OCR Creative iMedia R093 · Storyboard practice

Improve the treasure-hunt trailer storyboard

The railway's draft for a 45-second trailer about the app's treasure-hunt game. Improve it for the video editor.

9 marksImprove the draftFor the video editor

The scenario

Valley Steam Railway visitor app

Valley Steam Railway is a heritage steam railway. It wants a visitor app with an interactive route map, ride timetables, a family treasure-hunt game, and audio stories about the railway's history. Visitors range from young families to older heritage enthusiasts.

The task

Valley Steam Railway has drawn a storyboard for a 45-second trailer that shows families playing the app's treasure-hunt game. The video editor will assemble the finished trailer from the clips and the graphics, but the timings, transitions and sound are patchy and the ending is unclear.

Improve the effectiveness of the storyboard for use by the video editor. The pictures are already in the draft. The trailer must feel fast, exciting and family-friendly, last about 45 seconds and end on the Valley Steam Railway logo. 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 19s

A family arrives at the station gate

Shotlong shotCameranot setSoundsteam whistle

→ cut

Scene 210s

A girl sees a new clue on her phone

Shotmid shotCameranot setSoundupbeat music

→ dissolve

Scene 310s

The children race to follow the clue

Shotlong shotCameranot setSoundupbeat music

→ —

Scene 412s

The boy finds the treasure and cheers

Shotmid shotCameranot set

→ —

Scene 56s

Text on screen: 'Find the treasure!'

Shotnot setCameranot setSoundupbeat music

→ cut

Scene 69s

A parent and child celebrate together

Shottwo-shotCameranot setSoundcheering

→ 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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