Reverse storyboard of a clip from Waterloo Road. This is from the scene named Amy brings drugs to school.

1. “Amy brings drugs to school”
Reverse Storyboard
By Meghan

2. High angle mid-shot of a girl’s
cubicle, dark lighting

3. Lauren: Is it strong then?
Dolly shot at the same angle,
showing multiple cubicles, for
seven seconds, finishing on…

4. Amy: Yeah, one joint and you’ll be totally baked
Lauren: Well, what have you tried it?
High angle mid-shot of two girls in a cubicle, same dark lighting.
Girls are looking at something

5. Mid-close up of Lauren, same
lighting

6. Amy: No, but…
Pan shot for two seconds to…

7. Amy: (cont.) Trevor reckons it’s good stuff and he
knows all about it so…
Mid-close up of Amy, same lighting

8. Lauren: Well do you reckon we’ll be okay?
Amy: Soon find out. Tryin’ it tonight(…)
Cuts to a mid two-shot of the girls talking

9. Amy: (cont.) tonight at mine, you up for it?
Mid-close up of Amy, same lighting

10. Pan shot for two seconds to…

11. Lauren: Um, yeah I suppose
Mid-close up of Lauren, same
lighting

12. Pan back for two seconds to…

13. Amy: Don’t s’pose, you in or what?
Mid-close up of girl Amy, same lighting

14. Lauren: (nods) Yeah, I’m in totally
Cut to mid-close up of Lauren, same lighting

15. Sam: (v/o) What are you playin’ at Lauren?
Amy: You stupid or what (…)
Cut to high angle mid-close up two shot of the two girls,
brighter lighting- somebody has opened a door?

16. Cut to low angle mid-close up point of view
shot of a new girl, brighter lighting

17. Amy: (Cont.) You almost made me drop it down the
toilet
Cut back to high angle mid-close up two shot of the
two girls, brighter lighting

18. Sam: And that’s the best place for it
Cut to low angle close up point of view shot of
Sam, brighter lighting

19. Cut back to high angle mid-close up two shot
of the two girls, brighter lighting

20. Cut to low angle close up point of view shot of
Sam, brighter lighting

21. Cut to mid-shot, same bright lighting

22. Sam: What, you into drugs now Lauren?
Lauren: It’s just a bit of grass Sam
Lauren and two walk into shot

23. Sam: And you think Fischer’s gonna take it that way when she
finds out?
Cut to over the shoulder shot so we can see Sam. At the same
height, therefore neither is better than the other

24. Amy: Well, we weren’t planning on telling her
Cut to mid-close two shot of Lauren and Amy

25. Lauren: Are you mad or what?
Cut to over the shoulder shot so of Sam

26. Amy: Look, what’s it got to do with you
anyway?
Cut to close up two shot of Lauren and Amy

27. Sam: I was talking to my mate actually
Cut to over the shoulder shot of Sam

28. Amy: Oh, is there someone else in here?
Cut to close up two shot of Lauren and Amy

29. Sam: Nobody finds (…)
Cut to close up of Sam

30. Cut to reaction shot of Amy

31. Sam: (cont.) you funny
Cut to close up of Sam

32. Lauren: Shut up. Both of ya. We’re all mates
aren’t we? (…)
Cut to mid-shot of the three girls

33. Lauren: (Cont.) C’mon Sam you are being a bit of a
downer about this
Cut to over the shoulder shot so we can see Sam

34. Lauren: (Cont.) It’s just grass. We should all go to Amy’s after
school (…)
Two-shot close up of the two girls, focus pull on Amy when
she’s mentioned

35. Lauren: (cont.) Smoke a bit. It’ll be a laugh
Over the shoulder reaction shot of Lauren

36. Amy: She’s not coming mine
Lauren: (quietly) Oh come on
Two-shot close up of the two girls, with a focus

37. Sam: Do you know what, I’m not
Over the shoulder mid-close up shot of Sam

38. Cut to reaction shot of Amy

39. Sam: Look you want to get yourself into drugs
Lauren then fine
Over the shoulder close up shot of Sam

40. Amy: But don’t expect (…)
Two-shot close up of the two girls

41. Sam: But don’t expect me to hang around with
ya
Over the shoulder close up shot of Sam

42. Mid-shot, Sam walks out of shot leaving a two
shot of Amy and Lauren