What I have learnt from storyboarding my thriller

What I have learnt from storyboarding my thriller

How difficult was it to match up your ideas to images on paper? It was relatively hard because it's easy for me to visualise what I would like our opening sequence to turn out like, however it's harder to draw those ideas up on paper. This is because on the storyboard every shot needs to be drawn in order for the filming process to be as efficient as possible. If we missed out one drawing it would of made the whole storyboard inaccurate, meaning that when we film we may miss out certain scenes and parts of our plot.

What did you learn about your shot choices from storyboarding? I learnt that we have tried to use a range of different camera shots in order to make our film more advanced and make the filming process more fun for us. Instead of just using similar shots, like medium and wide shots; we tried to include some other different shots like high/low angle shots and tracking shots. That way there will be a variety of shots when we come to filming and editing our sequence.

What have you changed since your storyboarding? One idea that we wanted to change was instead of the FBI badge being held up to the window (as the window is foggy not clear), it could be held up to the door bell camera and the woman could be looking at who it is on the screen. By doing this it will work better but will also add in more time, making our thriller sequence the 2 minute length it needs to be. Also we put a cut where the man is strangling the women to show both points of view. Lastly, we originally wrote that we will film the last shot behind draws and then man will walk up to them and then it's a close up of him opening a draw. However we think using a cupboard is better. It will work by putting the camera in the cupboard with the doors closed and then the last shot is the man opening the cupboard and smiling because he's seen what he wants.