Individual storyboard - Miss Miller

The purpose of a storyboard is to provide with a set of pictures and descriptions that tell a story,  giving a flow of action. This is done to show a preview of a film/sequence, giving a brief insight into the visuals beforehand.

We have created individual storyboards for a number of reasons. Once my group and I have produced individual storyboards, we can look at them collectively as a group and gather ideas from each of them, incorporating them into one singular group storyboard. During this process, we can comment on each others storyboards if they differ from each others significantly, therefore finding out why this is and clarifying the narrative we intend to film, avoiding any confusion at a later stage, as if we all a different idea as to what are going to film, it will result in wasting time during the filming stage trying to resolve the confusion.

An example of a convention in my storyboard is on the 15th frame, in which a handheld camera will be used to film the shot. The use of a handheld is during the part in which the girl is being chased by the antagonist, by showing the antagonists viewpoint while using a handheld to film such also, it puts the viewer in the feet of the antagonist as they are viewing his perspective as he chases the girl throughout the alleyway. This creation a relationship between the audience and the characters, as the it makes the viewer feel closer to the action, making for a more intense and thrilling experience because they want the girl to get out of chase unharmed due to the relationship made prior to this part of the sequence. In addition to this, the use of the handheld creates jerky and unsteady movements, through doing so creating a sense of urgency, which is relevant in both instances as they are present in which the victim of the narrative is being chased by the antagonist of the narrative. All of which connotes to the viewer that the girl is in serious danger from the antagonist, and that the girl and soon to be victim is in a very bad situation and has not got any control, implied through the shaky and unsteady camera movements, and as it being shown with the antagonists perspective, it shows that he has control over proceedings and further emphases the danger which she is in. I took inspiration to do this from the film "nightmare on elm street", as during the film it is used in a scene in which the girl is being chased/stalked by the antagonist of the narrative.

Another example of a convention within my storyboard is the use of low key lighting. This takes place from the 6th frame, and continues on throughout the storyboard and narrative. The use of changing back light to low key lighting is because the drastic change in lighting causes for the atmosphere to change to a dark eerie one instantly causes surprise for the viewer, after which resulting in the build up of tension and suspense for the viewer as it connotes that the scenes to follow are going to be of a hostile nature, due to nature of what is actually happening, as the change in lighting takes place once the couple have just broken up, in which the girl has been left alone, in which the antagonist of the narrative gets introduced in a moment. This makes the viewer feel in edge as they are unaware as to what is going to occur in the following scenes, as the visuals are very dark, both in nature and sight. I took inspiration from many thriller films and non in particular for this convention, as the use of low key lighting is present throughout many thriller films and is one of the most common conventions within the thriller genre, especially those that follow a similar narrative to that of my group and mines.

Another example of a convention within my storyboard is the use of silence within the 7th frame, in which the sounds in the film go completely silent. This is done directly after the couples argument and the girl has been left alone and abandoned, by doing so the use of silence emphases to the viewer that the girl is completely alone, due to which she is vulnerable. This results in increased levels of  tension and suspense for the viewer as it is implied that something bad is going to occur to the girl in the following parts, as she is completely alone in a deserted car park, a conventional location for bad occurances. The use of silence also makes the viewer focus solely upon the visuals, which brings further attention towards the conventional location, and within the context of the narrative it further connotes that something bad is about to occur. Due to this it keeps the viewer on the edge of there seat, as they are aware that something is going to occur, but they want the girl to get out of the situation unharmed. I took inspiration from many thriller films once again and non in particular as the use of silence is very common within thriller films of this nature, as it is very common for the thriller genre to be present within said films at certain points and segments, and to the same effect of building up tension and suspense, keeping the viewer on the edge of there seat.

I think my storyboard provides with multiple ideas which I believe will be suitable to add towards my group and I's combined storyboard. I think that the storyboard I have produced provides with good details towards the narrative, and has a various number of different media elements incorporated into such. As the main purpose of my individual storyboard is to contribute towards ideas for the group storyboard, within my individual work it demonstrates what types of conventions I intend to incorporate within the group storyboard, such as the various different types of lighting and how they change during certain sections to create feelings for the viewer, to the cinematography aspects such as the type of shots used during different parts of the scenes and to what affect for the viewer that there used. As the various different types of conventions mentioned have been proposed by those in my group and myself, I can demonstrate to my group what context I believe what will fit in with my storyboard, showing examples from within my 20 slides.  The main negative of the storyboard itself is the drawings as they are not particularly good, which wouldn't be an issue if it was clear as to what I am showing however that is not the case with some of my slides (however I believe that the descriptions clears up any confusion that could be caused from the pictures). Anything negative of my storyboard is that the drawings themselves lack detail, as they don't fully show backgrounds and minor details for example, so to avoid any confusion caused I have had to write detailed descriptions clearly explaining what is taking place within each individual scene.