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1. Ideas for storyboard/ script
Storyboard
1. 1st
scene is introduction cards
2. “Morning routine” - shows all her daily checks and what she does every morning
3. “motivation” - shows how social media has an effect, and shows workout routine
4. “Toxic friend” - voices in her head telling her she NEEDS to do all these things (voice over)
5. “No gain = no pain” - Doing more exercises – more intense – has little energy
6. “Controlling thoughts” - restricting again even though she has not eaten, checking every detail in
foods
7. “Relationship crashes” - text messages between family and friends – making excuses to not eat,
or go out
8. “Beauty is pain” - shows how some nights she cries herself to sleep as she cannot cope with
herself and her mind
9. “The downfall” - shows her fainting and her parents find out – contact doctors to help her out
10. “Credits and information” - shows who is involved in the short film, helplines, and valuable
information about eating disorders
Filming locations
Most of my scenes are going to be inside my own house; this is because I would find it easier to film
certain clips in my house as personally, I struggle when I am at home. I also want to film some clips
outside my house.
Scene over views
SCENE 1 - “Introduction”
This scene is not going to have any shot types, but it is going to have some editing techniques that are
going to make the introduction important. I want to have the title “Dying on the inside – short film |
eating disorders” coming onto the screen with an effect (will decide when editing). After the title I am
going to have producer and company I am working with on the screen also with an effect. The type of
background I would have would be basic but related to the short film. I am going to research into
looking at different but relevant backgrounds for my short film. I might try and create on myself based
off the research I would have gained.
Frame length – As this is the introduction of the short film, I do not want this to be long on screen. I
want it to be on for between 3-5 seconds; with this I want to include a text transition and transition of it
coming on and off screen.
Scene 2 - “Morning routine”

2. This scene is going to be interior and will be filmed in the bedroom and kitchen. I will be positioning the
camera in relevant areas of these rooms. I am going to show what she does, what she does not want to
do. I am going to make sure the audience understands that this is what she does every morning without
fail.
Frame length – This scene is going to show most of her morning routine, this could take 3 minutes as I
only want to show what is relevant on screen and everything she does. Also, as this is her morning
routine, I want to capture how quickly it is for her to change her mind about clothes and how her
mindset is like. For editing I could add in a ‘speed up’ that is not too obvious to make sure I have time.
Scene 3 - “Motivation”
She uses different techniques to distract herself from the feeling of being hungry. I am going to show
different apps and websites she goes on (TikTok, different social media pages, and google searches). I
am going to show different angles of her doing different work out routines. Going to make sure the
audience is aware that some of these works out routines are intense and as not intense; proving that
doing this amount of exercise over a prolonged period is not good considering her energy levels, and
how she is only burning calories and not eating after working out.
Frame length – I am going to make this scene 3 minutes long to show how quickly it is for her to change
her mind about what she is looking at and then what she is going to exercise.
Scene 4 - “Toxic friend”
As this documentary is about eating disorders in general but also mostly on anorexia, I am going to make
sure that the audience understands that the disorder gives the person the feeling that what is going on
in her head is what is best and good for her. It is like having a friend encourages you to do something
that will benefit you, but it will not; you believe them because they are your friend.
The way I am going to show this scene is by having the girl sit in her room, and the thoughts are going to
be voice overs of everything that goes through her head daily. I will show her distress and how tired it
makes her feel daily.
Scene length – 3 minutes have the voices overs throughout this scene, going to show how distress she
feels in that moment.
Scene 5 - “No gain = no pain”
Even though she has done a lot of exercises already today she still does exercises later in the day. These
exercises are intense. She does 10 minutes walking, 20 minutes running/ light jog outside; she comes
home and does 30 set-ups. After the sit-ups she crashes in her bedroom.
Scene length – Even though these workouts are going to take 30 minutes I am not going to make this
scene 30 minutes long. I am going to make it 3 minutes long, but I am going to add the times she started
and make it 30 minutes apart.

3. Scene 6 - “controlling thoughts”
I am also going to show a phone app that she uses to track her fitness and what she eats, and what limit
of calories she wants to eat (if she does eat) on that day. She checks the calories on everything she
potentially wants to eat, if it is high for what it is she is not going to eat it. If she does not find anything
in her budget, she will not eat anything.
Scene length – 3 minutes, going to show a quick screen record of her phone app and then most of the
scene is going to be her looking for food to eat in her calorie budget.
Scene 7 - “Relationships crash”
She is so deep with it herself she does not realize it affects her family and friends. The control over food
at every meal, not wanting to go out with friends if food is involved, the arguments, attitude everything
she does affects her family and friends; she does not realize because she is the only one going through
this and no one understands how she feels as they think it is silly. Her mom says “I wish I looked like
you” her mom thinks it is a compliment, but her mom is saying she looks healthy, and she does not want
to be healthy. Even though she knows herself it is not like her to act out, but she feels out of control and
the only thing in her life she can control herself is her weight and food/ calorie intake. I am going to
show this through text messages and show her reaction.
Scene length – 2 minutes I am going to show the phone screen then do a cut to her reaction of the
messages on her screen.
Scene 8 - “Beauty is pain”
The location will be her bedroom, as she cries as no one is around and she feels safe. She cries in a dim
room, potentially listening to music that makes her feel like she is not alone with these thoughts and
feelings. She cries without trying to wake up anyone in the house as she does not want to tell anyone.
Going to show different angles of the room and what she does.
Scene length – 1-2 minutes I just want to quickly show how she personally feels about this full situation
she does want to be in but also does not know how to get out of it. I do not want this scene to be too
long because it is just her.
Scene 9 - “The downfall”
After so long her body could not take it anymore. Her parents figured everything out because they had
been worried about her; she thought they would not have found out. They booked her a doctor's
appointment. She freaks out as she is not ready for recovery ever! She is barely where she wants to be,
but she also knows all the damage is not going to end well for her.

4. Scene length – I am thinking of making this scene 3-5 minutes long because I want to highlight how
important this scene is. I want this scene to be longer because there are going to be more things
happening. I am going to leave it as she goes to the doctors as it shows that even though she doesn’t
want to go to the doctors, her parents are worried about her.
Scene 10 - “credits, information, outro”
I am going to add credits, UK helplines related with eating disorders, anorexia, and statistics.
Frame length – As this is the outro of the short film, I do not want this to be long on screen. I want it to
be on for between 3-5 seconds; with this I want to include a text transition and transition of it coming on
and off screen.