Group Story Boards - Miss G

Group Storyboards. - Lauren, Ayesha & Dipika.

Storyboards.

Introduction: We had planned out a story board as a group to make it more easy for ourselfs when filming. As we were filming we would relate back to the storyboards to ensure we had not missed out on any scenes or camera shots, iconography etc. the storyboard. We are glad we had created our story board because it helped us have a background image of how our filming would hopefully turn out to look like.

In this storyboard Lauren had planned out the ideas for the opening scene, as a group we were glad that Lauren had chosen to plan out the opening scene as she was full of ideas and all her ideas were related to a expected thriller movie, but Lauren had made the ideas her own and had contributed them to the group.  The storyboard shows the scenes that we are going to use at the beginning of our thriller film. The stalker is sitting at a desk wearing a black hoody and gloves. This is conventional because the colour black connotes death and it helps conceal the identity of the stalker. We decided that we are going to use low-key lighting because it creates strong, bold shadows on the walls making it seem more mysterious and creepy. One of the camera shots is going to show the stalker writing a diary. The words will highlight threat for the victim showing the audience he has a plan to hurt her. The second camera shot shows the stalker cutting his hand with a knife and dripping the blood on the pages he just wrote on. This is conventional because the iconography is a generic weapon often used in thriller films. We plan to use fake blood which helps make the scene appear more realistic. Another camera shot we are going to use is the stalker lighting a match and burning a picture of his victim. This is effecting because it shows the audience straight away who the victim is. The fire symbolizes danger which is a generic theme in thrillers.Each scene is only going to be a few seconds long as we are using fast-editing. We are going to jumble up the scenes whilst playing loud non-diegetic music to build suspense. We decided this because we believed that because we are using fast editing, the non-diegetic sound would be made to match the speed of the film. It will get louder the quicker the film gets making the audience even more anxious.

Me, Lauren and Dipika as a group had made our individual ideas and had put them into one for this scene. We had joined together Laurens idea of the settings and sound, my idea of the iconography and Dipikas idea for the narrative, and the remaining sections we had all created as a group.

The second storyboard shows the victim being tied up in a dark room where the stalker had kidnapped her. We decided that we want to use low-key lighting because we thought it would help hide the background in the room more making the audience question the location. We also used it because it creates shadows which is conventional to the thriller genre. The camera will start of on a close up on her and gradually zoom out revealing that she is tied up. The iconography we plan to use is rope and duck tape. This is used to stop her speaking/yelling for help and tie her up so that she cannot escape. We plan to use different angles such as high angle, low angle when filming the victim wake up and look around the room. We are going to use straight cut, slow editing in this scene to emphasize the disorientation of the victim when she wake up and because it creates a level of anxiety for the audience. At the end of the scene with the girl waking up the camera is going to zoom in on the victims eye and dissolve into a flashback. The film is then going to show what happened the previous day and how the victim got herself in that predicament. The next scene is going to be the victim walking to her friends house. we are using high key lighting to make it appear like an ordinary day. The victim is going to wear a white jumper to connote her innocence. We are going to do a number of different camera shots such as zoom in/out low angles, long shot to make the film more tense.

 For the third storyboard, i had looked at the different types of camera angles that could be used to create as much tension as possible within the audience, keeping them in their seats. I had thought of the idea of placing the camera at a certain angle with a loud non digetic sound of the stalkers feet walking pass on a road along with the victim creating an enigma.
This storyboard is showing what happened in the flashback. The victim is walking to her friends house to collect some homework. We are going to film her walking towards the house and the two characters exchanging conversation. Whilst the victim is walking to the house we are going to use camera shots such as low angles to show the stalker following her. The camera shot will show the black boots of the stalker. The low angle is conventional to the thriller genre because it hides the identity of the stalker creating an enigma. We are also going to use point of view shot showing the stalker watching the victim from behind. In these scenes we plan to use non-diegetic sound because the deep tone will help build suspense. We are also going to use straight cut editing to show continuity through our thriller film. Once we use the scene where to two characters are talking to each other we are going to use diegetic such as the ringing of the door bell of the conversation. When the friend goes to collect the homework the victim is going to receive a text message from a unknown number. We are going to use birds eye view to show the message.

The final storyboard was created as a group, the final scene as shown as above was one of our most liked scenes throughout our opening. There was allot of excitement within the group while coming up with the ideas for the final scene, but as a group, joining our ideas together creating one was one our favorite decisions made.
In the storyboard it shows the final scene where the stalker finally kidnaps the victim. It is going to be set in a forest because it is a generic location in thriller and because it highlights the fact that it is an isolated location and no one will be able to hear the victim scream. We are going natural lighting because it starts of light but graudally gets dark. The stalker is going to be following the victim when you hear diegetic sound if a twig snap. This make the victim look behind where she notices the stalker standing behind her. She screams and begins to run. To make it more effective we are going to use a hand held camera shot. This helps emphasis the chaotic situation and help the audience see it from the victims point of view. Eventually the stalker catches the girl and covers her mouth so she cant call for help. The camera will then zoom back in onto her eye to show that the flashback has ended and she is back in the dark room.