1. Kieran Morris
Storyboard:
Jade
Please note that the people featured below are not the actors that will feature in the film.
Shot
No.
1
Shot
Type:
Close
-Up
(CU),
Mid-
Shots
(MS)
and
Long-
Shots
(LS)
Action: Jade, Millie and Carol are
walking through the woodland.
Diegetic: n/a
Non-Diegetic: Peaceful Music and a
voiceover of Jade: Scene 1.
Location: Woodland
Text: ‘Jade’ will fade in and the fade
out at the end of the shot.
Av.
Time
20
Secs
Edit: Fade In
Shot
No.
2
Shot
Type:
Close
-Up
(CU)
and
Ext.
Close
-Up
(ECU)
Action: Jade is seen staring at a
model of in a fashion magazine,
whilst sitting at the table with a bowl
of cereal. Millie is also sitting at the
table texting on her phone.
Diegetic: Ambient sound is used to
suggest the radio is playing in the
background.
Non-Diegetic: n/a
Location: Dining Room Table
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
5
Secs
Edit: Cut In
Shot
No.
3
Shot
Type:
Mid-
Shot
(MS)
Action: Carol walks down the stairs
and Jade panics. She attempts to
hide the magazine.
Diegetic: Ambient sound is used to
suggest the radio is playing in the
background. Characters follow script:
Scene 2.
Non-Diegetic: n/a
Location: Dining Room Table
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
5
Secs
Edit: Cut In
2. Kieran Morris
Shot
No.
4
Shot
Type:
Over-
the-
Shoul
der
Shot
(OSS)
Shot-
Rever
se-
Shot
(SRS)
Action: Jade and Millie are arguing
Diegetic: Ambient sound is used to
suggest the radio is playing in the
background. Characters follow script:
Scene 2.
Non-Diegetic: n/a
Location: Dining Room Table
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
10
Secs
Edit: Cut In
Shot
No.
5
Shot
Type:
Mid-
Shot
(MS)
Action: Jade is seen sitting on her
bed, writing a letter to her mum.
Diegetic: n/a
Non-Diegetic: Peaceful Music and a
voiceover of Jade: Scene 3.
Location: Bedroom
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
40
Secs
Edit: Cut In
Shot
No.
6
Shot
Type:
Med.
Close
-Up
(MCu)
Action: Jade is seen placing the
letter on the fireplace before the
phone rings. She then answers the
phone.
Diegetic: Jade follows script: scene
3.
Non-Diegetic: Peaceful Music Fades
Out and a voiceover of Jade
Finishes: Scene 3. Phone ringing.
Location: Living Room
Text: ‘Cara – In the woods xx’
appears and then fades away.
Av.
Time
20
Secs
Edit: Cut In
3. Kieran Morris
Shot
No.
7
Shot
Type:
Long-
Shot
(LS)
Close
-Up
(CU)
Shot-
Rever
se-
Shot
(SRS)
Action: Jade and Cara are sitting on
a bench.
Diegetic: Jade and Cara talk: follows
script Scene 4.
Non-Diegetic: Ambient sound is
used to create a naturalistic setting.
Jade’s phone rings during this shot.
Location: Woodland
Text: ‘Millie - Calling’ appears and
then fades away.
Av.
Time
60
Secs
Edit: Cut In
Shot
No.
8
Shot
Type:
Extre
me
Close
-Up
(ECU)
Action: Jade is crying after
discovering her mum has died.
Diegetic: Muffled diegetic sound
suggests Jade is crying.
Non-Diegetic: n/a
Location: Living Room
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
10
Secs
Edit: Cut In
Shot
No.
9
Shot
Type:
Long-
Shot
(LS)
Zoom
Out
Action: Jade and Millie are hugging
on the bench after Jade opens a
shocking letter from her mum.
Diegetic: Jade and Millie follows
script: Scene 6. Jade then cries.
Non-Diegetic: Christina Agularia,
Beautiful (Instrumental Version).
Location: Woodland
Text: n/a
Av.
Time
60
Secs
Edit: Fade In, Fade Out into closing credits
The storyboard shows that the narrative of my short film conforms to the Narrative Structure Theory
by Todorov. Scene 1 suggests that whilst ‘Equilibrium’ occurs, there will be some disruption due to
Jade hiding her sexuality. This is then evident in scene 2 whereby Jade attempts to keep this secret.
Scene 3 then demonstrates stages 3 and 4 of the theory which suggests that recognition of the
disruption occurs before an attempt to repair the disruption. This is evident in scene 3 when Jade
decides to write a letter to tell her mum about her sexuality. However, scenes 4 and 5 then suggest
that another disruption occurs, therefore contrasting from Todorov’s theory. Further disruptions then
take place later in scene 5 and 6, including the news that Jade’s mum is actually alive and that the
mum she thought she had was in fact her adoptive mother. The film ends back at stage 3 of the
theory, whereby disruption is recognised by the characters but is not yet resolved.
4. Kieran Morris
The film doesn’t fully conform to Todorov’s narrative structure due to the genre of drama/social-
realism being associated with many plot twists in films. I added further disruption in order to keep the
story engaging for the potential target audience. Despite this, if the film then showed life after the
events of the film; Jade and Millie would most likely achieve a state of ‘equilibrium’ and therefore
reach stage 5 of Todorov’s theory.
