Opening Scene Narration - Miss Miller

Me and my group came up with our final sequence idea by first coming up with our individual storyboards, we then shared these with each other and spoke about the weaknesses and strengths pot each of our storyboards. We then used our strengths from each of our storyboards to put them together to make out group storyboard of our thriller sequence. 

Our thriller sequence starts in the antagonists bedroom when the antagonist is getting ready with a close up of the antagonists dressing table the iconography used is a radio and makeup. During this shot high key lighting will be used as well as non-degetic sound, which is the radio voice over talking about girls going missing in the area. This then changes to an over the shoulder shot using a straight cut, the shot is still taking place in the antagonists bedroom and we see the antagonist in the mirror getting ready. The radio will still be playing and there will be high key lighting still be used. Additionally, the iconography used in this shot is the clown mask the antagonist will be wearing and the pictures of the girl, which are his next victims around the mirror. The antagonist, still in his bedroom, then picks up a picture of one of the girls and an extreme close up of the picture is used. While there is silence and low key lighting we will then zoom into the picture and it will fade to black this is showing the start of the flashback of when the antagonist leaves the note in the girls bag. We will then change location in the flashback to the school, both the antagonist and the victim are in this scene as we will use a long shot to show the antagonist putting the note from him into the victims bag without her realising. When this takes place we will use natural lighting and will has suspenseful music playing in the background as it shows that something bad will happen from her now having this note. In our fifth shot we will zoom back out into the extreme close up of the picture of the victim and so we are back in the antagonists bedroom and the is the radio still playing, which is off screen sound. High key lighting will also be used in this shot and it shows the finishing of the flashback and we will zoom out into and over the shoulder shot at the end. In this over the shoulder shot we will then use high key lighting and show the antagonist in his bedroom putting the picture of the victim back around his mirror where he had taken it from. Here the radio voice over will also still be taking place but, will be coming to an end. After this we will use a wipe cut to change to the antagonist being near the front of his house, still using and over the shoulder as well as a long shot we will watch him take his knifer which is the murder weapon and walk out of his house. There will be use of high key lighting sound as well as suspenseful music. Linking of shots will then be used to show the victim back at the school, where we will also use silence and high key lighting to show a close up of the victims bag and her finding the note inside. Carrying on with the close up we will then show the female victim reading the note. We will still be using high key lighting and silent as well as this shot still being taken place at the school. Next we will show the female victim walking on her way to meet whoever left her the note. We will use a long shot and this shot will take place along the street, also we will use natural lighting as well as parallel sound such as hearing cars or the wind while she is walking. Linking of shots we then be used to show her entering the alley way, through a long shot. We will also use low key lighting as well as this se will play eerie music, that creates tension. Slow paced timing of shots will also be used. Then we will change to a high angle of the female victim in the alley, slow timing of shots will then be used to change to this high angle. The actor used is the fe,ale victim as it shows her finding the pictures of herself in the alley and so iconography used will be the photos of the victim herself. We will also use natural lighting and suspenseful music. Slow timing of shots will carry on being used into the next shot is still in the alley and we will see a close up of one of the photos of that the female victim has found in the alley. We will be using low key lighting   here and tension music will be playing in the background. The only actor being used is the female victim however, we will not see her completely and will only see her hand in the close up. Next a mid shot will be used when the female victim is in the alley and the antagonist sneaks up behind her. The iconography being used is still the photographs in the alley and low key lighting will still be being used as well as dramatic music and sound effects. After this a close up/reaction shot will be used when the antagonist is in the alley with the victim and grabs her. There all be low key lighting as well as screaming and crying from the victim. The screen will then fade to black to show the victim being knocked out and that she is now unconscious. A wipe cut will then be used to show the change in the location from the alley to the dark room. A high angle will be used to show the female victim unconscious in the dark room, there will be low key lighting and we will be able to hear the victim breathing. The iconography used in this shot will be the rope. then we will show a close up on the victims face and there will be a fade in from black to show the victim waking up. This host will take place in the dark room an low key lighting will be used and there will be silence. Slow timing of shots will then be used in the next shot, which is a point of view shot. This shot uses low key lighting and has the iconography of the clown mask as the wee from the victims view point, the antagonist slowly walking towards the victim scraping the knife against the wall. As well as the non-diegetic sound from the scraping of the knife we will also use contrapuntal sound, which will be clown music. We will then use linking of shots to show a close up of the victims reaction of her screaming. This will still  be taking place in the dark room and low key lighting will also still be being used with suspenseful music playing. This shot is also the starting shot used in the kuleshov effect, the use of linking of shots is then used again as the editing into the next shot that is a shallow focus. This shallow focus is of the antagonist holding up a knife covered in blood. The iconography is the knife and the clown mask and low key lighting will still be used also the contrapuntal sound of clown music will be playing again. The second from last shot is still in the dark room and is a mid shot of female victim layer on the floor dead. The iconography in this shot is the blood and we will slowly zoom into the female victims body while in the background we can hear the clown laughing. The lighting that will be used will be low key which will then fade to high key to show that she is now dead and that she had got to heaven. Our final shot also takes place in the dark room and is a long shot. It consists of the antagonist leaving the room, the type of editing we will be using is slow editing and the iconography will be the blood and the knife.  Moreover, in this shot there will be no sound and so silence will be being used and the lighting will be low key. 

By writing out the opening scene narration it has helped finalise my groups idea as it has helped us in visualising what we want each shot to look like before we film them. Additionally, it has helped with what props we need to gather or make in preparation for filming. Also, we was able to go over the sounds and editing techniques we are using to make sure they are correct and fit in with each shot they are being used in as well as the ones before and after. Furthermore, this has been helpful as it will save time while filming as we was able to change anything we do not like in our storyboard now instead of having to look over it once we had started filming, which could cause interruption with other shots around it that we might be filming.