Story Board

I made two different storyboards and decided I would use the second one as I believed the first looked far too difficult and the second looked a lot more appealing. For the first storyboard I made a very rough draft before I copied it up neatly. I believe the second storyboard (my selected storyboard is a good idea to use and am glad I chose it.

Storyboard 1

I made a very rough draft of the storyboard to decide what happens when and how long each shot will last to get a rough idea of what to put in my storyboard.

I decided to have an advert of the channel as the first channel but I realise this was not a goof idea as this is only shown when the programme is about to be shown and not before a trailer.

I drew very rough drawings of stick people to show where they would be standing and captions under to show what is happening. I annotated parts to ensure the viewer knows what my drawings show.

The squares I have coloured in black show the parts where I will edit the scenes to make them fade in and fade out onto a change of scenery.

This page is incomplete because at this stage I realised this trailer could be too difficult to do by myself and so began to draft a different storyboard.

Storyboard 2

I preferred this storyline as it was simpler to create and easier for the viewer to understand. I think it is more effective as it doesn't give too much away aswell.

Ideas

Props

-1 tent
-Car
-Camera
-Tripod

Costume

-Casual clothes appropriate for camping
-Natural make-up and hair

Characters


Ellie- played by Ellie Gooby I have chosen Ellie to play this character as I believe she is capable of playing the part. There are no lines in this trailer so she only has to do actions such as driving a car, hammering in a tent peg, putting up the tent and waking up. She is very photogenic so would look good on the front cover of my magazine and poster.

Sarah- played by Sarah Biswell). Sarah will be playing the victim. I chose Sarah as she is very convenient to film being my sister and always being around. Her character will be quite shy and she will also have no lines. However I will have to record her screaming.

Planning

Lighting Available

-The sun
only on the arrival though as the rest of the filming will be done in the dark

-Torch (Pen light/ flash light/ helmet light)
All my characters will be holding torches


Sound Available

-Music

-Dialogue mic

-Computer (internet)

-Foley artist

Storyline

My trailer is going to be for a soap but will have a darker twist. Many soaps have odd episodes away from the main location of the soap. For example, Eastenders and Hollyoaks both do this so this is what I am doing in my trailer. Two characters from my soap will star in it and will be away on a camping trip together. However, everything will go wrong when Sarah leaves the campsite to find himself being murdered by someone unknow. We won't see it happen we will just hear a scream and Ellie who is asleep in her tent will suddenly wake up.

Target Audience

I have decided that my soap will be aimed at a wide age group as we would want as many viewers as possible. The typical target audience would be young people aged from around 14 to 25. As the storyline contains murder and violence, it would be shown after the watershed as it would not be deemed appropriate for young children. It will be appropriate for both sexes to work. It would be targeted at people who watch soap operas and enjoy a slightly scary storyline.

Brief

A promotion package for a new soap opera, to inlude a TV trailer, together with a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap and a poster for the soap.