Updated Storyboard

The Worse Struggle

Hello...I've missed you guys. Storyboarding makes my brain hurt, but WE FINISHED IT! Let me explain our updated storyboard.

Feeling regarding our storyboarding and initial storyboard

Honestly...I can't draw or like comprehend a storyboard completely. It's kind of a leap of faith and I hope for the best. I don't think me and my members know how to draw either, but we got the hang of it eventually. I am a bit indecisive about how to plan our opening sequence, which makes storyboarding harder. Nonetheless, things can be changed and it's just a tiny outline, so I've calmed down internally. Basically, we changed our entire plot, so it can't be completely compared to our old storyboard with our plot about two brothers. Our initial storyboard was definitely so much harder to film because of the elaborate fight scene, the passing transition where he goes back into the present, and the random cut to the clown scene. As a result, we realized that we need to simplify it down just a bit because we obviously aren't professionals. Overall, it'd be much better to have a good, simple project rather than a messy, complex project.

Changes to Our Storyboard

In our new establishing shot (shot 1), instead of showing a house, we showed Hailey's room. Since we changed our plot, it would be better for our mise-en-scene to show her room rather than her house to get a glimpse of her mind and reinforce that she is young from her childish and colorful room. Furthermore, similarly, they both have shots where there's dialogue and somebody leaves. However, in the initial storyboard, the two brothers are arguing with a Dutch angle with white filtering to indicate a flashback, whereas mine is happier as Hailey gets ready to go to the park and there is a saturated filtering and higher brightness. Instead of the phone call scene to give context, we showed Hailey and her father listening to the radio and Hailey walking and playing at the playground with dolls and happy music to evoke a light-hearted mood rather than a tense mood when Jaden expressed his concerns with his missing brother. Plus, we used a dissolve to show that time has passed to speed up the car ride, so it doesn't last for an awkward amount of time. Another thing we did was incorporate a high-angle and overhead shot to show Hailey's vulnerability when she is alone at the playground and is isolated. We also used more natural lighting for this updated storyboard because the filming would take place mostly outdoors during the morning, whereas our old storyboard was filmed at night or inside a home. Thus, these are some of the changes to our storyboard.

For the CRUCIAL ending of our opening sequence, we had to get rid of the old iconic clown scene where it cuts to a masked man in a clown costume in the forest where he appears with an axe and black trash bags; then, he approaches the camera and turns it off, resulting in the title sequence. Hence, it automatically initiates a huge scare instantly. On the contrary, our new ending is more slow-burn as a shadow approaches her, and the music distorts as the lighting gets darker and the filtering becomes less bright and saturated. He suddenly kidnaps her using a P.O.V. shot after she looks around, which cuts to the title sequence suddenly. Clearly, the suspense is more built up for our new title sequence to have more tension. Thus, the changes to our ending were absolutely necessary for the improvement of the fear factor.

Thank you for reading, bloggers! New blogs will be posted VERY soon and I will be updating regularly. Have a good day!