Week Two 2/3

Storyboard Time!

It’s that part of the project, the drawing part! Even though I am a terrible artist I have tried my best to develop a storyboard. The sequence of drawings is used to show the shots planned for my movie. I decided to create a storyboard in order to stay organized and have an overall image of what my final product is going to look like. 

My opening scene is going to start with an establishing shot of the house that the group of friends are currently staying in. Following that, a medium shot is going to be used to show the main character, Santiago, as he is leaving his house and walking down the driveway to his car. Santiago’s friends are shortly after going to be walking down the driveway talking about how excited they are about their road trip. Another medium shot is going to be used, along with some close-ups, to show how they are packing the car up and closing the rear door. 

Following that, an over the shoulder shot will be used to establish the presence of everyone in the car. This is important because it will be necessary to understand who is in the car in order to know what happens after the crash. Subsequently, a high angle shot will be recorded from a drone in order to give perspective of where the group of friends is going.

This is the most critical part of the movie opening. During this part of the film, multiple point of view shots, long shots, and close-ups of the two cars traveling among the road are going to be used to show the relationship between two the cars. Specifically, the two cars are never going to actually touch but I have to make it seem like if they crashed and left the passengers completely knocked out. After the crash, an extream close up of a strangers shoe stepping of his car is shown as the camera quickly cuts to black. This blackout is used as a transition from the scene of the accident to a shot of all the friends tied up to a chair in the stranger’s basement. This is where the horror aspect of the story kicks in, as the group of friends is extremely confused and scared about what will happen next. Overall, this storyboard has helped me move a step closer to the start of the production, but of course, I'm still missing a key part which is the dialogue. Come back tomorrow to find out more about the production of the script.