I have used a range of different shot types in my animatic. At the start, I having a panning close up of photo frames on a table. I did this to show the significance if the fact that he is not in his house, and create foreshadowing.
When my character is climbing out if the house, I have a long shot of the house. This is an establishing shot to show the audience what kind of area he is in currently. This is also a convention that I noticed of social realism opening sequences, such as the long shot in this is england of Shaun leaving his house.
Establishing shot from animatic |
Shot from This is england |
When my character is doing up his shoes, I decided to do lots of very short close ups with quick edits in between. This section will speed up with the music and create a faster pace to my opening. Each shot is 0.5 sections creating a 5 second of very quick edits in my opening. This part is also just before he leaves the house, so it shows a divide between the first and second part of my openings.