Storyboard - First Draft: 'Bloodline'

My group are now at the stage in our coursework where we are planning what we are going to do and getting organised. Firstly, we had to use our thriller synopsis research to create multiple ideas for what our short film might be about, then choose one idea and develop it. After deliberating we decided to make a crime/psychological thriller hybrid with the project title ‘Bloodline’ lasting around 1:40 minutes (17 shots). Our thoughts and ideas went onto paper through a screenplay and a storyboard which conveys the main idea of what the film is and what each scene will portray. 

The first four shots introduce the audience to the two main characters of the film and it gives little information about them – there is a correlation between both of them and the score indicates that it is a tense and mysterious link which creates an enigma at the very start to intrigue the audience and play with their emotions as part of the conventions of a thriller.  

 

It is now certain that there is a connection between the two but the audience are still unsure of why what is being shown on screen is actually portrayed. 

  

This section now is centred on dramatic irony by showing that this smartly dressed man is unaware of what transpires around him. This creates suspense because the audience do not know when he will die or what the reason is for his inevitable death. 

 

The final part shows the title of the film on an over-black background which will be shown in a red font and it might be possibly accompanied with non-diegetic dialogue. We had second thoughts about the voiceover because it makes the title sequence appear as though it is a trailer which is not what we are aiming for. 

This storyboard will help us when it comes to the filming because it will act as a shot by shot guide which will act as a schedule which we can follow in post-production as well. Moreover, it reminds us as cinematographers what type of shots must be portrayed (e.g. close up, medium shot, long shot) as well as the content in the frame (i.e. mise en scene).