Story board draft

These are the 8 pages and 28 shots in our first draft for our opening sequence. We will now look over them and see if there is any errors that need to be redrafted into another storyboard. This will link in with the script drafts that have been uploaded Aswell.

This first page of our storyboard depicts the beginning of our opening sequence. some of the good elemnts that i feel are in this page is the use of the tracjing shot behind Rob as he walks down the road. This gives that stalker feeling that we are trying to get across from the 'stranger'.

something that i believe could be added is some extra shots as he walks down the road as it seems very short and abrupt when he meets the stranger for the first time. something we could do to change this is  by adding more shots, i.e across the road following Robs movement or even from the front. also the very start includes a silhouette, upon practice this appears too dark and not good looking in shot and so may have to be changed.

this is the beginning of the fight scene between the Stranger and Rob. such elements as Match on Action, crosscutting and eyeline match have been incorporated within this fight scene to indepth show what is happening.

one things must attempt to do is create fast editing with this scene to make it feel like a real fight scene, to build tension simultaneously.

one of the good elements that we have inc,uded is the closeup to Robs tie. this links to later in the storyboard, and later in the sequence when we see another closeup to the tie again. 

this shows the eyeline match between Rob and the metal pole that he will use to disable his attacker. this also includes a crosscut between Rob and the stranger, helping to create tension in the fight.

we implemented here short shots of about 1-2 secs in order to get this idea of fast editing and tension within the scene

another technnique we used here to create tension was to do a cross cut between Rob reaching for the pole, the stranger and rob grabbing the pole and hitting him over the head with it.

something we must try to do is get this scene to run smoothly. a good technique for this between the grabbing of the pole and the actual hitting on the head is to employ a fade to black and a 2-3 second black screen with a fade to black on the other end. this would give the idea of an extended fade to black and slow the scene down, to show the importance of it.

this is the beginning of the montage sequence of Rob waking up and getting ready. somethings that we will include here are dissolve transitions to show a change in time period.

a good example of this is Rob changing his clothes, we envisage Rob opening a wardrobe and the sequence dissolving into Rob having got dressed and doing up his tie in the bathroom.

a technique that was also implemented in this section of the storyboard is another shot that gives a stalker feel.

a shot through a crack in the door of what Rob is doing allows us to in a way give the idea that the stalker is watching him just before he is seen by Rob himself, giving a sort of dramatic irony.

the end of the mirror technique is shown here to show that he has disappeared.

one thing that can be included here is a nother shot in the mirror to confirm to the audience that he is gone and help to further build tension in this scene.

next the scene cuts to another view of the stranger that shows him to be walking out of Robs house. this makes protagonist feel violated in his own home and would also make the audience uneasy, creating further tension in the sequence.

this is the final part of the sequence. it shows Rob running downstairs to find his door wide open. he then walks out to see that the stranger is gone. we plan to finish the sequence with a fade to black with Rob looking down the road with noone there with an over the shoulder shot, which ccuts to a reaction shot of him.