2. We didn’t use our storyboards as much
as we used blocking plans, which is
actually quiet common in the film
industry.
It’s quicker and easier to adjust.
Keep in mind that these are just the
basic plans and we added camera
angels on the fly as well.
So 75% of the shots were planned like
this and 20% percent were improvised.
The other 5% were planned through
storyboards.
Mr Anderson
Eddie
Steve Extras

3. Scene 1

4. Scene 1 was a long scene and had the most cameras, which were improvised,
because we didn’t know how many would actually come.
We had 15 cameras planned out.
Camera 1-10 covered the first half of the scene, which was the actual lesson and
students leaving. We added a few cut-away shots on the fly, which turned out to
be really useful during editing and keeping continuity.
Camera 11-15 is a basic set up for the dialog part of that scene. Two over the
shoulders, two close ups and a right angle master shot.
Camera 2Camera 10

5. Scene 2

6. Scene 2 was the easiest scene to plan, because it was a quick dialog scene. So we
started off with the basic set up and added a bit of interest with the tracking shot.
Camera 4
Camera 1

7. Scene 3
Scene 3 was a difficult scene to plan,
because the space was limited.
Camera 6
Camera 2

8. Scene 4

9. Cameras 1-7 cover the first part of the scene, which set up the scene and show
Steve's motives.
Except camera 5, which is only used when Eddie is walking away and turns back
to Steve.
Cameras 8-14 cover the dialog part of this scene.
A few camera angles were improvised, because we realised that we didn’t have
enough coverage and other shots just seemed to come as a natural by-product of
the basic blocking plan.
Camera 12 is a cut away to the exam answers, which are on the floor.
Improvised camera angle

10. Scene 5

11. Scene 5 was an easy scene to block, because there was not a lot of character
movement going on. So we started off with the basic dialog set up and added a
few artistic shots.
Camera 2 is a close up of the phone and camera 8 is a cut away to the map on the
wall.
Camera 6
Improvised Camera angle

12. Scene 6 Dialog
The dialog part of scene 6 was
the most difficult scene to
block, because it had the most
character movement and it
was hard to find the right
blocking without breaking the
180 degree rule.
That’s why we had 3 tracking
shots. They would follow one
characters movement and set
up the next camera. For
example, we can’t use camera
7, because its on the wrong
side of the line. But if we
follow Steve from his 2nd
position to his 3rd with camera
6, we are on the right side of
the line again.

13. Camera 6
Camera 1
All in all the blocking plans turned out to be essential to move quickly on set and
get stuff done in a short period of time.