Change - Narrative Planning

After a number of discussions and some debates we finally have come with a final narrative for our project. The story is about a self centred boy with little appreciation for the relationships and people around him. In a family argument he then wishes that he didn't have to deal with all these problems/people, to which wakes up to find his family has disappeared and the world is empty. At first he enjoys the freedom that comes with an empty world, allowing him to do what he wants when he wants. However as the day draws to an end he begins to realise the mistake he has made and the importance of the things he took for granted. 

We started planning the layout of the video and how the narrative was going to pan out, the shot list. This was a lot more difficult then expected. There were a few areas that were a little confused by what we should do regarding the timeframe. For example it was difficult to create the realisation from the character that he was in an empty world and can do what ever he pleases in such a short time period, and effectively. Then we wanted to both emphasise the fun he was having but also the disappoint and regret he goes through at the end effectively. 

I ended splitting the story up into four segments, the family argument (which the story starts with), the travelling around realising the world is empty, the freedom and mayhem he then causes and the finally the stage he regrets what has happened. We could then come with ideas for each of the segments to what happens in each of them. 

From these ideas I began to draw up a story board, which in turn I could create a shot list from. I made sure that the shortlist was a lot larger than needed and included all the shots that people had proposed. This meant that when it could to post production there was a library of footage to choose from rather that trying to search for clips that didn't exist. It is better to have to cut footage and scenes away having scene than not being able to view them in the first place.