Animatic Storyboard

This animatic storyboard is essentially is a short animation that we created in iMovie. Our group produced this storyboard to give us more ideas on on what shots we should use in our opening sequence and how we should incorporate sound into our product in post-production. Creating this storyboard in iMovie was useful for various reasons; it allowed our group to get a better idea of how to work with iMovie, gave us a better idea of how long our opening sequence will be and helped us to determine which sounds would and wouldn't be appropriate in our opening sequence.

Post 6 Planning - Props, Costumes and Locations

This is Megans athsema pump and this is one of our props. Me my group thought this would be a really nice idea as this is a very small piece of equipment but with out you can die (if you are atsematic) In our opening sequence to a horror Megan who plays Megan does has atsema and while shes running, unbeknowed to her it falls out of her pocket. The audience get to see the moment megan drops her atsema pump which gives the audience a sense of importance , but they are also leftasking themselves, 'is this forshadowing something bad will happen ?'

This is my phone that my group will be using in our opening sequence. We will be refering back the the text messages between Demi and John a boy she has recently met over the internet.  The text meaages will tell us about the relationship they have and that they are going to be meeting in a woods. My phones does have crack in the centre of the screen but this helps to portray Demi;s character of a dipsy teenage girl.

This is the decison that my group have decided, we all liked the concept of the openfield then the woods. Although the picture is is the dark we wil be fiming in the light. The woods is a place that not many teenage girls visit, this is used deliberately to raise the audiences suspision on 'why did John ask her to meet there?'  The woods is also a place where not a ot of people are going to be, therfore if something bad were to happen then there couldnt be no quick action to help.

Storyboards

Planning post 10 - Casting

Firstly we have chosen Megan to be one of the main parts as she is a drama student.  She fits our idea of the character of the teenage girl. Megan is stylish and takes pride in what she looks likes, which is exactly what her character is like.

We also have Demi as the other main part in the opening sequence. Demi has the clothes to fit the stereotypical teenage girl. Demi also fits our idea of what a teenage girl should look like.

Charlie is going to be the antagonist of the film because he has an intimidating body structure. Charlie is 5ft11 which fits our idea of a man as he is quite tall. Also, Charlie has black clothing that he can wear so that when he gets filmed, he will have a mysterious look because of the black clothing he is wearing.

Titles

Titles used in our opening product:

- New Wonder Productions
- Working Title Films
- Casting by Demi Proud, Megan Harris and Charlie Price
- Edited by Mike Adams
- Music by David Laws
- Produced by Ann Lee
- Directed by Nikola Busonovic

These are the titles that will appear in order for our horror opening sequence.

These are a few ideas of the fonts of titles we are going to use. We are unsure as to now of what one will be using. We want to use a font that is suited to our genre. We would also like to use a red coloured font but some font websites don't have fonts that can be changed in colour.

Panning Post - 12 Location Permission

Post 9 - planning - character descriptions

Demi:14 year old girl, who acts older than her age. Has an older sister who she idles. Bubbly and dipsy, doesn't always think things through. She is sporty and is involved in a netball team and a gymnastics squad. Likes to wear make-up as she feels better and enhances her confidence.Can be very persuasive and hard to say no to, so she usually gets her way. Demi has lots of good friends but has one friend she can always rely on. She has the the latest fashion sense and is in with the crowd. Likes to go on Facebook a lot to talk to her friends and meet new people.

Megan: 14 girl who also acts and looks older than her age. Always wearing her older sisters clothes to look fashionable. She is shy at first but is confident when she comes out her shell.Megan has common sense unlike Demi, so she is good with directions and everyday things. Megan likes to dance and sing and aspires to be in the west end when shes older.She is very sweet and innocent but is always faithful to her friend and sticks by Demi even if she has a crazy idea.Megan is always trying to help people and she is very realistic and sensible.

The Script

(Two girls are walking down a road, clear shot from the back of their heads)

Megan- So where are we meeting them again?

Demi- Let me just check.

(Demi scrolls down her phone to look at the previous messages between her and John)

Demi- Yeah we are meeting them in the warehouse over there(looks to the left). (panning/point of view shot of forest)

Megan-Are you joking?!

Demi- does it look like i'm joking?

Megan-look Dem, ive got so much homework to do & so many deadlines..

Demi- Oh come on, don't chicken out, come on i set you up with his mate!

Megan- But i don't even know the guy?

Demi- Oh please Meg, its going to be fun i promise!

Megan- Oh fine then. (walks into the forest)

(the two girls are walking through the forest, many different sounds occur, quiet music creeps in and is playing very quietly in the background. Demi secretly texts the boys saying 'where are you?')

Demi- I think we're lost.

Megan- What do you mean we're lost?

Demi- look don't panic, you go that way and look for the warehouse, i'll stay here incase the boys come out and look for us.

Megan- Ok.

(Megan departs to the left of the forest looking for the boys, Demi stays in the same place trying to call for the boys)