Shoot Board

We made the shoot board for our test shoot based on our animatic. This meant that we took the stills from our animatic and placed them on the shoot board to represent each shot in our sequence. Therefore we could test out whether these shots would actually translate well to moving image.

After having done our test shoot and creating our test sequence, we had a much better idea of what worked and what didn't. This meant that we could create a new shoot board based on our test sequence, using the original shoot board to aid us.

As can be seen on the updated shoot board, we decided to cross cut to the female inside the house in order to create a more well established character, as well as prolong the amount of time spent inside the house. In addition to this, our shoot board for the real shoot was much more precise as we had a much better idea of our intentions for filming before the shoot. The animatic and test shoot were incredibly helpful in helping us make decisions for our real shoot.

The shoot boards became an essential part of pre-production as well as an incredibly useful tool for production. They allowed us to visualize our ideas within a sequence while carefully planning each shot and making decisions in pre-production rather than during the shoot. This made our shoots increasingly efficient with very few unanticipated difficulties.