Storyboard Process: Day Four

Day 4:

Day 4 merely consisted off fine lining the drawings and adding colour. I made the decision to colour my storyboard; I was aware that it is more time-consuming but when I create my animatic It will give me more of a sense on what is happening and how It will look. The picture below is a shot number one, my establishing shot of the forest. The colour shows what level and distance I’ll need to be at to achieve an establishing shot like the one shown on the storyboard and creates a clearer picture to assist me when creating the animatics.

First shot in colour

The picture below shows my final shot (a close up of half the girl’s face) it is clearly visible how the pictures contrast. The coloured picture is more visible are shows a clearer representation of what will be seen. By adding colour I will also what makeup needs to be added and where to place it. You can see from the coloured drawing that she will have blood on her teeth and dark red lips it also gives extra detail such as her having green eyes. This isn’t shown in drawings without colour

The contrast between the picture with colour and the picture without colour.

 

Storyboard Process: Day Three

The aim for shot 21 is to display location; I’m using a tilt to show the height of the trees which will symbolize how small the characters are and make the audience release that the the characters are defenseless.

Shot 21 is a tilt shot of the location.

 

Shot 27 is an experimental shot. I want to show that the male character is hanging from a tree but I’m not sure if it will be clear to the audience what is happening. I’ll use a medium shot will the actors hold himself up in the tree, the shot will consist on the forest background and his feet swinging from a tree.

Shot 27 is of the male character’s feet hanging from a tree.

I’ll be using match on action during shot 30, 31 and 32. The action starts with the female character hiding behind a tree then using an arc shot around a tree to show the audience that this circle is the subject of attention. This will be followed by her hand gripping the tree. This sequence will create tension and continuity.

Shot 31 is an arc shot around a tree which the female character is hiding behind

My final shot will be a close up of half of the villain’s face. I’m only showing half because during my questionnaire my target audience said not seeing much of the frightening character is more scary than seeing too much. She’ll be smiling and I’ll zoom into her smiling and then fade out black, this is when the title will appear. In the background i’ll have a quiet audio of her laughing.

Shot 43 is the final shot which shows the scary face smiling.

Day three is a tedious process of completing the drawings of the rest of  the shot list. Once I’d finished the storyboard I felt as It was missing something; none of the pictures stood out and the fluidity of the opening sequence didn’t seem clear. This is why I felt an extra session was needed to improve my storyboard.

 

 

 

 

Storyboard process: Day Two

Day 2:

Day 2 in my storyboarding process was simpler as I just needed to draw the shot list onto the storyboard template and write the annotations, such as a brief description of the shot, shot type and duration etc. I did this first before drawing as it created a structure for me to follow. My problem was not knowing the music or sound effects as I haven’t looked for them yet. I want to record my own audio, for expamle walking on leaves and heavy breathing etc. Also the duration of the shot was tricky, i didn’t want the shots to be long but i needed the duration to total roughly two minutes.I made the mistake of writing in pen and then accidentally writing the wrong camera movement and having to cross it out but the storyboard is only to assist me when filming.

Shot 3 is a handheld shot of the characters walking into the forest entrance.

As the first 10 or so shots will be divided my titles, I can make the shots a mix of characters and location without worrying about the fluidity. Shot number 3 will be a location based shot which should show the forest entrance. By using a handheld shot I can show the audience the nervous and shaky perceptive of the characters.

Shot 10 is a deep focus shot of the character’s back whilst they stare at the forest entrance. It will create tension and show the apprehensive attitude about entering the forest. It will also show location whilst focusing on the character. This will be cut by the film titles.

Shot 10 is a deep focus shot on the forest’s entrance.

A few shots later I’ve decided to use a dutch tilt whilst the characters are walking as it will suggest disorientation and will the exaggerate the genre of the opening sequence. Using a variety of shot will also entertain the audience. I will  then pan up for which the shot will be followed by a high angle shot of them walking. The transition will have fluidity yet show a contrast of the shots to intrigue the audience.

Shot 13 is a dutch tilt of the characters walking around the forest.

Shot 17 is a high angle shot of the characters walking beneath the trees. This will involve me sitting in a tree and filming the characters below. This effect will allow the audience to pity the characters as they’re viewed as small. It will also suggest danger an create tension.

Shot 17 is a high angle shot of the characters walking below a tree. 

I still needed to complete roughly 20 more shots until my storyboard was finished.

Planning: StoryBoarding

My opening start with a high angle shot of the ‘man’ standing with a bold posture outside the house this will quickly cut to his feet to show a closer description of the man without showing his face. He taps his finger on his legs to signify the tension which i’ll slow down to add even more climax which is seen in the picture above. This is followed by a pan down of the house door, i’ve included this shot as i thought it would add to the mis-en-scene; the pan shows the size of the door and allows the tension to be elaborated and the red door has a colour connotation of danger. Eventually the man enters the front door and scans over the house and up the stairs. They’re will be a variety of shots of the man slowly walking upstairs to create the match on action.

The shot above shows how the camera will be behind his shoulder and just his jaw line will be visible then the shot continues with the final step. The hesitation will hopefully show that the atmosphere is building.

The man scans the halls of the house and finds himself gripping onto a metal door handle and slowly opening the door. The shot then switches from inside the room to the bottom of the door opening. Hopefully this will create an interesting fluidity effect.

The next shot will be an over the shoulder shot of these girls at this sleepover, during these shots i’ll use shot reverse shot when flipping between the characters faces whilst saying on the 180 line and using eyeline match as they’re on screen and staring at one another. Hopefully this will be successful, i’m unsure if this is the best way of demonstrating the other 3 continuity techniques.

Also I wanted to incorporate interesting shot and framing angles so i thought i’d end with a shot of a glowing candle and then a close up behind or beside the fame to capture the flame blowing out which will eventually fade out. It would hopefully signify the mood change as candles relate ‘girly sleepovers’.