Storyboard & Script!!

 Hello and welcome back we’re now in the midst of this project and I actually have to start thinking about all the details. 

Honestly, I had no idea how to start off my story so I got the help of my classmate Maia with the storyboarding process.

Plus my big ass white board that y’all will see later. I looked insane sitting with this humongous thing on my teeny tiny lil desk but it gets the job done.

Anywho, I feel as if my storyboard is fairly self explanatory (the paper edition not the whiteboard) thanks to the comments I added but I’ll be explaining it a little bit further.

To start things off, I wanted to include an establishing shot of the scenery (in this case the playground) to set the tone and give people and idea of where things are taking place. 

Afterwards, I wanted Character "A" to storm in and walk in front of the camera. This way I could set the scene for a transition into the overhead shot of Character A&B laying on the merry go round and talking. 

I then wanted to show a variation of days with the same continuing dialogue to establish that these girls come here often and are close friends. At the end of this scene, "A" has to go home and leaves "B" at the playground. This is where everything starts to go downhill.

Script:

[Camera opens to a playground] 

*Upbeat music plays*

"A" storms into the frame, walking in front of the camera 

Scene transitions to an overhead view of "B" laying on the merry go round and "A" laying down across from her.

A: This is such bullshit!

B: Relax Viv, summer's not over yet, we still have time.

[Cut to another day with A&B wearing different clothes]

A: Ok but Blair, they're giving us uniforms, and not like cute Serena and Blair prep school, high knee socks uniforms.  Like fugly khaki uniforms.

B: Yea but like- Mm no I can't justify it they're really bad.

[Cut to another day with A&B wearing different clothes]

A: I'm genuinely convinced someone is praying on our downfall.

B: You're over exaggerating

A: No i'm serious someone has a picture of our faces taped to their dart board because this is horrendous.

B: Bad uniforms aren't going to kill us.

A: Might as well. I wouldn't be caught dead in that, are you kidding?

[Phone pings]

"A" sits up to check her phone. 

A: Shit I gotta go

She turns to look back at B

A: Are you okay getting home?

"B" nods.

B: Yea go

A: Ok, same time tomorrow right?

B: Don't be late

"A" leaves

[End scene]

In the following clips, we now see "B" leave. But as she goes, she walks out into the street and gets hit by a car. We see this exchange happen with a series of close-ups as it switches between "B" and the car to create chaos. 

The title card would then come in showing the name of the film (This is still a work in progress).

The scene than continues with "A" coming back to the park while dressed in all black and walking in front of the camera. Just like how "B" did in the beginning. She makes her way over to the merry-go-round where we see a close-up of her visibly upset before she hears "B"'s voice.

Script:

*Sad music plays*

"B" leaves

As she steps out into the street the sounds of a car honking gets louder, and its lights get brighter.

[Close-up of car coming towards the camera]

[Close-up of "B" as the headlights gets closer to her]

{Title Card}

[Scene opens to playground again]

"A" walks in front of the camera wearing all black.

She sits down on the merry-go-round visibly upset.

Her eyes are red and teary.

B: Sorry i'm late, I got caught up in traffic.

She then hears "B"'s voice and is surprise and confused

[End Scene]

The script and the name are still very open to changes but the concepts will remain the same. I really wanted to create a story in which the main character is forced to grow on their own and learn to evolve to be their own person. 

Personally, I like to believe that "B" never came back and this is just "A"'s way of comforting herself and coping with the loss of her friend, but then again, anything is possible in movies.

XOXO, 

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