Now that I have a good idea of my script and and how the opening scene will look, I now need to move onto making an animation about the storyboard for my film which can be seen in the video below.
We feel that the storyboard for our films shows that we have put a lot of thought and effort into making sure that we utilise all the conventions of a crime/thriller and use the typical features of opening sequences to make it interesting and in order to captivate the marketability. One way we have tried to do this is by firstly introducing the main characters of Ellie, Billy, Carla and the Killer through establishing shots such as close ups. The use of close ups on the characters faces will make the scene look claustrophobic. This will hopefully draw the audience in to watching the sequence as it will engage them into knowing more about the characters.
To try and achieve a variety of shots, the storyboard shows that we have given this careful consideration. We have included tracking shots where the killer walks out of the car, point of view shots from charaters such as Carla and we have also listed that we will use match on action at the end of the sequence. This should engage the audience as the variety of shots and angles will make the audience more captivated as opposed to the sequence dragging on slightly.
To try and interest people who are interested in the crime/thriller genre, we will need to ensure that we use conventions of this particular genre so that the story is clear. Some conventions of the genre include tense, sinister and scary music in the background to heighten the tension of the scenes. Also, we will use props such as knives and dark costumes for the killer to make the scenes more tense, atmospheric and scary.
Titles are another important feature of opening sequences but sometimes, if not used correctly, they can be boring and detract from the action in the scene. Therfore, we gave this some thought and, as can be seen in the animatic, we chose to use titles in an original way. For example, we made sure that the titles at the begining would be stickers on the alcohol bottles to draw attention to the props and therefore the storyline as well as making the titles interesting in themselves. We also chose to edit half the title sequence over the top of the filming so that we could get a mix and a balance to make the titles interesting and not predictable or boring.
We feel that the storyboard for our films shows that we have put a lot of thought and effort into making sure that we utilise all the conventions of a crime/thriller and use the typical features of opening sequences to make it interesting and in order to captivate the marketability. One way we have tried to do this is by firstly introducing the main characters of Ellie, Billy, Carla and the Killer through establishing shots such as close ups. The use of close ups on the characters faces will make the scene look claustrophobic. This will hopefully draw the audience in to watching the sequence as it will engage them into knowing more about the characters.
To try and achieve a variety of shots, the storyboard shows that we have given this careful consideration. We have included tracking shots where the killer walks out of the car, point of view shots from charaters such as Carla and we have also listed that we will use match on action at the end of the sequence. This should engage the audience as the variety of shots and angles will make the audience more captivated as opposed to the sequence dragging on slightly.
To try and interest people who are interested in the crime/thriller genre, we will need to ensure that we use conventions of this particular genre so that the story is clear. Some conventions of the genre include tense, sinister and scary music in the background to heighten the tension of the scenes. Also, we will use props such as knives and dark costumes for the killer to make the scenes more tense, atmospheric and scary.
Titles are another important feature of opening sequences but sometimes, if not used correctly, they can be boring and detract from the action in the scene. Therfore, we gave this some thought and, as can be seen in the animatic, we chose to use titles in an original way. For example, we made sure that the titles at the begining would be stickers on the alcohol bottles to draw attention to the props and therefore the storyline as well as making the titles interesting in themselves. We also chose to edit half the title sequence over the top of the filming so that we could get a mix and a balance to make the titles interesting and not predictable or boring.
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