STORYBOARD

We have now completed our storyboard, however this is still a draft and during production could change at any time. Our storyboard still provides the main storyline and basis for our trailer.
Here I have taken photos of the 9 pages of our storyboard:

1.       The first two boxes we have our certification and the company that will be producing our film. We included this because from looking at codes and conventions of trailers the majority or professionally made trailers provide these to begin. We then have the camera panning down to the front of a house, it is nighttime and so everything is dark, the only light provided is from a street light from outside and the lights from inside the house. We are using the camera in a point of view shot for the scene as we want the audience to know that there is someone watching the house. After a rustling in the bushes, the scene fades to the next scene which is set in a bedroom. This now features the main character. The theme of being watched continues in this scene as the camera is set behind two china dolls on top of a wardrobe, heavy breathing will be used to also establish this and once the camera moves and knocks one of the dolls it then cuts to the next shot.The use of heavy breathing and a point of view shot provides the audience with a sense of suspense, tension and are also immediately intrigued as to what could be watching.

                                      

2.             2. The next shot is still set in the bedroom, it is a cut from the scene before and shows the doll that was just knocked falling onto the floor causing a bang and making the main character (a teenage girl) wake up. The next shot then follows to a close up of the girl picking up the doll and looking at it with confusion.The next scenes, we have decided already not to include them when producing our trailer as we believe they will make the trailer too long and not be effective enough.

3.              As before the previous page, the first two shots are not being included as they are a follow on to what we were going to included. The next shot is a fade to the next scene. The final shot on this page is again featured in the bedroom, however now she is on the phone, this will be a medium close up and she will be on the phone to a friend. We decided upon the idea that she will be getting ready for a night out and is phoning her friend for help on a decision on what to wear. This will then follow into the next scene.

4.    4. This page consists of the girl going into her wardrobe in order to chose an outfit, however as she opens the door she falls backwards. At first the audience wont know the reason why, causing more suspense and drawing the audience in further. Then the shot will cut to a close up of the ghost girl sitting in the wardrobe looking dead. On our page we have drawn an arrow which places the final shot, second as we believe it will cause me tension.

5.            This is a continuation from the last page, it will consist of the girl getting up, rubbing her eyes and there will be a point of view cut looking at the wardrobe. This shot will show the wardrobe is now ordinary without the prescene of the ghost girl. There will then be a fade into the next shot.

6.             6.   this page, the girl will be on the phone and telling her friends to come round as shes suspicious of something going on and doesnt want to be alone. Whilst on the phone she walks past a mirror which the camera isnt looking into, the girl walks past the camera and the mirror and after she has gone past the reflection of the girl can be seen from appearing outside the window as if she's floating. There is then a fade and a new scene starts. This shows the two friends she invited over pulling down the loft door and calling the main characters name.

7.               This next page is made of a succession of fast cuts, the first shows the two friends looking at pictures scattered on the attic floor and they are looking with them at a candle. A close up shows the photos with the faces of the main character scratched/scribbled out. The next cut shows the ghost banging on a frosted door, so the figure cannot be seen fully. Then a cut to the main character screaming is shown as a close up.

8.      8.       Again a succession of fast cuts show the girl going into the garden with a torch and once she reaches the garden shed she is being watched by the ghost girl, however she doesnt know this. The next cut shows her crying and rocking backwards and forwards in a dark room.

9.               This again is a continuation of the succession of fast cuts, here the two cuts are going to show the girl being dragged away by the ghost and only her feet will be shown, the sound we will be using over the top will be the laughing of the ghost girl which will signify the end of the trailer, it will the go on to show the name of the film and when it will be coming out.

Within our storyboard we have included basic details of camera angles, setting, props and voice over/dialogue. These are only basics because they are prone to change during production. Sound/Music are still undecided so we havent been able to include them within our storyboard and will be considered further on into production. I have since added more detail to my storyboard so that I am able to have a better understanding of what I am doing when producing my film.