Storyboards

 

In this shot, we see a news reporter in front of the house where all the action takes place. It will be a medium close up, only being to see from the torso of the news reporter and some of the house behind it. He/ She will be say something along the lines of "This is the house where last nights events unfolded". It will transition into this shot from black, with the usage of a static transition, as seen at the end of the storyboards. There will be an eerie lack of non diegetic music in this point in the trailer.

 It will then cut straight to a shot of the main character's torso, holding some work. The camera will then zoom out and move backwards as she walks forwards, a uplifting music then comes into play, to give a false sense of hope and security. She bumps into someone, to which the sound of the two characters colliding will be en-heightened. A medium shot of her lying on the floor is then followed by a close up of the boys hand extending out to the girl, and her hand taking it, insinuating a romance building, again adding to the false sense of security. The final shot is of a inter title with a voice over saying what is on the screen, the music continues, at a slightly lower volume.

The shot will continue into a over the shoulder shot of the main protagonist getting her friends attention. Following is a medium close up with the main protagonist in full focus and in the centre of the frame. Next will be of her friends celebrating, one pulls out a phone, and starts to text, a voice over of the main protagonist will say "tell everyone". A inter title will then follow, with a different voice over saying the words that are on the screen. The next two shots are from a hand held camera, held by one of the party members, showing the viewer around the party.

 The first shot will be of someone asking if there are any board games for light entertainment, a close up of one of the extras, most likely a girl. The next shot is of the girl bending over to pull a board game out from the desk or other. The uplifting music then slows to a stop, replaced by a riding symbol ting. An over the shoulder shot follows, of the girl pulling out a Ouija board from the box. A straight cut to a close up from the side shot of the girl, being shocked, in the background we hear someone shout "Lets play!". The next shot will be of some of the group memebers sat on the floor, with the camera at floor level looking up, and if possible, with the camera spinning around the members. The final shot of this section will be of some one saying that it isnt working, in a close up, where the uplifting music continues.

The first shot of this six, it will be of a teenager at the party shouting "SHOTS!". There will be no other mention of alcohol in the trailer, and no visual evidence of intake. It will be a medium close up, in the background we will be able to see the rest of the party. The next two shots shown above will be a continuous shot, the first will show the people walking of to the kitchen/ other room, and the camera will be placed under a table to cut a little of the frame of. This will be because when the vase falls of the table and into the view of the camera, the viewer will be more concentrated on the vase.

 

--> In the first shot, we see the main protagonist being told of by here parents, and her parents leaving her for the weekend. This shot will be an over the shoulder shot, in order to see who the parents are. The up lifting music will slowly come to a close at this point. The next shot will have faded in from black, and --> will be a extreme close up of tea being poured out. The next will be of a lower angle so that the viewer can see that when the cup falls of the work surface, nothing has pushed it. The protagonist then bends over to pick it up, the camera staying static so that she will bend over and out of the camera view. A silence will then fall, and fade to black.

 

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The first shot will be of her sleeping and behind her a shadow will be visible on the door, however seemingly to come from nothing. There will be a sudden load non diegetic bang at this point, followed by the sound of a riding symbol being played. The next shot will be of the foot of a door, in the dark, which will then turn to light in the next shot, and the protagonist will walk out. Next will be a camera angle from the wall of the bathroom, the protagonist will walk towards the camera seemingly not knowing what is in front of her due to tiredness. The next shot will be a straight cut to a extreme close up of her face, so that we can see the horror of what she has seen. There will be no music throughout these shots.

The first shot will be an over the shoulder shot of her looking at what has surprised her - the smashed mirror with writing upon it. The music will have a non diegetic bang as heard a little earlier. It will then fade to black. On fading from black, we will see the main protagonist on the phone to her mother to which the phone line will then be cut. The camera will be on her in a medium close up position, but will then cut to a POV shot of her looking at the phone. A diegetic bang coming from upstairs causes her head to whip u and away from the lower placed camera, which will be looking up at her. she will then run up the stairs, with the camera trained on her feet. A close up of her hand on the banister follows. The last three shots will be accompanied with fast paced dark music, to add suspense to the moment. 

The first two shots are linked. She will run through the open door, run close to the camera so she is in a close up position, and we will be able to see the door close behind her. The fast music will continue to play as she runs into the room, and through these next two shots.She will then turn to bang on the door, and starts crying, the next shot is from the side so that we can see her cry. We will also be able to hear a child's giggle in the background.

The first shot of this section will be a POV shot of whatever is haunting her, we will have the camera rush forwards to her in a jerky manner, as though the ghost is rushing to her. She will then slump to the floor after fainting, the camera being left on the floor, as though left and forgotten. It will then cut to black. Up until the cut to black, the music will be still fast paced, but as soon as she is knocked to the floor, the music will suddenly stop. Also, as the trailer goes on, the editing will be quick to show the urgency of the situation, this is when the editing pace will slow right down. The next shot will be of her struggling to her feet, this shot will last quite a few seconds. The final shot will only last a second, if that, we will see her horrified expression, and the ghostly presence behind her. A non diegetic BOOM will follow the cut to static on screen which will then fade to black. The title will then come to the surface from the blackness. As the title fades away, the last thing we here is a child's giggle once more.

  Due to my experience in story boarding and filming in general, I was appointed to do the majority of this section of the portfolio. I had help from my partner, but I was mostly concerned with this while he worked on flat plans.