Next Step!!

 Storyboarding!!!

As part of our next step in the project, after we have planned out the plot, is to create a storyboard! A storyboard is intended to be a basic visual representation of how the shots are laid out and explained, creating a template to aid during the filming process. A storyboard isn't meant to be perfect or exactly how the film is going to look. Think of it like a sketch of a drawing; it isn't the final product, but it's almost an outline or just an idea of what the final product is going to be. 

These are our storyboard drawings, and as you can see, they aren't very detailed; however, they build a general idea of what is going to happen or just a general structure of how we would like to film our opening. I do not have the greatest artistic abilities; however, I use this as an opportunity to do more in the descriptive part underneath the drawing itself. And that portion, I talked about what shot was used in what the character will be doing during that shot. Something I did not mention in the storyboard is that in the shots where the woman is looking up from her phone and during the extreme longshot of the figure, we are going to utilize panning to allow the audience to feel as if they are watching the scene happen in real time. Meaning, we will not be cutting in between her looking up from her phone and then a shot of the figure itself. It will be all one fluid shot. This also allows for the Thai back to the active audience theory because the audience will feel as if they are a part of the shot, as it will feel as if it is happening in real time. 

I said in the final few shots, the characters of the woman and the park ranger will be conversing; however, we have yet to come up with the final script for what they will be saying to each other. We do have a general idea that the Ranger will startle her by placing his hand on her shoulder and will ask her what she's been doing here so late all by herself, especially with this mysterious figure that has been seen within the park. Another thing we would like to do is have the Ranger offer to walk her out. This could help build that suspense because at this point, the figure would be gone, and now it's just the woman in the Ranger.