2. In total we had ten
storyboards of key
shots needed in the
film. Each one
accompanied by brief
notes of the summary
of the shot to help
with any pointers when
filming.
3. Slide 1 showed the opening clip
starting with an extreme close up of
Amelia lying on the bed with a face
mask on. This slowly zooms out to
show more background of her room,
giving an idea of setting.
A cutaway shot shows her alarm
counting down and going off, to
which she suddenly jumps up.
4. A close up shot of Amelia putting
her slippers on is shown next. This
shot was planned to be of a low
height and level angle in order to
focus on the action of putting the
slippers on.
The main character then goes to the
bathroom where she splashes her
face with water, before quickly
looking up, providing a match-on-
action shot.
5. After the match-on-action shot,
there is a low angle straight- on
shot of Amelia running down the
stairs with the camera recording
through the banister.
A medium shot of the first
character, Mallery is shown walking
towards the house where the scene
is set
6. This shot is instantly switched to
the image of Ruby walking through
the garden gate, closer to Amelia’s
house.
This switches to Elena walking up
the path, and so on and so forth,
until all girls reach the doorbell of
the house.
7. Another extreme close up is shown
of each of the four girls fingers
pressing the doorbell. To show
differentiation of the characters,
we had each of them have a
different colour or pattern nail
varnish.
All the girls are welcomed in and in
turn they hug and greet Amelia
before running up the stairs. The
same shot is used for when Amelia
came down the stairs.
8. Match-on-action is used in this next
clip where the girls enter the
bedroom with a view from the back,
suddenly switching to a view of
them walking through the door.
In the end, this was carried out
twice as there were too many
people to be able to make a fast
and effective match-on-action in
one go.
9. A further match-on-action is used
when Amelia opens her wardrobe
doors. The camera is suddenly
viewed from inside the wardrobe to
create this shot.
Amelia then changes into the dress
she takes out. With a camera set
close to the ground, she first drops
her skirt down before pulling up the
new dress.
10. The following shots are of extreme
close ups of the girls doing their
make up and collecting their
possessions ready to go. This is
started by Mallery applying
mascara, switched to Ruby curling
her hair and then to Emilee applying
lipstick.
This last shot is also a match-on-
action as she is first seen putting it
on in a larger mirror which instantly
switches to a smaller compact one
in the opposite direction.
11. The main character, Amelia walks
back into the bedroom, showing the
other characters her outfit. This is
all done in one long shot to show all
the characters in the frame, whilst
also ensuring there is enough detail
for expressions to be seen.
12. This last slide presents the ending
of the opening scene to this film.
After the girls pick up their make up
and bags, they pose briefly for a
photograph before laughing and
heading off.
13. Slides 5-7 show the arrival of the
characters, through to Amelia getting
changed into her dress.
14. Storyboards 8, 9 and
10 show the close ups
of the girls getting
ready and the
photograph being
taken at the end,
before the title
appears.
15. The production list contains all the
practical materials and props
needed for the filming to take
place.
We found we didn’t need to bring a
great deal of props with us, as much
of the basic items were already
available at Milly’s house.
16. The shot list contains the variety of
shots that were planned to be used
in the film.
Indeed many of these shots were
used in our film, although not all as
planned e.g. the two-way shot and
point of view shots. The shots we
were able to include were
distributed throughout the film.
17. The treatment is a paragraph of
writing explaining what is
happening in and around the scene.
Our treatment sums up the content
of the short clip: A teenage girl
invites a few friends around to get
ready for a night out. The friends
get ready by getting changed and
putting on their make up before
posing for a photograph and leaving
for their party.
18. This camera plan shows the design
of where the cameras were
intended to be arranged in the
setting. Factors such as furniture,
props and the cast had to be
considered in each setting. We
identified the key areas in the room
where they would be the most
effective at capturing the content.
These placements allowed us to
include match-on-action from the
door, as well as having a wide range
of area to cover in the room.
19. This plan shows the camera set out
plan for the bathroom clips. The
first camera was placed in order to
get a side- on shot of Amelia
washing her face, whilst the second
camera enabled us to do the match-
on-action through the mirror.
20. This final rough camera plan shows
the outside setting of the house
where the actresses would approach
the house.
The first camera position would
have been facing right, in order to
captured Mallery and Ruby walking
towards the house, and the second
camera would have filmed the other
two. The third camera was there for
the recording of the doorbell clips.
