Portfolio Week 3 Post #3 Storyboarding

    In my last post, I spoke about how I wanted to develop a storyboard this week with my group and today we finally got around to it. We grabbed a template for our storyboard online and printed the pages out for my groupmate Hayden to draw out since he likes that better. In our storyboard, we outline the different shots we want to do for the sequence of events we want to portray in our film opening based on the first blog post of this week. This will allow us, when going to film next week, to know exactly what we are doing and how to compose each shot when the time comes. 

Storyboard

The first page of the storyboard shots 1-6. These shots set up the conflict of the opening. The first few shots establish the suburban house setting and the later shots show the antagonist (the mysterious man in the background). One thing not mentioned in the storyboard that is important for later is that the MC forgets his phone on the table and leaves it there. The credits will likely happen as the setting is being established and when we first see the MC. 

The second page of the storyboard shots 7-12. These shots show the response of the MC to the conflict of the mysterious figure in his house. He decides to run away and like every stupid horror movie protagonist he decides to check if the coast is clear which will lead to the climax. 

The 3rd page of the storyboard shots 13-16. These scenes outline the climax of the MC being killed (hence the scream) and start the aftermath with the figure picking up the phone and revealing himself opening up another mystery. The 2 blanked out scenes are the ones that I decided are not necessary for the story and break the 2 + 2 = 4 rule because after the cutaway and the audio of the scream they showed the body again which is redundant and necessary so this will not make the final cut so I decided to remove it here. The title card will likely appear during the cutaway to the couch. 

The 4th page of the storyboard shots 17 and 18. These shots wind down the conflict and leave the story open to continue in the future with the killer waiting for the next victim.

Conclusion

    The storyboard should be extremely helpful for the upcoming production (filming) we are going to do next week since it allows us to visualize and see the shots we want to do when the time comes. For the last post of the week tomorrow, I will make a script based on the events of this storyboard. Silence will play a heavy part and likely result in it being mostly action based which will be fun to write, I imagine writing the dialogue for the fake phone call at the start will most likely be the hardest part funnily enough but I will manage. Until tomorrow, stay tuned!