Story boarding day 2

Today I finished drawing my story board. In the end it came to 46 shots. This doesn't seem like may at all compared to the amount we had to story board for our music video project last year. Despite this I believe I have planned enough shots for my horror opening. Here are some examples of these new shots:

This shot is from Heidi's point of view. Here she is sitting, huddled on the ground against the face of the hill. Her eyes (and the shot) pan up and end on the antagonists masked face. Point of view shots are a good way of involving the audience in the scene, by showing them exactly what the character sees it immerses them in the action.

This medium shot depicts Heidi in bed bolt upright having just awoken from what we now know to of been a horrible nightmare. This is the first  clear point that signifies that the chase in the forest didn't really happen. In one way this is reassuring for the audience: what was so scary wasn't real. But on the other hand, it poses enigma codes such as: What did it mean?

At this point Heidi hears a knock at her bedroom door. There are 6 shots long in length alternating between over the shoulder and point of view shots. The length of the shots showing her approuching the door with caution will create suspense. I also plan you use music here that gains momentum as she gets closer and closer to the door as a way of creating tension.

This is the final shot, an extreme close up of Heidi's eyes once she opens the door revealing the antagonist waiting for her brandishing a knife (shown in the preceding shot). After this will be a blank screen with a piercing scream playing over it, then the final titles will fade up. This slow build up to very quick, short action is a conventional of a lot of horror films.




I think my story board is successful because it contains a wide variety of shots and angles, Also many conventions of the horror genre for example; the build up of suspense, extreme close ups to show the strong emotions of the character/s and point of view shots to immerse the audience in the action.

 Now my storyboard is done and I am happy with it I will start creating my script.