adapting a storyboard

 A storyboard can only take you so far. After all, it’s whole purpose is to be a stepping stone for a larger production, and that never to goes. So let’s take a look at some of the changes we made while filming.

First, the wide shots of Emi walking took up far too much time. Those were scenes we filmed but ultimately cut in post. It flows much better with just a couple seconds of walking rather than a whole minute and a half. 

Next, we changed the order of some of the shots. We had Emi take off her hate before she wiped the sweat instead of before. We felt it’d make more sense for her to take off her hate before digging, and it’d show more of a passage of time. 

Finally, we changed the shots where the body is seen. We made the mistake of not buying enough dirt, so we couldn’t cover the body bag at the park.

We had to shot around that and change up some shots to better fit what we had. This was done using force perspective. We put the camera right up against the dirt, and made it seems like there was depth to the pile. It  thought it cleverly masked our lack of dirt, and even looks better than what was on the storyboard.