We decided to scrap this idea before we even got to the filming stage, as we felt that too much was going on in the first two minutes of the film and it would look like a small film rather than just the opening. It would also be difficult to make all the things happening in the opening happen in real life, so it would take a long time to film and edit, with an unsuccessful result.
Our second idea was completely different to the first and the storyboard for this is below.
We got to the filming stage for this idea, and we thought it worked well. We purposely blacked out all the lighting, to create a more sinister atmosphere. We filmed the opening exactly as we had storyboarded it. When we got to the editing stage, we discovered that our footage looked grainy and ammature. The main subject of the opening was not visible the majority of the time and there was no need to make the room dark, as this added nothing to the final product. This idea worked much better on paper than it did in reality, so the planning stage is very crucial.
On our third attempt, we managed to come up with yet another plot, and a further storyboard, shown below.
This idea was the one we filmed, edited and decided was our final idea. It is much more realistic for a film opening as it introduces the film rather than creates a short film in the first two minutes. We decided to create the thriller atmosphere and tension through the use of music and a red herring, rather than generic thriller conventions often found throughout the rest of the film. We have outlined how we would use such conventions later on in our film were we to film the entire thing. This storyboard allowed us to know exactly what shots, lighting, sound and props we were using and we could arrange this before it came to filming, to ensure it was as efficient as possible.
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