Drafting and planning: Second storyboard draft

The storyboard is a crucial part to the trailer as it is an indication of what shots, editing techniques and sound I want to use as well as the way I want the clips to plan out. I did a basic first storyboard draft in a previous blog, http://lewisglennonmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/drafting-and-planning-storyboards.html, but I have decided to draw up a more accurate storyboard with the music I plan to include in the trailer.

This is the first part of my storyboard. The trailer will start with a blank screen and then my main character 'Poezzi' giving a quote through a voice over. This voice over reflects Poezzi's reasons for his criminal ways and is the quote I will use throughout advertising for the movie poster to give my film an identity with my target audience. The trailer will then cut to the standard rating symbol to show what age you need to be to watch the film and then the movie production company. I have used Universal as an example but have yet to decide who will produce my film.

The trailer will then cut to a mid shot of the Birmingham skyline, preferably at night, for around 2 seconds before fading out to a police station in which the police describe the gang. This gives my audience an early indication of where the film is set and about the gang with the police describing them as 'dangerous.'

Then we will get introduced to Poezzi with giving orders in his office. I will use low key lighting to not give to much away about Poezzi and to give some mystery and fear around him. There will then be quick clips of the gang doing criminal authority while 'Shipping up to Boston' playing for just six seconds. I chose this song because it is usually used to represent chaos and that is what Poezzi's gang will be doing.

The trailer will then cut to Poezzi being informed off a problem and will then resort to slow paced editing. I will use a gunshot sound for when Poezzi is informed off the problem to symbolize danger and shock and then it will cut to the new gang with Poezzi's gang describing them in a voice over. Then Ill cut to the police going after both gangs before another quick segments of the gangs battling and escaping the police before ending with Poezzi facing off with the rival gang leader on a bridge. I will use 9 seconds of 'Feeling good' (Michael Bublee version) for the segments because I feel it is a powerful song which also represents the end of something which could happen with Poezzi. The trailer will then end with the standard release date and who is in it.

This storyboard is a much stronger one than my previous one and I can use it when filming and editing to make sure my trailer comes out the way I want it to.