Plot
The protagonist of our film is a regular at a café- all of the locals know her and visa versa. One afternoon, however, a complete stranger enters the café and catches the eye of the protagonist. She catches his eye, also. This is the opening of the film, and would lead to a more developed version of the plot- following the story of the protagonist and this mysterious boy.
I think that we planned our task well and put a lot of effort into our independent film opening, focusing on the props and set in particular. Our group worked well together and we didn't argue about any aspects of the project. We worked more quickly to create this storyboard as we knew exactly what we wanted to do for both the set and the individual shots, so we managed to finish it in one lesson (it took more than one lesson to create our ghost film storyboard). Our shots were all consistent this time as we took them all in the same place, as opposed to having to change locations as we did when we made our other jelly baby project. We all contributed to the planning and production of our film opening storyboard, and I think that having a functioning set (the jelly babies were able to 'sit' at the counter in the café) made our film opening storyboard stand out.
I think that our film would have been better if we had tried to find a way to make the jelly babies stand on their own without using pencils, as they obstructed and ruined some of the shots. I think that we could have tried to show the contrast between the protagonist and the stranger more, perhaps by using more props. I also think that we took too long to decide upon a plot to use for our storyboard, which was one of the down sides to choosing a title with such a wide range of possible plots.
The end of our opening scene for an independent film allows for the storyline to continue, as the audience are left wondering what will happen between the protagonist and the mysterious stranger.
