Creating the storyboard

This week we began the process of creating our storyboard to assist us with visualising the sequcence and creating a logical order for shooting. Initially we finalised our idea and began to create specific shots to construct the sequence. The storyboard is a vital document as it provides a guide to the production crew and allows film makers to impose order on the specific technical aspects of the scene. Each storyboard page is detailed with the following technicalities-
Location
Shot/Movement
Sound
Lighting
Edit Transition
Timing

• Point of view – First tarot card is revealed with first credits.
• Extreme Close-up – Ryan’s hand drawing chalk line on the floor.
• Extreme Close-up – Dead woman’s face, with her eyes covered in a blindfold.
• Extreme Close-up – Ryan’s hand placing a candle, it then lights itself.
• Point of view – Second tarot card is revealed with next credits.
• Wide Shot – Amber peering round top of the stairs and starts to walk the first few stairs.
• Point of view – through handheld, Amber walking down the stairs and opens the door to the basement.
• Point of view – Third tarot card is revealed with next credits.
• Wide Shot - Basement, dark room with candle, bodies and a vague shape on the floor.
• Wide Shot – Candle in foreground and Amber entering in background, she hears heavy footsteps, and runs into the corner.
• Point of view – Fourth tarot card is revealed with next credits.
• Wide Shot – Silhouette of Ryan in doorway.
• Wide Shot – Candle in foreground and Ryan entering in background, he starts moving towards one of the bodies.
• Mid-shot (lower half of torso) – Face in foreground and heavy boots walking towards the head. They stop, and then Ryan bends down to face.
• Wide Shot – Ryan reaches towards the face of the body and in the background Amber crouching in corner she shuffles to make a noise, Ryan spins.
• Point of View – From Amber of Ryan spinning to look at her.
• Close-Up – Amber’s reaction to his spin.
• Point of view – Fifth tarot card is revealed with next credits.
• Extreme Close Up – Candle goes out.
• Extreme Close Up -> Wide Shot (Birds Eye View) – Reveal of pentagram.

We were to then finalise our ideas in a list of shots. These were to help us finalise the timings, actions etc for the storyboard. Eventually, we were to create our storyboard. We had to write in our ideas and details of each scene to accurately give an account of our clip. We had to draw in simple diagrams of each scene to prodce visual aid. This allowed the individual who came up with the idea to express themselves in what they imagined their idea to look like as well as allowing outsiders to visualise what the clip portrays.