Storyboard!

 I have just made my storyboard and I am super excited to share my thought process behind it and why I chose certain features. I will be going shot by shot. 

I know they are very tough to read and see so I will explain each scene thoroughly.

First shot

Very simple choice of following character from behind into a dark mysterious room, all black clothing and my hood is up. I chose this opening shot and tracking camera based of the movie whiplash as shown in previous research. This choice helps establish the context of someone who has just got home from a mysterious mission. This choice also shows the dark environment the character is surrounded in which causes the consumer to immediately think of depression, sadness and loneliness. I chose the tracking camera from the back because as seen in the opening of "Killing Eve" in class. The character shown from the back helps establish a mystery and makes u feel like there is something that is evil about this character. 

Second shot

The over the shoulder shot of the same person taking out things from their backpack like markers and paintbrushes and colored pencils. This helps develop the artistic side of our character. Then our character pulls a knife out with blood on it. This is the big thing out of the bag and I want to include a sting so consumers know.

Third and Fourth Shot

Close up shot of the knife with blood on it. The camera slowly zooms in from the backpack and then a towel wipes it and cuts the shot into the next one. This is the big deal and the camera will be fixated on the knife for 3 seconds before wiping into the next shot. The next shot is the title shot. The r at the end of the word "Murder" will have blood dripping and I will include sound of water droplets if I can edit it in. This is to establish the word murder as the main subject of the title along with droplet to indicate killing has occurred. The title will be in all RED to signify death and evil.

Fifth Shot

My desk with backpack items, plus some school work with the initials H.M on them to signify the mystery person's initials, this will help create the sense of a mystery for the rest of the film, as they will want to figure out who the killer is. This also indicates that this plot for the rest of the film will have to be in a school somewhat as there is school work. This relates to the target audience as they are middle-high school and this event feels like something that could occur at their high school(But Probably Will Not). 

Sixth Shot

The camera zooms into the knife and dirty towel and they are slid of the desk by hand into the trash. Once they fall the camera zooms further into the trash and then tons of crumbling and normal paper are thrown on top. I want this to be kinda like a pov shot of the person cleaning up their murder props, but I will have someone else holding the camera so I can throw the paper in the trash with ease. Anyways, this cover up is not very good, but successful because no one would suspect murder items in a teenager room. I chose this easy cover up because I wanted the dumber side of teenagers to be evident and this definitely does it. 

Seventh Shot

There is a abrupt cut and it immediately shows me washing my hands and getting all the blood off. I have some medicine that leaves a stain in my sink so I can use that for fake blood. I can even use ketchup if I really need to, but someone can pump it into my hands off camera. That's why I chose a high angle so you can only see what is going on in the sink. The real purpose of this scene is to include the credits because as the water is running I can include the credits in a bolded font, so they are visible. I think this calm action allows the consumer to notice and maybe even focus on the credits.

Eighth Shot

Then after the credits are done another abrupt cut occurs to a over the shoulder shot of myself at my desk. This shows me take out a red marker and draw a big RED X over the victims face. (I printed out a random photo of a student). The camera then zooms in slowly on the RED X and then it cuts to a black screen and it is done. This scene helps indicate that the action has already taken place and affirms the fact that a murder has occured and it is a horror film about a mysterious and secret killer. This also helps build the question why did he murder this specific person?

I ended up changing the victim from a man to a student to show this film will relate to the target audience that is younger like high-schoolers and middle-schoolers. Also I was thinking of incorporating a loud sting while I zoom in before I cut to the black screen.

Ok that's all, Bye!