Hey! It's already Wednesday... and that means that spring break is almost over. Breaks always seem to go by too quickly, but at least I've had some time to work on my project. Stephanie and I are finally wrapping up the storyboard. There are still a few parts that we're hoping to finish tonight, but the are pretty much finished.
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| This is the first page to our storyboard. |
We've also been thinking about some of the opening credits and sketched out some ideas. Do you all remember that I mentioned in my last post how I really liked the techniqu
e that Dan Trachtenbeg, the director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, used for his films opening scene? Well after I explained the idea to
Stephanie we thought of ways that we could incorporate it into our opening. We thought that maybe each time we showed a room we could have the film transition to black and show some credits until the title is finally shown (which we still haven't chosen yet). I'm not sure if we've decided to go with this technique or not but we're definitely going to try that and various other techniques until we find the one that works best for us.
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| These are possible credits that would go at the very beginning of the opening. |
The last few things that I want to mention, once again, are casting, props, and music. Stephanie and I decided that the best route for us to go would be to make the victim the protagonist's sister instead of her mother. A close friend of ours' sister has agreed to play the part and we have decided that Stephanie, my partner, might be the best person to play the protagonist's part. It's the best option since she knows exactly how she wants the character to feel, considering me and her created the character. We have also been thinking about certain props that we might need for our film, and went out to buy some yesterday. We bought a cheap, but pretty, vase, fake flowers and need to look for some fake blood or any material that might pass for blood. The last thing I want to mention is music. Stephanie and I know that background music is one of the biggest (and possibly most important) elements for thriller films. Since this is the case, we are going to start looking for the music we might want to put into our film very soon.
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This is the girl that Stephanie and I decided would be best to play the victim.
She is wearing makeup that makes her look all bruised up. (a possible look for our film) |
"10 Cloverfield Lane." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web.
Your project seems to be coming along very well. Your story board is easy to follow and the blog postings make the reader easily understand exactly what your plans and vision are. The creation of the fake blood also shows you didn't settle for one of the earlier ones created and kept changing the recipe until you got what you had in mind. You also made sure that it looked good on camera as well by taking a picture. The storyboard is good and the visuals are clearly defined, but besides talking about how you got permission to use the song you had in mind, I couldn't find a blog mentioning the use of diegetic sound (if you are using any at all). Considering how your film would fall under the thriller/horror genre, sound is extremely important in order to create the suspense you wish to achieve. Making Stephanie cry by showing her the How I Met Your Mother finale was also a humorous and creative way of ensuring that your actors give a good performance. Good luck on the rest of your creation!
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