Storyboard and Ideas

We've been taking photos recently for our story board, showing stills of each part of our opening. We're doing this because it then gives us something to refer back to when we start filming, and it means we can get a good idea to start with as to how the over-all piece will look. These initial photos weren't taken exactly where we would film, but we've started looking at possible locations and within the next few days will start gathering photographs of these locations. For the storyboard, we took the photographs of each other, due to the fact we haven't got a cast yet. We also hope to create an animatic storyboard, talking about why we've chosen each location and why we think shots will look effective here.

Storyboard 2


We've also been discussing the script and the whole story of the film, not just the opening. Our film is based around the idea of stalking, and the opening is meant to set you up for the rest of the film. The climax of our opening consists of a series of flashing images, showing what has happened to the girl being followed in the first few minutes and then the title flashes onto the screen. In the film, there would be around six young female victims and I had the idea that just before the title comes up, there should be six quick flashes of these victims, so that the viewer expects it but is left wondering and doesn't know exactly what happened.