Module 3.3 - Soup Can Ship Storyboards

For this assignment we I was given a story to turn into a shot list/storyboard sequence. Mine consists of 10 shots, and the story is provided below.

What appears to be an oversized soup can with a dome lid hurtles through space, twisting and turning every which way down to Earth. It skims across treetops, around bridges and buildings, whipping into the air anything not anchored down. The ship (soupcan) guides its way to an open field for an emergency landing. As the ship gets closer, a house and barn come into view. The ship attempts to land in the field, showering ears of corn onto the landscape. The ship slows its destructive path, but not soon enough. BOOM! The ship crashes through the upstairs window of the house and whizzes out the back door, crashing through the barn, stopping in a haystack. The animals in the barn turn to look at the smoldering haystack. As the animals move cautiously toward the object, the haystack RUSTLES, and out pops EDDIE the warthog, wearing a bomber jacket, goggles, and helmet.

Module 3.2 - Storyboarding from a Script

This assignment was the same as 3.1, but instead of working backwards from a movie we had to develop a scene from a script. I chose the scene in Apocalypse Now in which Lt. Kilgore calls in a napalm strike after his Air Cavalry attacks the beaches.

Module 3.1 - Storyboarding from a Movie

For this assignment I needed to work backwards and create up to 8 storyboards depicting any scene from a movie. I chose the truck chase from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Since we were limited to 8 images my storyboards alone do not tell the whole story but rather show key events from this scene (I also tried to get a variety of shots, as far as framing and content is concerned, rather than having a bunch of similar images).