Storyboard for the opening of the Thriller

The picture above is a freehand drawing of the church that we will be filming at. The purple circles are the shot locations and the number inside of those circles are the order that they will be filmed in.

This is side one of the story board. it contains shots 1 through to shot 6. Shot 2 is a blank screen (music slowly gains pitch and volume as to build up tension through shots 1 and 2) this is the designated space for the job titles and who's role it is. Shot 3 is a POV shot through a Go Pro body camera on the police officer. Shot 4 is a high angle shot (to make him look vulnerable) on the 'suspect' while he is whimpering on a pew inside of the church. Shot 5 is from inside the porch of the church showing the police officer walking up towards the door (Again we used a high angle 'cctv' camera shot as to make him seem vulnerable as he doesn't know what situation he will be getting himself into on this call-out). 

  

This is side 2 of the storyboard which illustrates shot 8 through to shot 14. Shot 8 and 9 link together as shot 8 will follow the police officer walking down the path towards the second entrance and shot 9 will be the point where the camera stops moving with the subject and instead creates a pan round following him towards the entrance. Shot 10 is pew level and shows the 'suspect' as he is laying on the pew while the 'police officer' is outside the stained glass windows. 

The importance of the 'right' soundtrack

The soundtrack is detrimental to how the film will come across and if a serious scene will make an audience laugh or if a comedic scene will bore the audience. this is a tricky thing to get right and there have been many blunders in film where the soundtrack just hasn't quite matched with the effect that the director was trying for. For example, I found this video on Youtube which someone has edited to make the very serious scene of Darth Vader entering the death star and made it comedic and 'romantic'.

This is a prime example of using the 'right' soundtrack as it can make a scenes effect seem miles away from what it should be.

This will be taken heavily into account on my groups film as we want to set the ominous feeling so we will be searching for the soundtrack with the right effect as to not join the ranks of these blunders.