Soap Opera - Storyboard

2. Chris Jacobs – 4068
Hannah Hughes – 4067
Esme Quantrill –
Asuka Young – 4149
Center Number: 64135
Index:
LA = low angle
HA= high angle
EL = eye level
ES = establishing shot
LS = long shot
MLS = medium long shot
MS = medium shot
CU = close-up
ECU = extreme close-up
OSS = over the shoulder shot
POV = point of view shot
Blue arrows:
Camera angles
Blue circles:
What to focus on

3. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
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2
3
4
MLS (Medium
Long shot), EL
(eye-level)
LS (Long
shot) / EL
(eye-level)
CU (Close-up),
Pull focus,
EL (eye level)/ slight LA
(low angle)
CU (Close-up) /
HA (High Angle)
White
fade in
Cut
Cut
Slow
motion
Focus on Girl swinging with
toy in her hand down the
alleyway, establishing shot,
represented in soap operas
normally as the start of
trouble for character.
Girl still skipping down alley
with her toy. Focus on long
shot to elude to setting the
scene in the trailer, similar to
EastEnders.
Black clad man, hipshot of
weapon POV. Focus shift
from weapon to girl. Female
character powerless to what
the male character is doing to
her.
Girl drops toy to floor in slow
motion, hits ground with thud.
This is what the girl reacts like
by dropping her toy it
connotes her being shocked,
to see what she’s seen.
Tracking
focusing on
the girl
Tracking
Static focusing
on the weapon
Static focusing
on toy
Swing noise
Soundtrack: ring
a roses
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
singing
Heavy breathing
Thump
High key
lighting
Colour – black and
white - costume
Low key lighting
weapon to child
Slow motion
Hits floor on the beat
EL
EL
LA
HA
Soundtrack: ring
a roses
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 3 seconds
Timing: 3 seconds
Timing: 3 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
The Wells
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme

4. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
5
6
7
8
Pride
Hate: mum screaming at dad,
Dad listening furiously. Eye
level/ over two in shot to
express the tension and
portrayal of emotions between
the two characters.
MLS (medium
long shot) / EL
(Eye-level)
Low key lighting
MLS (Medium Long
shot) / EL (Eye-level)
Cut
Pride: bad guy looking down
at the woman he’s just
wounded, long shot to give
perspective of what has just
happened.
Hate
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Pride) This is
expressing a buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Cut
Cut
Cut
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)
Static focusing on the
dead girl
Static, focusing on the
screaming of mum.
verbal
EL
EL
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Hate) This is also
another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
LS (Long Shot) /
HA (High angle)
2 in shot / EL
(eye-level)
No dialogue
No dialogue
No dialogue
The Wells
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme
HA
EL
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)

5. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
Sloth: dad giving up and
falling down to floor. Full shot
denoting the reaction of the
dad finding out his daughters
been kidnapped. Dad
Low key lighting
MLS (Medium
Long shot) / EL
(eye-level)
Lust: Mum putting on red
lipstick. Focus on reflection of
female character putting
lipstick expresses that she
could be having an affair.
MLS (Medium
Long shot) / EL
(eye-level)
Cut
Cut
Cut
Cut
Lust
Sloth
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10
11
12
Static focusing on the
mum in reflection
Pan around the Dad
EL
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Lust) ) This is also
another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Sloth)This is also
another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
OSS (Over the
shoulder shot) / EL
(Eye level)
No dialogue
No dialogue
No dialogue
No dialogue
LS (Long
shot) / HA
(High angle)
The Wells
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme
EL
EL
HA
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)

6. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
Greed: Dad receives ransom
note. Focusing on the dad
getting the ransom note with
OSS shot of male character.
Zoom in on the ransom
note, after the static
OSS of male character
receiving it.
Greed
Gluttony: Bad guy scoops
money into arms. Focus on
the money with an over the
shoulder shot of the male
character still hidden by hood.
Gluttony
14
15
16
13
Cut
Cut
Cut
Cut
EL
EL
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Greed) This is also
another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Gluttony) This is
also another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
No dialogue
No dialogue
No dialogue
No dialogue
OSS (Over the
shoulder shot) /
HA (High angle)
OSS (Over the
shoulder shot) /
HA (High angle)
MLS (Medium
Long shot) / EL
(eye-level)
MLS (Medium
Long shot) / EL
(eye-level)
Pan across body of
murderer but not
showing the face
The Wells
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme
HA
HA
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)

7. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
Envy – dad watching his wife
go to the bad guy because
she knows him. Focus on an
eye-line match in the
reflection of the car mirror.
ECU (extreme-close
up) of eyes / EL
(eye-level)
Envy
Dad walking up to the man and
grabbing the murderer (MS, EL).
Dad getting bad guy. Unmask
bad guy. Focusing on the pull off
the hood of villain with over the
shoulder shot exposing dad’s
reaction.
Low key lighting
MCU (Medium close-
up) / OSS (Over the
shoulder) / EL (eye-
level)
Swing and man walking away
Focus on the swing creepily
slowly swinging with a
medium shot from a low
angle.
Noise of swing
Blurred effect at
start of scene
LS (Long shot) / EL
(eye-level) to: MS
(medium shot) / LA
(Low angle).
Black and white
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19
20
17
Static focusing on eyes
Static focusing on the
dad’s facial expression
Pan from left to right
centring the swing
Cut
Cut
Cut
Sound of interaction
EL
EL/
LA
Black screen with white words
in middle. (Envy) This is also
another buzz word that
connects to the storyline of
the trailer.
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 1 seconds
Timing: 4/5 seconds
Timing: 3 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
No dialogue
No dialogue
MLS (Medium
Long shot) / EL
(eye-level)
The Wells
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme
EL
EL
Zoom in slowly to the
word (In order to
dramatize the seven
sins.)

8. Jake O’Hare, Keir Speirs, Hannah Hughes
Dream Team
Man sitting on The Wells
street sign, the bad guy
disguising his image from
public with hood using a
medium long shot.
Pan from left to
right centering the
murderer
21
Cut, slow
motion
22 End title screen with the
voiceover included in, to tell
when the show is actually on.
Image of the point of call on
screen.
MLS (Medium Long
shot) / EL (Eye-
level)
The wind
LA
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
Timing: 3/4 seconds
Timing: 2 seconds
Timing: 3 seconds
Voiceover saying: “The
Wells- Thursday 8:30
new on BBC two”
(Soundtrack
finishing/finish
ed)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Fade to
Black
N/A
Fade in/out
The different characters pushing
the girl on the swing will be taken
on the day, then we will decide
where these are going to go.
N/A
The Wells
N/A
: Hannah, Asuka, Chris, Esme
OSS (Over the
shoulder shot),
medium close-up
Cut
Sound of the swing
swinging Static focusing on the
hands
Soundtrack:
Momford and sons-
Broken Crown
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24,
25,
26
Appearing only for
clarification of which TV
channel it’s going to be on.
Timing: 2 seconds
EL
EL
HA

9. Shot No Duration
1 3 seconds
2 3 seconds
3 3 seconds
4 2 seconds
5* 2 seconds
6 2 seconds
7* 2 seconds
8 2 seconds
9* 2 seconds
Shot No Duration
10 2 seconds
11* 2 seconds
12 2 seconds
13 2 seconds
14 2 seconds
15 2 seconds
16 2 seconds
17 2 seconds
18 1 seconds
19 3 seconds
20 4/5 seconds
21 3 seconds
22 3/4 seconds
Shot No Duration
23 2 seconds
24(to be inserted 2 seconds
25(to be inserted 2 seconds
26(to be inserted 2 seconds

10. Props:
• Costume
– Black hoodie
– White dress
• Gun
• Money
• Ransom
• Toy
• Swing
• Red lipstick

11. Location