Barcode Documentary/Skit Storyboard – Rachel Beatty, John Liberty, Dillyn Scott
- Content Ideas:
- Skit style segment similar to The Office (“day in the life of” a grocery/retail employee and how barcodes affect their work)
- Narration of something along the lines of “what goes into making a service industry” ultimately talking about how barcodes make service industries that has exchange of goods easier
- Rachel: I could be the front service clerk as I have experience working at Dollar Tree.
- Talking head scene
- One of us posing as an employee talking about life at the store and how barcodes are used, something light hearted
- “I just take an item and scan it and it shows how much they owe me”
- Voice over of employee talking with shot of a barcode in the store
- One of us posing as an employee talking about life at the store and how barcodes are used, something light hearted
- Rack focus of item on the shelf focus in on barcode of item or tag of item
- B roll of us browsing the aisle as shoppers
- Additionally, there could be a section on consumers and average citizens and have them answer trivia questions about barcodes to help them realize how important, but unnoticed they are every single day
- “Barcodes do their jobs so well you don’t even notice them”
- Rack focus of cash register in store scanning machine in frame
- Compressed zoom ideally
- On tripod, done manually
- Gather sounds of the store possibly for b-roll and ambient scenes
- Example Trivia Questions:
- Who first invented the concept of the barcode as a means of improving the shopping experience?
- What year did the Universal Product Code as we know it enter into use in grocery stores?
- Which product was the first to be purchased with a barcode?
- Whose design was ultimately selected as the official barcode symbol which is still in use today?
- Do you think barcodes have an impact on your way of shopping?
- Skit style segment similar to The Office (“day in the life of” a grocery/retail employee and how barcodes affect their work)
- Equipment:
- Cameras:
- Sony A7iii
- Have two lenses; one wider (28-70) and telephoto (70-200)
- various iPhones also capable of 4K video capture and have iMovie access
- Sony A7iii
- Video Tripod
- Manfrotto video tripod
- Shoulder rig for handheld shots
- Rode Shotgun mic rented from HCC
- If not available use zoom field recorder — record audio to device
- Lav mic for walking sections
- Condenser mic for voice over
- Cameras:
- Software:
- iOS, macOS, iMovie, DaVinci Resolve