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OCR Creative iMedia R093 · Storyboard practice

Improve the Skybound trailer storyboard

A draft for the 45-second launch trailer of a family platform game. Fix the timings, transitions and sound for the video editor.

9 marksImprove the draftFor the video editor

The scenario

PixelForge Games — Skybound launch

PixelForge Games is a small independent studio about to launch 'Skybound', a colourful platform adventure game for players aged 8-14. The studio needs a 45-second launch trailer, app store artwork, and a social media campaign. The trailer must feel fast, fun and family-friendly.

The task

PixelForge Games has drawn a storyboard for the 45-second Skybound launch trailer. It mixes scenes from the game with real players enjoying it. The video editor will cut the trailer together from the clips and graphics, but the draft's 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 fast, fun and family-friendly, last about 45 seconds and end on the Skybound 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
?

The floating islands of the Skybound world

Shotwide shotCameranot set
→ cut
Scene 27s
?

The hero makes a big leap over the gap

Shotnot setCameranot setSounddrum beat
→ dissolve
Scene 35s
?

The hero's hand closes on a golden trophy

Shotnot setCameranot setSounddrum beat
→ cut
Scene 48s
?

Two friends celebrate together

Shotnot setCameranot set
→ —
Scene 510s

A boy plays Skybound on his phone

Shotnot setCameranot set
→ cut
Scene 66s
Out now on theapp store

Text on screen: 'Out now on the app store'

Shotnot setCameranot set
→ —
Scene 714s

Players cheer after finishing the level

Shotnot setCameranot setSounddrum beat
→ 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.

Do I need an account?

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