Storyboard

Besides the script, we created another form of planning for our opening. We drew and wrote a storyboard, with 15 scenes. The first scene is the longest, it's the 30 seconds of credits. For this scene we drew out an example photo of one of the six photos of the family that will play beneath the credits rolling. It will transition into a black screen that the title "Haunted Memories" will then appear on. 

The second and third scenes follow the father stumbling home after a long day of drinking and working. The fourth, fifth, and sixth scene depict the argument between the daughter and father. The dishes drawn in the sink are important, because that's what sets the father off and pushes his anger over the edge. We included some of the script into the drawing, to show that it will go in those scenes. 

The next two scenes are what happens after the daughter flees the argument, and goes to her room. The zoom-in into the picture frame of her mother is really significant for the consequential scene. Which is the killer on the cameras trying to see if his plan worked, and if he can move into phase two. Zooming in on the frame brings it more attention and gives it the time it deserves, for its significance, since the mother tragically passed away, and has left the family in shambles. 

The tenth and eleventh scenes focus on one of the main mis-en-scene elements, the tattoos. I talked about those on my blog this week, and we chose to show them through a super fast flash-back-and-forth motion. The intercut of the two perspectives will put everything in place with the curse, and keep the visual entertaining. 

We then see the daughter wanting to take her mind off of the argument, and go out for a walk with her dog. The last three scenes tie back to the killer being hacked into the cameras, watching her to make sure the curse has been successful so far. These three scenes will be different angles that the cameras are in, getting the footage of the daughter on a walk. The family has always had these cameras in their house, for security and safety purposes. On the bottom corner of the footage, the time stamps are seen of when the killer is watching the footage.

   (Storyboard)

With the planning of shot types and the consequential order of the scenes I feel prepared to begin filming next week and stay on track with the schedule I made, by following my storyboard. In past projects, I've learned that filming days can get stressful, but having a detailed and guided plan you made to follow is extremely helpful and allows things to run smoothly without letting you forget anything.