Pre storyboard plan

1. PRE-STORY BOARD PLAN

2. OUR GENRE
• Our genre is a modern chick flick
• Because of this we will have to include love, fun, new beginnings, comedy, ‘eye candy’
and fashion
• This genre is great for us as it has very strong themes highlighting to us what we MUST
re-create
• These themes will be mirrored in all four micro elements (Mise-En-Scene,
Cinematography, Sound and Editing).

3. OUR INFLUENCES
• Heathers – 1988 • Clueless – 1995 • Mean Girls –
2004
• We purposely
picked films from
different era’s.
This allowed us to
look at what
themes recurred
in all the films and
their trailers
highlighting what
we must include
in ours. This then
enabled us to
move onto the
creation of a story
board for our film
and trailer.

4. BASIS OF FILM STORYBOARD
• Main character moves to a new ‘place’
• Get’s to grips with her surroundings
• Makes friends/enemies
• Becomes infatuated
• Has a downturn/disagreement
• Return to equilibrium
• This formula which is in common in chick flicks and teen movies made it easier to script
our film. However, as we’re creating a trailer we realized only the first few points would be
vital to give the audience the background to the film. From the other points, the ‘best -bits’
could be picked in then put in the trailer out of chronological order to entice the audience.