This storyboard document outlines 22 shots to tell a story that begins as a realistic depiction of a policeman character playing a violent video game, but reveals itself to actually be depicting real events reported on the news, causing the boy playing the game to worry that his actions in the game somehow impacted real life. The storyboard provides details on camera angles, shot lengths, and music/sound effects for each shot to help visualize the unfolding narrative.

1. 1
Reality – Storyboard
Shot 1
POV shot of policeman character,
on bike riding into farm.
Colouring: fairly bright and normal
looking, give expression of reality
Around 10 second shot of character
riding into the yard
Shot 2
POV shot: policeman puts down his
bike and turns a corner
Around 5 seconds
Shot 3
POV shot: policeman advances on
the ‘guard’ character up ahead, gun
in hand pointed towards him
Around 8 seconds while he
advances on the guard
Shot 4
POV shot: policeman goes right up
to the ‘guard’ and catches his
attention
Around 3 or 4 seconds with
suspense building music
Shot 5
POV shot
Fighting scene starts – music
intensifies and the ‘guard’ turns
around and faces up to the
policeman. Policeman kicks the gun
out of the guard’s hand
Around 7 second shot
Shot 6
POV shot
Policeman grabs guard by the collar, lifts him up and throws him at the
wall. Dramatic music becomes more intense to build with the action of the
fighting scene. Camera pans round as the policeman pulls the guard
forward and throws him toward the wall
Around 5-10 second shot
Shot 8
Close up shot of guard being
strangled by policeman with rope
on wall.
Music goes from being intense and
fast paced to slow before becoming
silent
Around 4 seconds

2. 2
Reality – Storyboard
Shot 9
Policeman advances again, further
round the farmyard (holding out
gun again).
POV shot
Music creeps back in again, slow to
create suspense – around 3 seconds
Shot 10
POV shot: policeman shoots
another ‘guard’ from a distance,
guard drops to the floor.
SFX: gunshot sound
Around 5 seconds
Shot 11
POV shot: policeman swings around
again to see drug dealer with
‘drugee’ in large closed area, and
approaches slowly
Dramatic, suspenseful music, SFX:
footsteps on gravel
Around 5 seconds
Shot 12
POV shot: policeman quickly
advances on drug dealer to try and
stop the ‘drug dealing’.
Drug dealer fights back, more fast
paced intense music
Around 3-4 seconds
Shot 13
POV shot- fight scene
Drug dealers goes to hit policeman
with knife, but policeman grabs
knife and begins to run after drug
dealer
Around 5 seconds
Shot 14
POV shot – drug dealer runs away
and policeman gives chase with the
knife
Intense, fast music
Around 7 seconds
Shot 15
POV: policeman pushes the ‘drug dealer’ into tyres, and pulls out knife to
stab him with
Music intensifies, before becoming quieter and less fast as the drug dealer
dies
Around 5-10 second shot

3. 3
Reality – Storyboard
Shot 16
POV shot – the words ‘level completed’ appear on screen – alerting the
audience that this has in fact been a video game and not reality
Camera then pans out to show this video game on a TV, with ‘game over’
sound effect and music to highlight the fact that it’s a game
Around 5 second shot here.
Shot 17
High angle shot of boy on video
game – looking towards the TV as
level is completed
Music peters out to silence, he
reaches for remote & changes
channel
Around 5 second shot
Shot 18
Over-the-shoulder shot
Boy changes channel to News
channel – (be careful of reflection in
glass if shooting through window)
Around 6 seconds, sound suddenly
flicks over to news report
Shot 19
Shot of TV screen with news report.
Newsreader dressed smartly, reads
story very similar to the events
from the video game. Around 20
seconds, with detailed info and
hints to real life
Shot 20
Close up shot of game playing boy,
looking worried, as he is unsure if
it’s his fault or not
Around 2 seconds, while TV sound
continues in background
Shot 21
Cut back to shot of TV. Newsreader
finishes report, giving more hints to
the video game being real life.
Around 10 seconds with lots of
detail, titles roll across the bottom
banner
Shot 22
Long shot of boy getting up from
seat, looking very worried, and
leaving the room, before shutting
the door behind him
FADE TO BLACK