Preparation for Story Boarding

One of our media lessons was spent analysing ‘1 hour Photo’ a thriller from 2002. We only analysed 31 seconds of the film but had to take into account all the shots that made up the time. This made us realise just how long and how much detail storyboards consist of and the time they consume to complete. Our thriller would be 2-3 minutes long meaning that it would take hours to come up with a good storyline and then complete the storyboard. There would be many shots in the thriller to make it seem more realistic.

Each story board consisted of:
•Shot no.
•Length of shot
•Editing from one shot to the other (Cut/Fade/Dissolve)
•Shot Size
•Camera Angle
•Lighting
•Colours in the frame
•Setting
•Props
•Costume
•Sound
•The picture
•Brief Description of action

Taking this all into to account we realised how much planning would have to be completed in order to start filming our thriller.


We all meet up during the half term on Monday and Thursday and started planning our thriller. We came up with our storyline and started our storyboard. We also discussed locations, Camera Shots, Camera Angles and Editing etc.

Oliver Fitch