Individual storyboard

The purpose of the storyboard is to help develop ideas and set out a narrative, this allows you to see how the sequence of events match up and a preview as to how it will look to the audience, this also allows the directors to discuss which angles/movements and effects and lighting, etc will work best in the shot, this allows the film to make as big an impact as possible on the audience. It allows easier filming as we have a set plan to go by.

I have created a storyboard so that I can discuss my ideas for the narrative with my group much easier, also if the ideas are written down then we can have it there for later if we want to mix ideas to create a final group narrative, I have used things such a low and high angle (when protagonist/victim is laying on floor) to show the inferiority of the protagonist and the superiority of the antagonist, I was inspired by silence of the lambs, they used the low angle very well and really portrayed the dominance of Hannibal, helping the audience build a relationship with him, which was fearing him. I decided to use POV to help put the audience in the protagonists shoes, to help them create a relationship with the character even more, I was inspired by the film se7en, it used POV, this was not for the same effect but done what it needed to, hide the identity of the antagonist, I feel the shot would be even more effective for my use, because in se7en the effect I want to create is created well (suspense) this helps engage the audience and is an important convention of the thriller genre. I also used panning, this was used in silence of the lambs, it allows the audience to see more of the scene and get a feel of the mood, the allows us to create surprise, shock and suspense a lot more effectively as well as enigma due to some things being hidden until the camera spins round to it, this movement is extremely good at creating suspense due to the audience being on the edge of their seats while the camera is panning, waiting for something to happen and shock them.

I feel my narrative has a fairly engaging narrative and creates suspense and shock, it has an antagonist and protagonist and the majority of other thriller conventions (eg. knife) I have also tried to use conventional camera shots as well, this is why I used inspiration from other thrillers, I feel this will help the group narrative and has some very valid and creative yet conventional ideas that would be a good contribution to the group narrative, I feel more surprise is needed, I struggled to fit this into my story and without this the film will not be a conventional thriller.

The first micro element is mise en scene, we will use a forest as the setting as it is great for creating shock, surprise and suspense it is an area that people see in their everyday life's and see it as a normal thing, the fact that such horror happens within the forest will create shock and surprise within the audience helping to engage them into the film, it is also conventional to a thriller as it it an isolated area, there are lots of places to hide and it is almost cut off from civilisation, creating suspense as when the victim is in danger they know it will be extremely difficult to escape, also iconography used such as the knife is used to show the power and superiority of the antagonist over the victim, the dark clothing of the antagonist represents the danger and enigma surrounding, showing the audience he is an evil character, the light clothing of the victim shows the innocence and harmlessness of her and helps the audience relate and sympathise with her.

The second micro element is cinematography, we will be using different shots, angles and movements with the camera,the use of close up shot allows the audience to see the facial expressions, helping the audience relate to the character as they feel sympathetic toward her due to the clear anxiety and fear in her facial expression, this is also used to create suspense as the audience are restricted as to what they can see so are on the edge of their seats as the antagonist could pop up at any moment and create shock within the audience, finally surprise is created as the audience didn't realise how frightened the victim was before this, a movement we will use is handheld, this is used to represent the panic and urgency of the victim to try to escape from the antagonist, it also shows the audience the dominance and superiority of the antagonist compared to the victim, creating shock and surprise as well as helping the audience build a relationship with the antagonist as they fear him, this is conventional as it helps engage the audience as they feel like they are part of the film, helping create shock, surprise and suspense to maximum effect. The angle we will use is the high angle, this will be used to show the inferiority of the victim in comparison to the antagonist, it will be used to create shock and surprise as it portrays to the audience how powerful and dominant the antagonist really is, helping the audience sympathise toward the victim and fear the antagonist, creating relationships with both.

The third micro element used in our thriller sequence is sound, we used both diegetic and non diegetic, an example of diegetic sound being used was the dialogue, this is used to help the audience understand and keep up with the narrative, this keeps them engaged into the film, the fact it is clearly not edited in helps the audience become more engaged within the film as it becomes realistic, helping create more shock, surprise and suspense within the audience. The non diegetic sound used will be the heart beat, the heart beat will help create suspense, in shocking parts the heart beat can help emphasise the shock, surprise and fear, the use of this will help engage the audience and the audience will create a relationship with the victim as the heart beat shows the fear and inferiority of the victim, creating sympathy toward her