Portfolio Post 9 (Week 3): Storyboard

The Storyboarding Process

    For our storyboard we've begun with the ideas I threw around in my last post. We began by sketching a worm's eye view of the ceiling fan and an arm reaching up to turn the light on. This is a creative way to make a transition from a black screen to the beginning of the opening.  From there we've decided that our dancing scene with a shadow in front of the window (as previously discussed) will showcase our title, "ÉTONNATE!!". A montage of getting ready for bed will follow our title as the credits roll out. Once the credits conclude our character will exit the bathroom after turning the light off. We are going to add a quick cut to the opening of a microwave. Our character will put meltable chocolate into the microwave and then return to the task of cutting up strawberries. A close up of the strawberries with an emphasis on the knife will show foreshadowing by combining the red juice with the deadly weapon. Our antagonist will be interrupted by the beating of the microwave. Upon retrieving the melted chocolate, a shot showing the side view of an open microwave will produce the opportunity for a discreet shadow to move along the reflection unbeknownst to the main character. Once she's returned to her cutting station she will make the horrifying discovery that her once abandoned knife has now mysteriously appeared. I imagine a Stanley-Kubrick-like zoom in upon our main character's face which will be conflicted with confusion and fear. After a steady hold on that shot while our music warps and slows to show confusion the screen will cut to a black.

    

    To ensure preparation is absolute I have begun to think out how realistically we will be able to carry out these shots. The majority do not pose as immensely challenging but I do expect that a trial and error approach will be most effective. Filming will only be able to take place at night because any natural lighting would be inconsistent and confusing, so we will spread out filming over multiple evenings to both appease the setting and fend off burnout. The only scenes I have an inkling will produce brainstorming as to execution are the scenes in the shower (we don't want the camera to get wet or foggy) and the shadow casted in the microwave glass. Both of these I expect to have to play around with before we master but I am hopeful that we have decipher sufficient strategies.