Real life incidents

There are many real life incidents which relate to my story - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245417/Burglary-victims-attacked-home-30-minutes.html
This storyline relates to my sequence as this article includes many peoples' houses being broken into, and my sequence also includes an intruder who breaks into a house. Also, the article states how people are attacked, and even though we won't be able to see it in my sequence, we can hear it due to the diegetic screaming. These people who had their houses broken in to were like my character - innocent.

Effectiveness of storyboard

The storyboard has enabled me to think in more detail of my sequence. It's enabled me think about how I can create suspense and has given me a better idea of the shots that will be used. It's enabled me to visually document and explain the storyline, and has made it clearer to understand for the audience. It has enabled me to show how I can represent fear and vulnerability by looking at the shots on the storyboard. It has also enabled me to measure the time of the sequence as I can test it out by doing picture by picture.

Storyboard for film

Prelim

Here, I learnt how to use a camera and I learnt all the shots. It improved my knowledge of camera work and editing skills, after it took about 3 weeks to edit. My role in this was to hold the camera for the high angle shot, and I stood on a table. It showed the setting and that the girls don't have much power. If I could change anything, it'd be to use the camera in my hand more instead of on the equipment. This would make me more familiar with it. Also, I would use more shots instead of using several close ups. I used a panning shot as well as these, and also a tracking shot of the actor walking in. However, some shots were deleted and may not be shown in my prelim.

Actors and relevance to genre

My actor will be a normal looking guy who seems to live a normal life. The other person will be masked and look like a monster. He will just be a normal guy with a mask on.

This is similar to Scream in which the girls are wearing normal clothes and the Scream guy is wearing a mask. 

In contrast to the ones shown on the side, my actor will be dressed in 
normal everyday clothing like the girl's, and my evil character
will look like the Scream character but will have a different mask.

The props

Hammer – represents that there may be violence.

Knives on table – represent danger and violence

Alarm clock - Shows the time, and puts emphasis on the time as it's in the middle of the night and an irregular occurrence.

Fake blood - Represents danger and death

Torch - walking round with it whilst going downstairs. Used to see as room will be dark. Also adds to the suspense.

These are the main props needed in this sequence. We already have these items apart from the fake blood, which we will buy from amazon.

The location and how it fits my film genre

The location for my film is in a dark house, in the middle of the night. This fits the horror genre as the darkness creates tension and makes it scarier. It also creates mystery and the darkness is seen in most thrillers and horrors. 

One example is Scream 4. In this film, 2 girls are attacked in a house which is very dark. 

Another example is the opening scene of The Conjuring, where 3 girls are looking at a scary doll in a very dark house with little lighting.

Storyline for opening scene of horror

1. Person wakes up after nightmare sweating and looks at the clock saying 3:17am (Close up shot, eyeline match)

2. Person calms down, deep breaths and wiping sweat off face (Close up)

3. Person lies back down and tries to go to sleep, but hears noises and shoots back up (Medium shot)

4. Person gets out of bed and puts on some clothes and slippers (Wide shot of room)

5. Person grabs a hammer from bedside table and clutches it (Close up of clutch)

6. Person walks out of room and nervously calls ‘Ben’ (Tracking shot)

7. Person is walking along hall, passes Ben’s room and stops (Close up looking at room)

8. Eyeline match of Ben’s room with door closed and sign of his name in children’s writing

*Non-diegetic music starts (tense horror music)

9. Person goes downstairs calling ‘hello’ (Tracking shot)

10. Searches the kitchen, and there’s nothing there (eyeline match of kitchen)

11. Person walks towards exit of kitchen, more relaxed (Camera in front when walking out)

12. Camera focuses on knives on the table in the background

13. Person takes a step out the room, but a ball hits his foot

14. Looks around, see's scary character

15. Bird’s eye view of house and diegetic screaming