Good Fortune - Storyboard

My second film is due in less than 2 weeks. Yikes! This one had the same specs (20+ shots, 3-6 minutes long) but we could make it about ANYTHING!

With "Pirate Dream" I had let my resources drive the story. I had the Hinnen family, their street and all of their pirate gear. That seemed a no-brainer. But I can't do that for every film. What are my resources? What kind of story do I want to tell? Those two questions can't be answered the same for me. I had a great idea I was very excited about but would involve far too many locations and actors/extras. Maybe I'll shoot that one after the first semester.

It will all be done in voiceover since I don't have good audio equipment. That was the only other parameter I was keeping myself to. Eventually, I came up with the idea below.

 

Pirate Dream, The Movie

Here is my very first film! It follows the storyboard pretty well, with some adjustments. It turned out so much better than I could ever have hoped for. I got a PERFECT SCORE! 120 out of 120. Enjoy!

Storyboard - Chase Scene

Wow. First year at college. Age 32. I got an A on my first "student film". It was just an assigned series of 21 shots. It would be a waste of internet to post it. But my first grade at LA City College, Cinema Department, is an A. A big beautiful A.

My second film assignment is a chase scene! Doesn't sound hard, but when you're a freshman in community college with no job you realize you have very few resources, as far as locations, extras, crew, etc. We had to turn in a storyboard as part of the project. Thankfully for me, stick figures are acceptable.

I'm posting my storyboard here because a) I wanna show off and b) I'm sending my cast and crew to this page so they can get familiar with it. We have to shoot within two weeks so I have time to edit. I will post the video when it's completed.

There are some blank spaces because I reorganized some of the shots and some things were already written on other pages, blah blah blah. There is to be less than 10% talking. So, my plan is to make it look like an old 8 mm film and my pianist friend, who is severely overqualified, has agreed to write music for it.