Storyboard

The first shot is a wide shot of the house, there will be no music played during this. The camera then pushes in towards the door and goes through it. There will only be one light on in the house, the darkness is a classic convention of a horror. The lighting is going to be dark to add emphasis to the horror theme until the camera goes into the house because; we want the house to look as if it’s a normal family house. No actors will be seen here it’s just showing the surrounding by the camera slowly moving closer into the house, the wide shot will be used so the audience can see all the surroundings of the outside of the house and can clearly see it’s a normal family house. The show will last 10 seconds because we want to cause emphasis and make the audience think something going to happen. The camera will then cut as soon as it gets into the house. By having the camera move closer to the house really creates an exciting feel and make the audience nervous.

Using the moving tripod we’ll slowly move down the corridor and then pan the camera left into the first room. By moving slowly down the corridor it’ll make the audience feel as if they are there. The lighting will be quite bright to make the audience think there’s no horror here and it’s just a regular family house. No actors will be displayed here as we want the audience to understand the full surroundings in the house. A long shot will be used whilst walking down the hallway the shot will last about 6 seconds to really cause excitement so the audience don’t know what to expect. We want the audience too feel as if they’re there behind the camera that’s why we want to walk slow whilst filing. 

Once the camera has panned left we’ll show the audience a wide shot of the front room. We’ll then show the flashback of what happened in the past, here the 999 call will start. The effect changes on the camera when we show flashbacks. The lighting of this shot is going to be quite bright and the same as the other lighting in the house. When the flashback appears we will change the lighting and saturation of the clip to clearly note it’s a flashback. The flashback will last about 7 seconds so we clearly have an idea of what happened, the actor will be shown here and no dialogue will be used from the actor. The 999 call will here and finish nearer the end of the film. During the flashback a wide shot will be used to show the surroundings and a clear image of what happened, so the audience fully understand.

Once the flashback has been done and the effect has gone back normal which will be normal lighting we’ll go back to using the tripod and move slowly out of the room and back to the corridor. We will make sure we do this smoothly so that’s why a tripod is being used; the shot will be a long shot to show the surroundings. The camera will then pan left and we’ll go back to moving down the corridor. The pan is going to be used so the movement is smooth and not bumpy. We’ll use a close up shot  to show Christmas decorations in the room, which will last about 5 seconds we will then use a wide shot of the whole Christmas tree this shows the audience the reason of the man breaking in which will give a clear narrative. No actors will be seen here.

 The camera will pan into the kitchen showing there is no one here and another flashback will appear. The effect will change to show it’s a flashback we will do this by changing the saturation and contrast of the clip. The lighting will be the same and the pan will be done very slowly. Once in the kitchen the camera will slowly push in to show the flashback.  The actor will be used here, the clip will last about 12 seconds. Once the clip has finished the camera will pan out of the kitchen back into the hall way. Leaving the screen completely back to emphasis the 999 call will then come to an end and the final lines will be the lady on the phone asking if the victim is okay.

By Molly Curtis