Monday, October 3, 2011

STORY-BOARD.

1) Within the first establishing long shot we are introduced to the protagonist she runs across the car park, slightly running as if she feels uncomfortable with her surroundings she wraps her coat tighter around her. The lights are natural with the sounds being diegetic with wind whistling to connote loneliness. Jump cut to  put her keys in the lock but drops them, jump cut to close up on keys on floor and her hand picking them up.

2) Jump cut to mid shot of protagonist unlocking her car and stepping within. As she pulls away long shot of Harriet standing on the side of the road as the protagonist drives past.

3) Zoom out and panning shot of the car leaving the car park it should be mostly or entirely empty to connote her isolation. The sound will be diegetic with the sound of the car pulling away. The lights again are natural.

4) Jump cut to a zoom shot of the car pulling up the long drive that was shown in the location shots it will then zoom out to show again a sense of isolation and desolation within the area she is driving. Sound will be ____________ and the lights will be natural. The car will slow to a stop and appear to breakdown.

5) Jump cut to a close up of her arm turning the key in the ignition the engine wont start. Jump cut to a long shot of her getting out of the car and checking the engine. The engine will be smoking.

6) Jump cut to mid-shot of protagonist on her mobile phone, jump cut to close up of phone with no signal.

7) Long shot of her running to the house the sound track again __________ lighting still natural. It will zoom in on her running towards the house and the zoom will follow her as to represent her being followed or haunted by harriet. A jump cut will then show a shot of her running towards the house through a window giving achieving voyeurism.

8) Jump cut to long shot low angle, of the house showing it is imposing. The light will be natural and the sounds ______ the protagonist will walk up to the house.

9) Jump cut to mid shot of her knocking on the door of the house and entering. Sounds will be diegetic.

10) It will then go to  a jump cut of the previous shot of it being a low angle long shot of the house and the door will slam shut showing a sense of "no escape."

11) It wil then jump cut to a long establishing shot of the inside of the house within a room filled with old furniture and books showing age and a feeling of untouched history she will walk around looking with wonder, wide eyed.

12) A close up of her face with her eyes wide looking about frantically clearly feeling on edge and uncomfortable, she will shut out "hello?" until she is answered with running footsteps from another room .

13)  Jump cut to POV shot of her running around to face the door and the place of which she can here the footsteps coming from.

14) Jump cut to mid shot of behind the protagonist as she opens the door from which behind she heard the footsteps. Then jump cut to low angle of her descending the stairs she will be silhouetted by the light behind the door and again she will call out "hello?"

15, 16, 18) Jump cut to mid-shot of her walking towards a mirror showing her reflection within the mirror, she will turn around and it will be a POV shot of her looking behind  her. Then as it goes back to the mid shot of her looking back in the mirror but the reflection will have harriet behind her. Protagonist will scream and run out of the room.

19) Jump cut to high angle shot of her running back up the stairs. The high angle will give a sense of her being trapped within Harriets games.

20) Jump cut of her running passed the window while harriet looks within giving a sense of intrusiveness and intimidation.

21) Jump cut mid shot protagonist rushing into a room to try and hide from Harriet.

22) Jump cut to POV view shot of her backing away from the door as the foot steps walk backwards and forwards, the camera zooms in as they walk finally to the right, and no more shadows, sound __________

23) POV shot of her hand reaching for the door handle, jump cuts between close up of her face scared and wide eyed and POV shots and opens the door.

24) Jump cut to shot reverse shot of POV with her looking both ways down the corridor, left, right and left again. Upon the last look Harriets face will be there.

Black Out.







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