Individual Storyboards - Miss Miller

Chloe Eustace

Individual Storyboards

Introduction

Storyboards are important for the creation of any film. If there's no storyboard then it makes filming and capturing shots on set or at a location extremely difficult. The creation of a storyboard normally includes the camera angles that are to be used for each shot and how many seconds long roughly they should be. On the storyboards that I have created I have included the camera angles of the scenes, the characters that will need to be in the scene, the sounds that may be used in the scene in order to create effect, any possible editing techniques that I may decided to use or may fit best when the scene is filmed and a brief overview of the story line and what the next scene will lead into. These are all important things to include in a storyboard so that those filming, meaning the actors, cameras, directors etc... know exactly where there going and can have a rough idea of what may happen next.

I decided on the frames to the right and left, there are 5 pages and each page contains 4 completed frames that could be used for filming our thriller opening sequence.

As a group we have created individual storyboards consisting of 20 individual different frames which include 20 individual and different shots, but later on we will come together as a group collectively in order to create a group storyboard and be able to know as a group what will happen in each scene. It is important for us to create our own individual storyboards first because it gives us a chance individually to decide how we may want the film to go or how we may want the scenes to look like. This is something that I have done and have linked back and realised the inspirations from previous research that I have done before the planning and these inspirations have helped me to understand how I want to or am going to create my own thriller film opening sequence.

Example 1: Frame 1

One of the first scenes that I drew into my storyboard, was the scene where the two girls are in the car, and they are driving to the party. This already gives the audience a false sense of what the films going to be like, as these two girls are singing to an upbeat tune and are excited to be going to this party. The camera shot that I decided would best display this for our thriller opening sequence is a midshot from the view of the front or the car. The main location of this scene is an abandoned road near the forest and this shot should last about 5 seconds. The whole opening sequence together will last 2-3 minutes and so the first shot could be slightly longer to create tension to the audience. For this I took my inspirations from my research into sound where I researched a scene from scream and there was all parallel sound in it which is where there is sound that is conventional of that genre and of what is happening on screen and then I decided that to create tension with sound it would be best for us to start with a sound that may be considered unconventional to a thriller genre which is why I decided to go with upbeat music for this frame as it gives the audience a false sense of security and builds tension already and makes them wonder what might happen next.

Example 2: Frame 7

This example is from frame 7 which I decided would be the introduction of the antagonist even though this specific antagonist in our thriller opening sequence isn't actually seen, but the audience do see the what the antagonist sees so they can build a relationship with him from that. This is conventional to the thriller genre because an unknown identity can create mystery for the audience and make them want to know who he is and what his intentions are. Other things that I included in this frame again was the location being set in the forest as this is where our scenes are mainly set, as well as the lighting be natural and low key so that it creates tension to the opening sequence. My importations for this scene was when I researched opening sequences and took this idea from 'Halloween's as they had a hidden identity of the antagonist in the opening sequence. I found that this created tension and left the audience with lots of questions and wondering what his motives were which is conventional and why I wanted and decided it would be a good idea to use this idea.

Example 3: Frame 11

Frame 11 uses the camera angle of a long shot, I decided on this because it crease a sense of tension how in this instance the camera is looking at Holly one of the victims who has been abandoned by her friend and she is now inevitably vulnerable and the audience know and can sense this by a long shot as it shows all her body movements, such as how she is standing and how she is looking. Other things that are conventional to the thriller genre I have decided to include into this frame which will probably last about 5 seconds as it is just supposed to be a glance at her. The inspiration for this frame was when I did my research into editing styles as at this point I want there to be a jump cut from her friend in the woods scared and then jump to her where she is scared. The inspirations from this was a scene from 'Saw' where there was a variety of jump cuts throughout the scene for emphasis that it was a thriller scene.

Example 4: Frame 20

 This is the final frame that I decided on so that the opening thriller sequence finishes and fades out leaving the enigma that is destined for the thriller genre. The camera shot that I decided to use was zooming out because this shows the audience the whole scene at the end as it is fading out and shows the antagoist walking away from behind and showing the body that is dead on the ground. Inspirations that I took to come up with this idea was from when I did my research into Mise -en - scene which I analysed a clip from American Psycho and he used a conventional weapon but one of which may not be simple as he used a chainsaw. I decided then that I wanted to use s weapon that was conventional and got across to the audience that this is a from the thriller genre but I also wanted to make it simple to the audience thinking about our target audience.


PEER: INCLUDE HOW THE AUDIENCE CAN/WILL/WILL NOT BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FILM/ CHARACTERS.

Conclusion

In conclusion I think that my storyboard is good and that it is detailed, I am confident enough that I could use this storyboard now and create a thriller film opening sequence. I think that I have included all the elements that I need too in order to finish my thriller daily. I have made sure that in my storyboards I included the things that were necessary such as the sound that I would use, the characters that I will need to include for each frame and each shot and how long averagely each frame will last. I could improve on my storyboard by including more specific sounds and creations as well as making the pictures on my storyboard more creative. I also believe that I could do with including and thinking more deeply about editing styles so that when it does come to editing I would know exactly what I would do. I could also improve on my storyboard by having made more specific timings for the frames so I know when it comes to filming exactly how long it will last. I will consider all these things a lot when we come to creating our storyboard as a group and make sure that these things are more specific overall.