Storyboard

Below is our storyboard with shot ideas. We still may extend this when it comes to the editing process, as when watching back we may want to change it to become better. This is just a simple sketch, as at this time we just wanted to quickly show what sort of thing we want to do (not exact angles) so we could get on with filming and have this to help.

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Ideas from today - Angles for shots

When going to our location and deciding where and what we want to film, we took this image of a door.

As this door is quite old looking, it subtly relates to the typical horror film conventions of having an old looking house.

We may use this area for some shots in our quick sequence towards the end of the teaser. We will include the door slamming, and may use the interesting lighting and patterns from the door to create strange shots.

Ideas from today - Angles for our shots

For the party shot, we will be setting it in a living room. We took pictures from different angles so we can decide where about we want to film from.

For this scene, we decided we would be more likely to use this bottom shot angle, other than anything else. This is because we are including three characters, so each of them would be sitting on the chairs in this shot. The chair which is on its own would have character three (the one who gets killed) as it shows their seperation from the group, which foreshadows the later event of their death.

Ideas from today - Angles for our shots

The above image displays the hallway in which we will be having the quick shot of the person hanging. This hallway is very homely looking, it obviously isn't somewhere else (for example, an office etc) so this shows the setting and emphasises it. As everything is very clean and white looking, this means in the shot the hanging person will be very clear.

Ideas from today - Script

We will be including minimal dialogue in our teaser as if we had a lot, it would then become a trailer. Minimal dialogue doesn't give away much of the storyline, which is the aim of a teaser as sometimes they can be released a year or more before. As teasers are made to create excitement around a film, we will be doing this by including a lot of quick shots, therefore not using a lot of dialogue.

In the party scene, we will be using the dialogue:

(1st or 2nd character) What did you get?

(3rd character) A ouija board [sounding confused]

The next morning when character 1 is looking at the pictures, and character 2 comes in:

(2nd character) Wheres _____? [3rd characters name]

Ideas from today - Final Shot List

Today we came up with our final shot list for our teaser trailer. We decided we wanted to include some of the storyline, but not all of it because then that would change this into a trailer, rather than a teaser. As a teaser is very vague over details, but makes the storyline slightly clear, this is what we brainstormed to achieve.

We also decided to change the amount of characters - we will have a ghost character who can occasionally be seen, they will be a mysterious hooded figure. We will have 3 other characters too, one who will be hung and two others who will witness the chaos that happens in the house.

Below is a shot list of what we want to include in our trailer.

We want the teaser to begin at night, to show this film goes across a couple of days, so it begins at night:

Transistion: Fade from black

• An establishing shot of the house (maybe the road also)

Transition: Fade to black

Then we want to include a bang noise, like a drum.

Transition: Fade from black

• A scene of a party to set the story, and one of the characters recieves a Ouija Board (shown by the dialogue) - this is covered by flashing of cameras and the character smiling at the camera
• Then there are quick shots of the characters getting photos taken of themselves together

INTERTITLE (we are still deciding on what exactly this text will be)

Then the time of day will change to daytime. We decided to change the time of day to day, because this adds to the feeling of that you feel safe at home and in the daytime, so this is a very intrusive feeling.

• In the morning one person is looking through the party pictures in the kitchen
• One of the pictures has the 3rd character with a noose around their neck and a mysterious person behind them (quick shot)
• 2nd person comes in saying "Where's ___ (3rd character)?"
• A bang noise - the characters look out to the hall way and there is a hung character (3rd) swinging

Transition: Fade to black

Noise: Drum

Transition: Fade from black

• Close up of eyes looking shocked

Transition: Fade to black

Noise: Drum

Transition: Fade from black

After this point we wanted to do a series of very quick shots giving a feeling of distortion and unease in the house as it's haunted.

INTERTITLE

• Door slamming
• Close up of eyes
• People trying to escape the house but door is locked
• Point of view shots of feet running
• Distorted shots of camera moving around
• Dropping camera down stairs
• Lights flashing

Research and planning grade

There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience.
There is proficient organisation of costume and location, with minimal organisation of actors and props.
There is minimal work on storyboarding, shotlists and scripting.
There is a proficient use of ICT and a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.

10/20 = D

Targets:
Storyboarding, scripting and shotlists - URGENT
Photos of actors and props along with an explanation as to why they are appropriate for your chosen genre.
Develop trailer analysis to explain which elements you would like to use and why you think they are effective.