Planning- Storyboard

 Hi everyone!

As the production days are approaching, my group and I figured it was crucial to create storyboards to ensure we will have a smooth filming. These storyboards will serve as a basis for what we want each scene to focus on and look like. On the day of production, we wanted to be able to walk on set and clearly communicate what we want done.

Storyboard 1:

We decided to break our film opening into 3 different sections of 4. We wanted the first storyboard to mainly consist of the parts where there is no dialogue and is focused on specific details. In this section, the audience can see a girl (Luna) in school, about to leave, and getting home from school. We are hoping to include multiple close-up shots. so that the audience can focus on specific details. As the girl is getting home, the shots will start to become mid/ wide shots so the audience can then focus on the bigger picture/ setting. This storyboard then ends at a specific package, which will then shift the focus of the film. We did this so that each storyboard contains a different primary focus that we can specify our time on. We also did this so that we could have 2-3 production days, depending on the setting.

Storyboard 2:

As we began making our second storyboard, we realized that we wanted the main focus of this one to be about the realizations of the notes. We wanted to include multiple high, canted, and low angles, so that it would appear as if someone is watching Luna. Also, there will be a noticeable use of close-up and point-of-view shots to put us in the position of Luna as she is reading the notes. We hope that by doing these things, there will be an intense stress feeling on the audience and also convey that fear factor. There will also be a lot of diegetic noises to make the scene seem "normal" and as if it is just some ordinary girl experiencing her worst nightmare. We hope that by using these techniques, suspense will be built for the audience.

Storyboard 3:

For our last storyboard, we wanted the main focus to be on Luna's conversation with Thomas, which will change the complete plot of the story. There will be multiple parallel cuts between the location that Luna is at and the location where Thomas is at during their conversation. Then, once Thomas mentions something suspicious, we want to include a close-up of the connection between him and the notes Luna received. This convention will build suspense and create a realization for the audience that Thomas may be up to something. The last shot will end on a mid-shot showing Thomas writing something that seems to be just like Luna's notes. To leave the audience on a cliffhanger, we want to add music and a title right after that, which will leave them with wanting to know what will happen next.

Now that we have both the storyboard and the script part of planning done, we plan on getting all our props and costumes ready for filming day. These two things were essential to be made before producing, and now that we have these done, my group and I think we are almost about ready to begin filming within the next few weeks.