Creating the Storyboard

storyboard/ˈstɔːrɪbɔːd/

noun a sequence of drawings, typically with some directions and dialogue, representing the shots planned for a film or television production. What is the purpose of a storyboard? The purpose of a storyboard is to communicate visually the shots that need to be filmed. It also helps to inform the creators of the sequence in which the shots need to pieced together again during post production.

Prior to writing our screenplay, we had to create a storyboard in order to demonstrate visually what our plans for the film opening. We made two storyboards, because as part of our opening, we had planned to do a tracking shot, however we weren't definitely sure if it would be feasible to do it with the equipment that we had access to.
We knew that our film would feature several close up shots of particular objects in the room, as we wanted to communicate objects of importance throughout the opening, without revealing too much of the information too quickly. We also wanted to include some shots of our main character Peter, however we wanted to try and hide his identity for as long as possible, in order to maintain the enigma, and keep the audience guessing.
As part of our storyboard, we visually communicate the shots we wished to have of the typing on the screen of the computer, because our opening consisted of the writing of a letter, as that is what the opening of the book is. we didn't want to type out the whole of the letter, so we just wanted to type out important sentences, such as 'I hope to be dead.'