By ceciliakeirstead on Skatehive
Well Hive, are you ready to continue? Last week, I posted about developing the story of Targeted Advertisers, the short film I wrote and directed. By the time I had the screenplay finished and got some friends who were willing to help, it still seemed like a long shot to actually make it. First, I asked my friend Jay to be the Director of Photography. I had seen some of his work, and he actually specialized in music videos. He was developing a distinct style that incorporated some of the experimental and mixed-media aspects into narrative structures. I was looking for some scenes to be a cinematic style, others to seem more like found footage, and for some to have graphics. He could do it all, and I had seen him put together videos that blended the modes beautifully. Jay thinking outside the box for lighting Jay and I sat down to develop a storyboard and diagrams. A storyboard is a series of drawings that demonstrate what the framing of each scene will look like. He used his tablet to