able to do had they been added to the clip directly.

WHAT'S THE SAME?

The plot of our film remains unscathed, as well as the overall idea of the scenes and their order. We go from the dressing room to getting ready to breakfast to the car then finally to school.

Most of our shots and cuts are the same. We made heavy use of mid shots, closeups, and cutting on action. Some of these were not as heavily utilized in the original storyboard, but nonetheless, they did persist.

The breakfast scene is almost exactly the same as it was written. The dialogue was slightly altered, but the connotations are identical. The only slight change here is that we added some mid shots in a shot reverse shot manner of the two characters to really see deeper into their relationship and how they feel.

The remaining scenes are also practically untouched, Juliet and her mother getting into the car, going to school, and ending on the poster. We stylized the shots a tad more to create a little more movement that makes it feel like a film and less of an all-in-one-take documentary. My favorite part we were able to recreate from my vision was the stepping on the poster. I love that my team and I decided later on to add the title of the movie over the poster because I feel like it perfectly ties everything together.