Individual Storyboard - Miss Miller

Story boards are used by every director, these are created to put down ideas of editing, camera angles, iconography etc. The director can then look at each individual frame and see whether it would work well or not. In addition they are also used to see what lighting or scenery would also work best. We did an individual one first as this allows my group to look at one anthers work and look and the advantages and disadvantages of each others work. This then allows us to pick the best frames for our final group story board which will then result in our final thriller opening sequence to be engaging and create suspense, shock and surprise. In my story board I have included what location in each frame, the lighting I will be using, the actors, iconography and editing I will use. This then means I don't waste time thinking about what things to use when filming which then means i can film lots of footage which i can then look at and choose the best clips. In addition i also drew images of what is going to be in each frame, this gives me a guideline to as what i'm going to put into each frame and so that I can see if the camera angle looks good.

Picture of storyboard

I have included my individual story board and have created many ideas from the camera angles and narratives of other thrillers I have been analysing in the different thrillers in previous posts. I have included lots of different camera angles, one being a high angle shot which I will use to show inferiority and to create relationships between the audience and my characters. This will immediately create the suspense I need in order to make the audience more engaged with my thriller. I have also included low angle shots to show superiority of the evil characters which will show that they are going to kill someone or do something bad. This will immediately create suspense for the audience as they are waiting for something to happen. I have used many different conventions of a thriller including eerie music when the suspense and tension is being created, iconography such as the knife for the killing weapon which is typically used in thrillers, and the costume, hair and makeup is conventional in my idea as the killers identity is always hidden and they victims are in normal clothing which makes the audience feel like it is a real scenario.  I have also included low key lighting to add to the emphasis of the darkness happening in the thriller, it will make the audience suspicious about what will happen next as it intensifies everything, as they won't be able to see all around them, only what's in front of them.

I have created an individual storyboard before I make a group narrative, because it will help us to generate more ideas as a group and enable us to help one another with the ideas we have cooperated in our individual ones. When in my group we will look at one another storyboards and individual ideas and take the positives from each one and combine them to make the best possible idea. I hope that doing this will make our piece more engaging and interesting for the audience. I hope that when we decide our final idea my group see's the the good aspects of my piece and use them in the final idea, for example i hope my idea use the idea i have about the camera shots as i believe they work well at creating suspense, shock and surprise.