Planning: Storyboard

This the storyboard I have completed which includes pictures, time scale of shots, dialogue, music, shot type and angle and any other special effects for for each shot.

The first shot from the storyboard is a close up of the floor in which the effect of is saying that there is a camera on the floor. The sound effects heard in this is of a young child who is playing with the camera. This is to give the effect of the camera being a prop to be used within the trailer and to set the setting for the flashback. The shot is to use the effect of black and white in order to be show to the audience of this certain shot being in the past as it is many years ago in the young boys life. This stoaryboard page continues this flashbakc of the young boy is then running and shoting 'Mummy' with the camera held at angle and shaking as to say that the boy has picked up the camera. The boy then runs thorught a door and at the end of the room  a person can be seen to be lieing on the floor. They are look unconscius but the boy further tries to wake them up by shaking them and then it fades to black.

This one shows the crying of the boy which is currently in the present in a forest, this would then bring in the gloomy voiceover of the boy where it is echoed in the background. This page shows the shot of the boy hearing these and covering his ears. I also decided after scanning them in that a edited blur would be included with a change of location to a graveyard where the boy will be at its parents grave. This forrest scene is linked to the research done into The Children where a number of children are in a forrest running. 

This again shows the echoing voiceover of and the boy this time begins to run as he can. In this I will include some close up and dark shots in order to go with the conventions of the horror. 

This then shows the change happen with just a red screen shown in order to show blood and gore without the audience actually seeing what has happened. This can be seen from the research done into the Jennfifers BOdy and also The Omen having a red screen. This also fits well with the certificate given for the trailer as it is narrowed down from the film The Children which is an 18. 

Genre

I have been asked to talk about how this storyboard links into a number of aspects in media firstly being media. This is shown firstly with the use of a black screen though the fading and in the previous post where  me and Beth have decided to use red, black and white as the titles which links to the research I done into the The Children and also Jenfifers BOdy all using these colours. We also looked at how the slow pace at the start which I can link closely to the The Omen with the light and the happy family at the start until it becomes dark and fast pace at the end. The gloomy sounds have been used from the voice over in the sotryborad which Beth said she found common in the research she done into The Others. In terms of miss en scene we have seen that little colour is used in clothing which is why in the production schedule it shows that the actors have been told to wear dark colours. We looked at the setting of a number of films in which are isolated in typical pyscoilgical horrors especially involving children and in this case is he next stage in finding the location where we have an empty room, graveyard and a potential forest also. We have shown for the editing to be fast pace and the use of black and white conventions is what i have researched from the Jennifers BOdy and is shown in our flashback. 

Narrative 

In the narrative media aspect of the storyboard it shows that we want to take a linear conventional approach as discussed in one of my posts earlier. This will mean a start, middle and an end which most trailers research both me and Beth found this is the case. However we want to make a twist to the approach of the Levis Stratus theory from the bad and goof to the dark and light in which the audience don't know who is villain and who is innocent within the boy. This means a unique trailer in which will appeal to the audience. 

Audience 

From this we have decided upon a 12/15 certificate from the storyboard as a number research i have done such as into The Children in which the use of dripping blood and the forrest has been used from is too gory; this is therefore an 18 and narrowing this down will mean it is 12-15 for ours. We find this an appropriate age for the trailer in order to appeal and also receive a good amount of audience feedback. 

Representation

In terms of representation we want to show the sympathy side to the young boy of losing his parents but have a twist to it where the audience also feel threat and despise the boy towards the end. This can be seen from the young boy, lost parents which automatically shows symathty from the audience. This will contradict and challenge the conventions of a normal child pyscolgical horror but also means that as a trailer too much does not need to be revealed in order to gain attraction into the audience wanting to see the film.