It is best to begin any endeavor with a clue.

Today we will discuss narrative, and genres in preparation of the first project.

In terms of found footage creation, there is a process of composition and seeing how segments interact. There is construction. For each, the planning process is very different.

Determining what you want to say...
Juxtaspositioning
Point - moral of the story
Theme
Genre as vocabulary

The storyboard becomes the basis of your shot list. What kinds of shots? The long shot, the medium shot, the close up, the extreme (any of the preceding)...the detail, the macro, the fish eye.

There are moving shots: pans, zooms and dollies.

We'll look at each of these. The shots provide your visual language. If the narrative is your story, then your shots are your sentences.