Visualizing Our Ideas

 Storyboarding Complete!

    As I mentioned in a previous blog, my partners and I completed an outline for our film opening in class just a few days ago. Before creating a script, we decided that making a storyboard would be the best task to accomplish first(I will insert images of the storyboard below). By creating a storyboard, we can visualize what shots may look like, and therefore reference the storyboard during filming. Additionally, it allows us to see what we will need when we are filming, such as mise-en-scene elements. In reference to our story, for example, we included in the storyboard a shot including a desk, so we must make sure our filming location has a desk to use. Or, we can set up a different location to shoot the required shots. As you can see, storyboarding helps as somewhat of a guide, allowing us to see ahead into what the production of this film opening may look like, and therefore allow us to avoid as many issues as possible.

    In our storyboard, we cover the basic visuals of what our film opening will look like by using still images. We include frames with dialogue and other techniques that clearly convey a message to our audience, as well as including others that make the reader/viewer make an inference to learn about the character.

    This storyboard begins with a quick showing of Person B, introducing them in a messy environment to show a chaotic state of mind. As you continue deeper into the storyboard, you can see that we plan to begin the inclusion of credits early in our film opening, around the time when Person A and Person B begin engaging in conversation. Continuing, the plot continues to unfold as the viewer finds out the reasoning behind Person B's sad and chaotic feelings(they are being blackmailed, this will be shown through text messages). The story continues, with Person C arriving at the location (Person A and B's house), and Person B can be seen focusing deeply on her reflection in the mirror. At the end, we focused on visualizing the scene in which a pill bottle can be seen spilled, which will show the death of Person B, and the audience can infer that the cause of death was an overdose.

    It is important to note that this storyboard is a brief visualization of our film opening. While it shows a majority, not every shot is visualized, although we made a point to envision the shots we deemed most important, as well as those that we want to begin imagining due to technical aspects(such as the shoots including credits and the title.)