Video Store - Research, Storyboards and Scripts

  Before any designing could take place, more research into uniforms and stores become first order. It seemed that there is a lot of uniform references for fast food restaurants from the 1980's, but not so much for Video Stores. What could be found was more a case of polo shirts and trousers, so some improvising was needed.

Clothing Research - Kimberley Davis

Video Stores - Kimberley Davis

   Video stores can be bright and colorful and this was to be reflected in Moom's uniform. Taking a mix of polo shirts and 1980's pallets, a small number of uniform design came though. The third one will be the best choice for the skit, the coloring's matches the store sign. A small connection to a job to come (hotel bell hop) is reflected by the store sign that come crashing down. To make the relation more obvious, a hotel trolley was incorporated in to the design and the store name became: The Video Hopper. 

Kimberley Davis

Kimberley Davis

  When planning the scene, the original planned scenario was as follows:

Original Scenario 

 Not completely satisfied with scene outline, changes was made to the provisional script and storyboards. Below is the final outcome:

Moom’s Video Store Summer Job

 

*Seen thought CCTV and Store Display Cameras”

Moom is putting returned videos away on shelves, hears the store bell and hides behind a display. He is seen to peek out nervously after a few seconds, looks around, realises no-one is there and notices the video players had stopped. Wonders over the players and starts pressing loads of buttons (Does not understand how they work). Walks away, looks at the 3D display and decides to put a pair of glasses on. Moom becomes scared, turns around and see more displays, becoming more anxious. In the background, video players are spilling out tape and frizzing!

Moom take off the glasses, breathing heavy and hears a noise. Looks round and sees the reels of tape flowing out of the video players. Runs over and continues to press more buttons. The video players start shaking! Moom is getting caught up in the tape around his feet, ducks to try and get out but the tapes fly out of the players towards a large heavy sign in the ceiling. Tapes knocks it and gets hooked in the sign, causing it to swing down one side first, breaking the chains and falling. Smashing to the shelves below, a domino effect happens around the store shelves, knocking videos and displays everywhere. Meanwhile, Moom flies into the air by the tape wrapped around his feet, and as the store falls apart around him, is suspended in the air and can only watch.

Store manager hears the noise and come running into the shop to chaos, sees Moom nervous in the air and fires him. 

Improved Script - Kimberley Davis

Final Storyboard - Kimberley Davis

Video Shop Outline and Camera Placements - Kimberley Davis

  Creating the shop on a visual bases allowed better planning for the sequence. 

  After discussion about changes to plots, we agreed it was time to start creating the draft animatics to be placed together for the OGR (Green Light Review). These will be given to Jessica to edit and composite in premier.