Individual storyboard

The purpose of making story boards is that we can show visually what we think our sequences will look like. This is useful because we know how the story line will unfold and can decide on each camera shot we want to use or each scene. Also, story boards help us think more into detail about what exactly we each want to have in the opening sequence.The reason for making individual story boards before making a group one is so that we are able to incorporate all our different ideas and make sure that we have planned the best possible sequence. I think that by making individual story boards, it will help us make a group one because we will allow everyone to add in their own ideas. It will also help us see how everyone else visualises what's going to happen in the thriller sequences so we can choose the best ideas from each.

In my story board, I have started with the antagonist getting ready, putting his clown mask on, and having the radio on to tell the audience about lots of females going missing in the area. Then I have shown the flashback where the female victim finds the note then goes down the alley realising that someone is after her. After, the antagonist grabs her and puts her unconscious and she wakes up in a dark room where the kills her with the knife.

I have included high key lighting all the way up to when she gets to the alley way because tension only starts to happen once she reaches the alley way. By doing this, it tells the audience that the low key lighting means something bad is going to happen which will keep them engaged. I have used a reaction shot when the antagonists grabs his victim because it shows the audience her facial expressions of being scared and frightened. This should help the audience build a relationship with the victim as they begin to feel sorry for her. I have chosen to use the kuleshov effect twice in my story board. The first time is when the antagonist is scraping the knife along the wall then the audience see his feet walking towards the victim. This shows that he is going to hurt her with the knife. The second time is when there is a black screen and the victim screams, the audience see the knife with blood on it and then see the victims dead face. This shows that the antagonist killed the victim with the knife. By using this effect, the audience don't have to see the gruesome parts of the sequence and it also helps them imagine what the victim would look like if they had seen the antagonist stab her. I will finally use the slow editing technique at the very end of the sequence when the antagonist is walking away to show that he doesn't care about what he is done which should make the audience feel anger towards him.

I hope that the audience feel scared for the victim when they realise what the antagonist wants to do to her and I also hope that they feel scared of the antagonist as they know what's going to happen to the young girl. When there is tension music, I hope the audience stay engaged because they want to see what will happen next. Finally, by the antagonist having a hidden identity, I want the audience to keep engaged as they don't know who it is so don't know what he could do.

Some of my ideas have come from inspirations from films analysed in other posts. For example, the idea of having slow editing when the antagonist is leaving the room came from Annabelle when the girl is going towards the lift. This creates tension for the audience as they can see how scared she is making them feel sorry for her. Another inspiration is from Saw 2 where the antagonist has a hidden identity. This creates an enigma for the audience which I like because it means the audience are engaged within the film so want to watch all of it. This also means that the audience are always questioning who the antagonist really is creating suspense which is conventional to the thriller genre.

To incorporate each other's ideas when creating the group story board, we will need to look and think carefully about which ideas are more conventional to the thriller genre. This is because we want the audience to stay engaged so if the ideas are conventional to the thriller genre then suspense will be built so the audience enjoy the sequence more. Also, we will need to choose which ideas will create the best reactions from the audience as this means that they will want to see what happens next. I hope that my idea of using the kuleshov effect when  the antagonist kills the female victim will be used in the group story board because I think it will help the audience think more about what he has done and that the antagonist doesn't care. I also hope the group decide to use the idea of a reaction shot when the antagonist grabs the victim down the alley way. This is because I think the audience will relate to this as they will feel scared for the victims safety keeping them engaged.

Overall, I think that my story board shows exactly how I want each shot in the scenes to be taken so that I can get the best reaction from the audience. I also think that my story board shows exactly what I can see happening in our opening sequence and how I think it will look. However, I did find that the shots might be quite short so the sequence might not last as long as it should. To resolve this with my group, we may need to add in more scenes or think about what we could do to make the shots longer.

I have found making this story board useful because it has helped me properly visualise how I see the sequence being filmed. I think that it has helped me understand in more detail what will happen in our opening sequence and I can see how we will need to take the shots and angles whilst using the camera.