OCR Creative iMedia R093 · Storyboard practice

Improve the film festival trailer storyboard

A draft for a 60-second festival trailer that plays before films of every age rating. Fix the order, timings and transitions for the video editor.

9 marksImprove the draftFor the video editor

The scenario

Harbourlight Film Festival

Harbourlight is a five-day independent film festival held every October in the seaside town of Saltmouth. This year it will screen 40 films, including short films made by young people from the town. The festival needs a 60-second trailer to show online and before films in local cinemas, a printed programme listing every screening, and a ticket app so that visitors can book seats on their phones.

The task

The Harbourlight Film Festival director has drawn a storyboard for the 60-second trailer that will play online and before films in local cinemas. The video editor will assemble the finished trailer from the clips and the graphics, but the order is muddled and the timings, transitions and sound are patchy.

Improve the effectiveness of the storyboard for use by the video editor. The pictures are already in the draft. The trailer must feel warm and welcoming, last about 60 seconds, suit every audience because it plays before films of every age rating, and end with the festival dates and how to book. Marks will be awarded for: relevant components and conventions used; layout; annotations that explain how the improvements help the video editor in their role.

[9 marks]

What it is marked on

Storyboard techniques used consistently on every panel: scene numbers, shot types, camera angles and movement, timings, lighting, locations, sound and transitions
Panels that cover everything the brief asks for, in a clear sequence, adding up to the running time
Notes that explain how your choices help the video editor

The marks fall in OCR's three levels. How R093 is marked explains them.

The draft storyboard

This is the draft you improve. In the editor below it is already loaded for you to change.

Scene 18s

The festival sign is switched on

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→ cut

Scene 26s

Text on screen: 'Harbourlight, 4 to 8 October'

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→ cut

Scene 312s

Clip from a comedy: two friends argue over popcorn

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→ wipe

Scene 412s

Clip from a family film: a brother and sister race home

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→ —

Scene 512s

Clip from a thriller: a man hides from a stranger

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→ cut

Scene 612s

A first-time film maker answers questions

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→ —

Scene 78s

Text on screen: 'Book now: tickets just £4'

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→ cut

Your answer

Opening the editor…

Questions

Is this the real exam?

No. It is a practice question in the style of OCR's R093 paper: a client scenario, a document for a named user, and an extended answer marked by three levels. SubjectHub wrote it from the specification and the published mark schemes; the real papers are set by OCR.

How is it marked?

Straight away and for free, code checks it: which storyboard techniques you used consistently on every panel the video editor needs (scene numbers, shot types, angles, movement, timings, lighting, locations, sound and transitions), the running time against the brief, and an estimated level from that count. With a free account you also get the full mark: your notes are read, the brief and the draft's problems are checked, and code places the level by the same rule, so you get a mark, the level, feedback and one next step.

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