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OCR Creative iMedia R093 · Storyboard practice

Improve the theatre welcome video storyboard

A theatre's draft for a 40-second video showing audiences how to use the digital programme. Improve it for the video editor.

9 marksImprove the draftFor the video editor

The scenario

Riverside Theatre digital programme

Riverside Theatre is replacing its printed show programmes with a digital programme viewed on phones via a QR code. It will contain the cast list, director's notes, behind-the-scenes photos, a video interview with the lead actor, and adverts from local sponsors. The audience is mostly adults aged 30-70.

The task

Riverside Theatre has drawn a storyboard for a short welcome video that shows audience members how to use the digital programme on their phones. The video editor will assemble the finished film from the clips and the graphics, but 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 video must feel calm, clear and unhurried for adults, last about 40 seconds and end on the Riverside Theatre 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 18s

An audience member arrives at the theatre

Shotnot setCameranot setSoundgentle piano
→ cut
Scene 29s
QR

She points at the sign by the door

Shotnot setCameranot set
→ —
Scene 37s

The phone screen shows the digital programme

Shotnot setCameranot setSoundgentle piano
→ wipe
Scene 410s

A man reads the cast list on his phone

Shotnot setCameranot set
→ dissolve
Scene 514s

The lead actor appears in the video interview

Shotnot setCameranot setSoundthe actor's voice
→ dissolve
Scene 610s
Thank you to ourlocal sponsors

Text on screen: 'Thank you to our local sponsors'

Shotnot setCameranot setSoundgentle piano
→ —

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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