Tuesday 15 February 2011

The Story Board for my Thriller



In the first story board frame there is a title of the production company 'key chain productions'. I wanted to put in a company logo to my thriller as all films include this so i think that it would make my thriller look a lot more professional and realistic. In the second story board frame there is a high angle, over the shoulder shot of a man reading a book. This shot will be a black and white to show the contrast between the scary place with the horrible man and the happy place where the little girl is good and Innocent. In this shot you will see him opening a book with pictures of all the other victims he has murdered, this will automatically show the audience what the film is going to be about, kidnapping, murdering and stalking children. The next shot is the titles all of these will have a black background and the font will be white. It will also be flashing, this gives the audience the impression that it's like a flash of a camera as he has been taking pictures of the little girl, the black background creates mystery. In the second frame when the man is looking through the book the last picture in the book that we will see is a picture of the girl and then in frame 3 the screen after the title quickly changes to the girl playing on the swing, this again creates contrast between the good and the bad places as whenever the girl is seen it will be in colour. Frame 5 is again more titles and all these will be the same. Frame 6 is a long, side shot of the man in his place where he murders all the children, this sets the scene and gives the audience the impression that the man is very evil as we can see all the knifes and things he uses to kill all his victims. This again will be in black and white, whenever the man is seen that shot will always be black and white to show contrast between the good little girl and the evil man. Frame 8 is the shot of the little girl walking down her street in her school clothes this shot is used to make the thriller seem realistic because this is what any girl of her age would be doing, walking to school. Frame 10 is a close up shot of the man wearing a mask, this creates tension to the audience and mystery as they do not know who this man is. It also makes the audience feel scared as the shot is very creepy and gives you an idea of what the man is like, scary. Frame 12 is again another establishing shot of the girl playing on the park, this shot is taken behind a bush to give the impression that the man is watching the little girl. This adds tension and makes the audience feel anxious. Frame 11 is again a behind the shoulder shot of the man looking at the picture of the little girl and stroking it then closing the book. This shows the audience that this is the main two characters of the thriller and makes the man seem like he is almost obsessed with her, which makes him seem creepy and strange. I thought that all these shots gave the audience little hints of what to expect in the film which would make them want to carry on watching the film to find out what happens. After we see the man closing the book the screen will quickly turn to black and then the title of the film will appear in big, white font. Throughout these shots will will be hearing giggling from the little girl and the music will be very low bass and constantly building up and then at the end the music will become slow again. This adds tension to the audience with the music building up and the giggling shows that the theme of the film is children and the giggling makes it more creepy. The last thing the audience will hear is the giggling of the girl this again makes the thriller seem creepy and weird. No dialogue is used throughout as i feel silence adds tension.

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