Storyboarding is undoubtedly of paramount importance within the film-making industry; with this in mind, we were put into pairs and assigned the task of creating a short plan of a chase sequence within a fictional horror film entitled: 'Terror In The Night'. Working alongside Jess Mockler, we considered carefully what we were going to include our storyboard (which was to have a maximum of ten frames). This practice task developed my understanding of storyboarding; also, it awakened me to the many subtle decisions that need to be made from shot to shot. For instance, camera angles, mise-en-scene, editing, shot length, the sound (diegetic and non-diegetic), as well as the dialogue we are to include. In short: there was a lot to decide upon. The results can be found in the images below:-
Opening Shots: Introducing the premise of the story, as well as protagonist/s and antagonist/s
Notching up the Intense Atmosphere... Use of close-ups, panning shots
The storyboard covered three factors: a rough visualization of the shot, the type of shot and it's duration, and finally an analysis of sound and dialogue. Myself and Jess wanted to cover the codes and conventions of a horror: clichéd characters (see screaming damsel in distress), shrieking violins (straight out of The Exorcist), extreme close-ups of a crazed psychopath as well as corny dialogue such as 'I found you...' in a rasping voice. Essentially, the task was trying to acquit us with the practice of using storyboarding and understanding first-hand just how important this very visual style of planning is. We can apply this task to our actual storyboards for our final-piece, and we can adopt this film-making form of planning to understand (completely) the shots we are aiming for as a group, as well as giving us an idea of what shots/sounds we are planning to use. Overall, I found this task very helpful, and gave me a more complete understanding of the significance of story-boarding with film-making. Got to practice my drawing skills though I think...
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