Storyboard

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A main part of our planning was to complete a storyboard with detailed notes about camera shots, angles and editing techniques. We are starting our film with a top-down, extreme close-up of the female victim that zooms out slowly and to reveal the dead victim and her surroundings. However, we will edit and cut in a series of flashbacks showing the short time period immediately before her death. The first flashback will show her entering the kitchen and walking over the the sink to collect a glass. We will film this shot from outside the kitchen window and start with a medium close-up as the victim walks through the door, then zoom out to long shot showing the window-frame . This gives gives the impression that the victim is being watched from outside and the sense of security that the home usually represents is broken. We then cut back to the dead victim- by this point the zoom will have reached a medium close-up showing the victim from shoulder height down. Next we cut to a medium shot from inside the kitchen which pans following the victim walking from the right of the kitchen to left. The shot from the inside gives the impression that the killer is approaching and getting closer, heightening the tension. Cut back to zoom out again.

Then we see the victim opening the fridge, we cut to a close-up to show the victim taking something out of the fridge. During this shot the killer, walks into the room and stands behind the fridge door. During this shot you will see a black flash through the crack between the fridge and the fridge door. This gives the audience a hint as to what will happen, but the victim is still unaware of ant danger.
Next we will show the victim closing the fridge, revealing the killer. To do this we will use a two shot for the moment before the killing takes place. This promptly cuts to a close-up of a glass and an egg smashing on the floor- we will frame the shot with the victims and killers feet on either side of the shot. This tells the audience that it is the shock of seeing the killer that has made the victim drop whatever she was holding.

This then cuts the the zoom out which by this point is starting to reveal most of the victims body. Another close up on the floor is used and blood is shown dripping onto the floor. This is meant to be the killer stabbing the victim. We chose to do this as we thought it would be far less realistic to try and shown the victim being stabbed. Then we cut to the victim lying on the ground, before being dragged out of the shot. The title of the film will be shown on top of the blood streaks left behind on the floor when the killer drags the victim away.
Then we hear and alarm sound and cut to a close up of an alarm clock, the time shown on the alarm will be an early time in the morning e.g. 2.30am, this is to notify the audience that the killer is getting up especiually early to prepare for and undertake his killing. This gives an indication the the killer might be physcologically unstable. Next we see the killers legs comin into view at the side of the bed as he sits up and step out of bed. The frame stays still as the killer walks out of the shot. Following this we have a low angle close up of a shower head and we see the water begin to run. At this stage the audience is aware that he is going through an everyday daily routine, but at an unusual time of the morning.

Next we see more close-up shots of the killer but we do not see his face. We see him fastening his belt, putting on a black tie. Even though we have already seen the killers face earlier in the scene due to the films non-linear timeline the fact that we don't see this persons face confuses the audience as to whether it is the same person and why we aren't showing his face. Next we see a close-up of a bulletin board with a newspaper clipping and photos of a girl pinned to it. The heading of the newspaper article reads "Girl, 16, abused by murderers" this is when the audience is meant to start to think that the girl was some kind of close friend or relative of the killer and he is getting revenge on her murderers. This close-up turns into a pan of the bulletin board following the killer's hand as he gently strokes the pictures. Next we see a nedium shot of the bullettin board covered in more pictures of his victims. Then we see the victim packing a bag with items like a knife, and gloves and the newspaper article with pictures of his sister. Next we see shots at ground level of the killer's feet walking out of a door. and a normal medium-long the door closing behind him, leaving a black screen to put the credits on.