Shot List and Storyboarding

 I spent all my study hall creating my shot list after I had the outline of my film mapped out. 

Scene 1: 

Shot 1: Pan left from the sand on the beach to the sun rising on the horizon 

Shot 2: Close up of seagull 

Shot 3: Tracking shot extreme close up low angle of MC walking 

Shot 4: Axial cut so now we’re farther back still tracking MC walking 

Shot 5: Mid shot of LI (love interest) back turned to us 

Shot 6: Close up of MC looking fond then moving forward 

Shot 7: OTS of MC, tracking of MC moving towards LI 

Shot 8: Mid shot of LI turning to face MC (hair blowing and looks like a dream) 

Shot 9: Close up of hands (MC takes a step forward and takes LI hands in hers) 

Shot 10: Close up of MC smiling then looking down 

Shot 11: Same kind of shot for LI but she looks to her left (towards the ocean) 

Shot 12: Master shot of the 2 girls on the rule of thirds with the sunrise between them 

Shot 13: Extreme close up of LI pulling MC hands towards her 

Shot 14: Long shot of the two hugging then LI pulls back a little and begins to turn towards MC’s ear 

Shot 15: OTS of MC, showing LI mouthing the lyrics to the song that suddenly turns on 

Shot 16: OTS of LI, showing MC confused as the song continues then swish pan 

Scene 2: 

Shot 17: Close up of MC lying in bed, pan right to her smacking the alarm, then pan back to her putting her pillow of her head, groaning, then throwing it away 

Shot 18: MC sliding out of bed 

Shot 19: Close up of her feet (which have mismatched socks on) landing on the floor 

Shot 20: Close up of MC rubbing her eyes then beginning to move forward 

Shot 21: OTB of her opening her closet 

Shot 22: Camera in the same spot but she’s grabbing clothes 

Shot 23: Camera in same spot but she’s sliding on pants 

Shot 24: Camera in same spot but she’s putting on the shirt 

Shot 25: Camera in same spot but she’s looking down at her pants 

Shot 26: Camera in same spot but she begins to unbutton her pants 

Shot 27: Camera in same spot but she’s jumping trying to get on her pants 

Shot 28: Camera in same spot but she’s moving to turn off closet light 

Shot 29: Technically OTS because I want the focus to be on MC in the mirror; starts with lights off and MC flicks lights on 

Shot 30-50: Montage of her brushing her teeth, washing face, doing her hair, putting on makeup 

Shot 51: Camera in same spot but MC is putting on eyeliner when one faint honk can be heard 

Shot 52: Long shot of BFF’s car outside and a second honk can be heard 

Shot 53: Close up of MC, but not through the mirror, the camera is in front of her, tilts down to have her pick up her phone, then tilts back up to show her texting (text shows on screen in post-production). 

Shot 54: Long shot with a still camera in the hallway; the MC runs into her room grabs her bag then runs towards the camera 

Shot 55: Mid shot with still camera; MC opening then shutting door 

Scene 3: 

Shot 56: Mid shot from in the car; BFF is sitting on her phone when the passenger door opens, and MC comes in and closes the door 

Shot 57: Mid shot of BFF (“Took you long enough, did you even grab breakfast?”) 

Shot 57: Mid shot of MC (“You act as if I’m ever out in time-”) 

Shot 58: Mid shot of BFF rolling her eyes and grabbing a bag 

Shot 59: Mid shot of MC (“And no, there’s bare-”); she gets cut off by BFF tossing the bag at her 

Shot 60: Mid shot of BFF starting to change car gears (“Let’s get going then”) 

Shot 61: Long shot of car pulling out of spot (the line the BFF says overlays over this shot) 

Some of these shots will be shot from multiple different angles with shot coverage just to give options, but since the first scene is filmed during golden hour at the beach, we're going to try and limit the extra shots we film and attempt to stick to getting all the needed shots within that time frame.

My art skills aren't the best and as I said in my introduction, I have a very hard time visualizing the shot, which is evident in my storyboarding. I think my descriptions of the shot in the shot list makes the most sense to me and I know what I want out of the film, which works for my image since I'm working alone.

The storyboard is where I lack in the portfolio I'm creating, but I feel my shot list accurately describes what I'm showing on camera and I feel it will come out okay on camera.