'Back to the Future' task write up

In the storyboarding session we studied the opening sequence to 'Back To The Future'. After this we drew our own storyboards of the title sequence to practice for our coursework.

We analysed:

• Character movement
• Camera movement
• Shot type
• Duration
• Sound
• Transitions

We analysed all of these things in lots of depth, as we needed to put as much detail into our storyboard's for our coursework as possible. The details I learnt from 'Back to the Future' was that the sound was particularly effective in the opening as it was corresponding with the images. When creating a storyboard you need to make it clear that what you draw in a shot, is also what is happening with the sound, by adding sound information to go with it underneath.
 In the opening, tracking is used a lot to set the scene by showing the main characters possesions, and connoting the theme;  to show this on a storyboard you can draw clear arrows to show the movement of the camera.
When making our own storyboards we also had to draw where the transitions and cuts were. We had to make this clear as transitions are important and the first cut is significant, and may end the title sequence.

This session has really helped as I now have a better understanding of what is vital to include on a storyboard, and how much depth is used to display the sequence to pre-visualise the moving image.