StoryBoard For The War Triller Opening

The Storyboard: As a group we discussed what we wanted from our film and the style we were going for, however we had not yet though about what our shots and transitions were going to look like. The first step was to create a storyboard, this is because a storyboard allows every member of the group to put their ideas forward and then have a visual representation of the film. Before diving in to this I wrote up a brief story that we as a group had already discussed;. explaining briefly what was going to happen in our story Meanwhile Katy gathered locations and costume so that we knew what our characters would look like and the environment they would be placed in and George looked at examples of war thriller short films that could inspire us. 

After those tasks were completed George was given the task of creating a storyboard that would represent our ideas best. To do this he made a storyboard template and printed four sheets so that we could have enough room for every shot. The reason he wanted to put so much work into the storyboard is because he felt that when you have a clearly laid out storyboard it's easier to organise the narrative creatively. 

This task did take him a while because he put a lot of thought into every shot thinking about practicality as well as creativity. An example of this is on the last page shot three because we would of loved to have both characters in the same shot however we would have to use after effects, which in my experience is not very reliable. Therefore we made ​​it an OSS so that we could just have another actor instead of using masks etc. Another aspect he put a lot of time into was transitions because we wanted to make sure that the narrative flowed well to set up the story, which would follow after our opening. 

Our aim overall aim was to upset the equilibrium without killing off any characters or changing the story. To achieve this we used flash backs to World War Two throughout our opening which would keep our audience gripped. 

  In addition to this we also made ​​sure that we had research on 'Waterboarding'  (water torture) because we wanted to make sure that the film was some what accurate to the time period we wanted the film to be set in. 

Lastly when it was done I reminded George that we wanted a first person drowning scene that we added as a side note on page two. Overall I felt we worked well as a team and I think the plan is well thought out and creative. 

Credit to George Turner