STORY BOARD
Title: THE VALUE OF FOOD
Storyline: A poor boy is starving. Approaching a bakery, the baker gave him couple of biscuits even though the boy didn't have much money. And then, the boy is ready to share the food what he have with a stray dog who seeks him for food, as he knows the value of food.
Moral: Only a hungry person knows the value of food
Shot No: 1
Content: Close up view of the boy's eye
Camera: Extreme close up
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 5 sec
A1: yes.. mom is not with me from last few days.. I'm hungry.. need something to eat.. (Boy worried and tensed - background dialogue)
Shot No: 2
Content: Boy looking at the bakery
Camera: FS
Camera Movement: Push in
Duration: 3 sec
A1: will they give me any food if I go and ask there (background dialogue)
Shot No: 3
Content: Boy looking at the coin in his hand
Camera: Close up
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 4 sec
A1: and this is all what I have.. but I cant resist this.. I need something (background dialogue)
Shot No: 4
Content: Boy walking to the bakery
Camera: FS
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 2 sec
Shot No: 5
Content: Boy asking for food to the baker
Camera: MS
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 7 sec
A2 (baker): Yes, how can I help you?
A1: I am hungry.. can you give me anything to eat. This is what I have.. (showing the coin)
A2: Ohh.. don't worry.. relax (smiling at the boy)
Shot No: 6
Content: Boy comes out of the bakery with the food given by the baker
Camera: CS
Camera Movement: Pull out
Duration: 3 sec
Shot No: 7
Content: Boy sitting on the pedestrian bench to eat & a dog approaches him
Camera: FS
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 3 sec
Shot No: 8
Content: Boy giving some food to the dog, seeing its hungry
Camera: MFS
Camera Movement: Static
Duration: 5 sec
A3 (mom): (boy remembers what his mom has told him) "there is nothing greater than feeding an empty stomach and kindness is like a boomerang, it always returns" (background dialogue)
Shot No: 9
Content: Baker seeing the boy's gesture towards the dog
Camera: MS
Camera Movement: Pull out
Duration: 3 sec
Learning Outcome
It is not that easy to create a film/short film/advertisement as simple as we watch it. Observation, thinking how to plan a scene, how to shoot it etc. everything matters. As a first project on story board many references are taken which helped me a lot. To get the attention of audience for each scenes becomes a priority and challenging.
