Storyboard w/ images

This page of my blog is a explanation of a storyboard of how I would like my clips to flow throughout my trailer with detailed explanations.

Shot 1.
This shot is just a introduction to my trailer with the company name which created the following work. (Carr Media) In this clip the sound effects start, they are of a creepy evil laugh this carries on into the next shot.




Shot 2.
This shot will be of a security camera which already lets the audience know that filming or being on film plays a important part of the film. This shot will be a focus shot which will show just the object in view. It will fade in from black then fade out into the next clip. In this clip the sound effects become more louder and more noticeable building suspense in the early stages of the trailer.



Shot 3.
This next shot will a text clip with " As a nation always being watched " written on it, this text will be a indication to the audience that it is about being watched, this shot I have also put in to draw the attention of the audience to watch it all as it is a statemnet which is true. In this clip the music quiets.



Shot 4.
This next shot will be similar to shot 2. where it will contain images of cameras to again refer back to being filmed or being on camera. It fades in from black and will fade out to black. In this shot the music continues on from shot 2. having more laughing to gather more suspense in the trailer.



Shot 5.
This shot again is a text image which is used to draw the audience in even more with " Have you ever wondered " being the text shown, this is asking the audience a question but there is no end to the question, again drawing the audience in to find out the next part. This shot has the same flow of sound affects as the previous shots.



Shot 6.
This next shot will be a mixed shot showing different images of cameras which will fade into text and back into cctv cameras, the text will be the second part of the question which is in shot 5. it will fade firstly from cctv image into " Who " then back into camera then into " Is " then back into cctv image then into " Watching " when it gets to this part it will " ease out " meaning it will be zoomed in and draw out so you can see the full text. This then fades into the next clip. In this clip the music changes into sounds from the forest lots of bug sounds like crickets etc. this follows on into the next shot.



Shot 7.
This shot will be a camera held shot where it will be in first person view of finding the killers hut, starting with image of a bush/tree which the camera pushes through until it finds the hut, the only light visible will be that of a torch for ultimate effect of first person view. In this shot the same sound affects as before are present with a very loud clock ticking over the top which gets louder and faster as the camera approaches the hut.



Shot 8.
This shot is another text shot which eases in the text says " This Summer " this fades in from black then fades out into the next shot. This shot gives the audience information about when the film will be out. This point the music ticking is very loud and fast it then fades out into heart beats which start during the next shots.



Shot 9.
This shot is a mid shot which shows the killer on a computer watching his victims. The killers face is not shown and has his back to the camera. This shot fades into black. In this shot the music is faded from the ticking into a hard violin noise which then fades into a loud heart beat.



Shot 10.
This next part of the trailer has got lots of images which quickly fade into black then into another image, I want them in this way so they give that sense of struggle from the victims it also shows parts of the hut and images from the security cameras the killer has access to, this is another method i am using to keep my audience intreged to they want to find out what happens next which will cause a knock on effect of them wanting to watch the film. In this shot the music from the heartbeat continues and the heart beat is in sync with the changing of images which gives a chilling affect.



Shot 11.
This shot is another text shot which reads " Who Will Be Watching You... " as with the This summer text still fresh in the audience's mind it has the affect of asking them a question whilst giving them information about release date. The text in this shot will ease out again starting close up into the full text being seen. This shot is started off with a camera flash which then fades into silence.



Shot 12.
This next shot will have flashing images with a photocamera sound being played over the top to go with the flashes as if someone is taking pictures with a camera and what is on screen is what they have taken pictures of. The images will be again of the hut and what is inside it including torture tools. The images/footage used inbetween flashes will be hand held and in first person to give it a more of a gripping affect on the audience, as if to say this could be you. (The white flash effect is what would be carried on to being a white flash, with the camera noise in sync with the flash.)



Shot 13.
The next shot fades in from black into a low angle shot looking up from a first person view (again to give the affect that it could be you the audience in the situation) at the door from inside the killers hut, giving the affect that this person is hiding from him, the next thing that happens is the door swings open and the figure of the killer rushes in. The music here starts off quiet building suspense then when the door swings open there is a loud rush which climax's the shot.



Shot 14.
This shot is a text image again giving information to the audience about the release date being "summer 2010" the music here is a carry on from the previous shot which fades out as the text eases out giving a affect of the text being metal/heavy/sharp making it fit the genre of horror.



Shot 15.
This final shot is of the killers mask again filmed using the hand held camera shot, from a angle which gives the audience the sense of them being the one who filmed it. This final shot is give the audience that sense of knowing what the killer could look like. This then fades into a tv screen being turnt on then off which then fades into black. The music/sound effects i used here include a heartbeat which builds slight tension, then it goes into a screen being turnt on then off which matches the images this is used because of the fact that the killer watches his victims.



Shot 16.
The final shot is of a poster advertising the film with the film name and who it is created by, using font designed for the film. The sound affects here end with a heartbeats into a sound which you would get from turning off a amplifier.

Introduction

Thriller and Suspense Films are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations, with similar characteristics and features.
If the genre is to be defined strictly, a genuine thriller is a film that rentlessly pursues a single-minded goal - to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging at the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. The tension usually arises when the main character(s) is placed in a menacing situation or mystery, or an escape or dangerous mission from which escape seems impossible. Life itself is threatened, usually because the principal character is unsuspecting or unknowingly involved in a dangerous or potentially deadly situation. Plots of thrillers involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy.
Thrillers are often hybrids - there are suspense-thrillers, action- or adventure- thrillers, sci-fi thrillers (such as Alien (1979)), crime-caper thrillers (such as The French Connection (1971)), western-thrillers (such as High Noon (1952)), film-noir thrillers (such as Double Indemnity (1944)), even romantic comedy-thrillers (such as Safety Last (1923)).
Another closely-related genre is the horror film genre (e.g., Halloween (1978)), also designed to elicit tension and suspense, taking the viewer through agony and fear. Suspense-thrillers come in all shapes and forms: there are murder mysteries, private eye tales, chase thrillers, women-in-danger films, courtroom and legal thrillers, erotic thrillers, surreal cult-film soap operas, and atmospheric, plot-twisting psychodramas. Thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, crime, or the detective in the crime-related plot, focusing more on the suspense and danger that is generated.
Characters in thrillers include convicts, criminals, stalkers, assassins, down-on-their-luck losers, innocent victims (often on the run), prison inmates, menaced women, characters with dark pasts, psychotic individuals, terrorists, cops and escaped cons, fugitives, private eyes, drifters, duplicitious individuals, people involved in twisted relationships, world-weary men and women, psycho-fiends, and more. The themes of thrillers frequently include terrorism, political conspiracy, pursuit, or romantic triangles leading to murder.

Target Audience

As my film is a horror/thriller it would be appropriate for me to aim my trailer at a audience which are interested/enjoy/drawn in by thriller or horror films. I want my trailer to appeal to ages above 15/16 as i think that this age range is best matched for my genre. My film being based on a teenage girl who is at a school/college will be what audience members aged from 15-21 will be able to relate with as most people this age will still be in education. The older members of my target audience 25-40 will be able to relate to the parent figures in the film making it engaging for them.

Synopsis Of Film

My film is based on the horror of someone watching/stalking you, it has a main character which is a serial killer, who tracks down targets due to them being selfish and unkind to others, the killer will then watch them until the time is right to catch them and take them to a dark gloomy hut in the middle of a forest. This is where the main part of the film would be filmed, the killer doesn't just kill his targets he tortures them on a live feed which he posts onto the internet for others to watch. The killer who's actual face is never seen is also a classy business man who has a very nice life with a big house and a family, so why does he want to kill people? This is down to a difficult childhood where he was a very unprivileged and beaten by his father even though he was a wealthy man, his dad would cheat on his mother in front of him because he had money she never found out. Then one day he came home to find his mother hung by her neck and his dad paying off a policeman, this is when his first victim was found. Being so young the authorities couldn't find any evidence that the young boy had killed his father and believed that it was a burglar since that day he was never going to be normal. The film then turns into a hopeful when a police woman decides to dedicate her work to finding out the killer until the situation take a bad turn for her.