Group Storyboard - Miss Miller

The purpose of creating a group storyboard is we can collaborate all the ideas of ourselves and combine certain elements of them together to create a better collaborated narrative together. We will combine different elements from our individual storyboards that stand out to create the one that we all agree on so there will be an equal balanced contribution by all of us. 

We created our group storyboard by looking at each others storyboards and deciding which elements were better or stood out from the others to put in to the final ones. So we swapped all of our storyboards look at them and wrote down what we wanted to include. So I looked at Hannah's and Luke's Storyboards and visa versa for them. 

Elements

Harry Hyett 

Panning Shot, At the start of my storyboard I included a panning shot of the setting which included the character as a start to get the audience engaged with the plot and the setting.

Handheld Camera Angle - I had an idea of a point of view, handheld combination to show what the character was seeing, this was to create a connection with the audience as they were looking through the eyes of the character. I took this inspiration from The Uninvited in the scene when the character walks into the room at the start of the scene in this particular camera angle.

High Angle - This was another camera angle that was taken from my individual storyboard, this camera angle was to be used on both of the characters to show vulnerability of the character via the shift of power as well. I again took this camera angle from The Uninvited where the character is running through the corridor and this camera angle is used to show her vulnerability.    

Luke Durrance

Hidden Identity- We felt that the idea of hidden identity should be used so we took this from Luke's. This is because it is conventional to the thriller genre and will add to the element of mystery. The hidden identity can be acheived by both characters. If the girl is wearing dark make up over her face it will not be clear and the audience will not be able to see completelty what the character looks like. And again the same for the male character if he is wearing some form of clothing that covers a section of his face it will make the audience feel as if the character is the killer although he is not. Although they are not fully hidden they will not be clear to the audience making them feel nervous about the situation for the oppsing character.
 

Weapon - This was taken from Luke's as we didn't know what weapon we should include in our opening scene. And Luke's idea of how the knife would be used in the scene was a good and effective idea.

Reaction Shot- This element was taken from Luke's as we though it was a good idea that we should include this to show the audience the reaction of the character. This will make it easy for the audience to engage in the scene and become more relate able with the characters via the conversation between the two.

Hannah Mahoney
Long Shot- We decided to take the element of the long shot from Hannah's Individual Narrative as we all felt that the section of the scene that she used these camera angles on was effective in creating an emotional responses with the audience for both the protagonist and the antagonist.

Tracking- Hannah had the idea of using the camera angle of tracking in the scene we all felt that this angle was conventional to the thriller genre as, it makes the audience feel as if the character is being watched.

Extreme Close Up- Another Camera Angle we decided from Hannah's storyboard was the extreme close up at the ending of the scene this was as we felt it was a engaging ending for the scene to end on as it would show the audience how powerful the character has become over the course of the scene. Also it is a creepy ending to end on as only the eye will be focused on not show the true emotions of the character to the audience.

Evaluation

I think that our group storyboard is a massive success as we have a clear understanding of our narrative that we will be filming in the near future. We have done this by incorporating different elements that stood out from each persons individual storyboard and collected them together and combined them into one for a storyboard that we all like and agree on. Now when we go to film we will all have a clear idea what it is we need to achieve when we film and have a understanding of how the final opening scene will be. If there was anything that I would change to the storyboard it would probably be the conversation the man has on the phone with the emergency services as it unconventional for an opening scene and draws the audience away from the plot of the scene. During the film of the scene I think it should be changed to a distraction of some kind that draws the character away from the other so then they disappear rather. This will keep the audience interested and engaged within the scene.