Story board and script conventions

  Shot description, number and duration - a short description of what will be in each shot. Each shot must have a number and how long it will last. This helps work out the final film duration.

▪ Visuals – Drawings of what will happen in each scene. These can be really detailed or simple line drawings. Sometimes photographs are added. The image should show how the shot should be framed and include any key props ( mise-en- scène).

▪ Technical Codes – what camera shots and angles will be used for each shot. Also a suggestion of what edit will take place between each shot. Arrows may also be used to show any movement of the camera such as zooms or pans.

▪ Audio Codes - Sounds that are to be included in the shot can be described. These need to be clearly identified as diegetic (naturally part of the scene) or non-diegetic (added to the scene), such as music, dialogue and sound effects.

  STORYBOARDS

• An essential planning device in the film and television sector of media.

• Mostly used by directors as it allows them to think in advance about how they want the narrative of their media product to develop

• It also lets them think

through technical and audio

codes they might use to create the narrative.

• Making a storyboard helps media producers think through the moving image in their minds and then on paper with camera shots, angles, and transitions all included.

• If a storyboard is well-constructed and thought out, it saves a lot of time and money when filming a moving image text.

Script Screenplay

A piece of writing in the form of drama different from prose forms of writing , like novel and short stories as it is meant to be performed either for stage , radio , television or film 

When a script is written for film/tv it is sometimes know as  a screenplay 

A script has to sound effective when it is read out loud . It also means it has to be written in a special way 

A script consists of dialogue (what the characters say to each other ) stage direction s and instructions to actors and director 

Script Conventions 

First line in capital s INT (internal) or EXT (external) settings , Exact location time of day 

Character names Always in capital s 

Description of action Explain the scene in details 

Sound affects in capital s 

Characters lines (dialogue) justified centre of page , under name of each other stage direction s and instructions to the actors and director

Characters intonation in brackets 

Spacing An empty line after each piece of information

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