After a long, emotional meeting with the guys we finally have a clear direction with where we are going to take this. After numerous changes to the plan, we finally settled on an MTV Cribs style presentation of a mansion set in Jollygood. We have our general sequence laid down and agreed upon, so its now down to me to start thinking about storyboarding.

What better way to do this than to look at some of MTV's Cribs episodes.



This has pretty much given me all the inspiration I need to tackle some of the problems I had anticipated.

The opening scene for example- a very quick successoin of establishing shots and fast camera pans. This can contain the Jollygood sign, and some closeup shots of the architecture before getting a full shot. No need for designing any more of Jollygood than necissary! (Phew)

The transitioning between rooms can be a lot simpler than I first thought. Point of view entry from a hallway to a room for example, no lengthened flythoughs are needed. The cribs style of cutting or quickly fading between antiques or props before panning around the full room will be a also good device to make use of. (particularly if the mansions owner will be acting his usual self when the full shot is revealed!)