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Production promotional video

Storyboard

This is our storyboard for the dream which is the first half of our opening. The dream will be a continuous hand held point of view shot. As the storyboard has been done one the computer some details have been missed out that will be included in our opening, For example Aisha looks down at her feet showing her muddy slippers.

This is the rest of our storyboard we each drew a panel. We decided to draw the rest because it was easier to do than using GoAnimate.

Shot list

       1.      Pulse Productions opening

2.      Fades to black and hear heavy breathing

3.      Point of view shot – running through the woods

4.      ‘Saira Ali as Aisha’ – over the point of view shot

5.      180° turn – point of view shot

6.      Jump cut of shadowy figure getting closer

7.      “Tara McGuire as The Unknown” over the point of view shot

8.       Knocking sound over the jump cut (sound bridge)

9.       Extreme close up of eyes opening – title shown, still hear knocking.

10.  Close up of feet getting out of bed

11.  Camera tracking – following feet downstairs, close up.

12.  Over the shoulder shot, ‘Kaiesha Stewart-Haugh as Chelsea’ over the top

13.  Pan midshot of Chelsea walking in

14.  Mid shot of Chelsea sitting down and making herself comfortable

15.  Mid shot of Chelsea talking

16.  Close up/mid shot of Aisha looking uninterested

17.  Cut to Chelsea looking surprised

18.  Cut to Aisha saying ‘I had a dream again’ – Long shot making tea

19.  Cut to Chelsea, two shot saying ‘It is just a dream’ Aisha looks out the window and sees ‘the Unknown’

20.  Eyeline match looks again and ‘The Unknown’ is gone

21.  Chelsea walks over to window, two shot ‘did you see that?’ – Aisha

22.  Point of view shot (The Unknown) – speech can’t be heard

Character profiles

Plot

Aisha (Played by Saira) will be running through the woods, she will turn around and we will see a unknown character (Played by Tara) standing in the woods. The unknown character will get closer and closer and at the same time there will be a synchronous knocking sound. The knocking will get louder and it will cut to a extreme close up of Aisha's eyes opening. The knocking will be continuous, There is then a close up of her feet as she gets out of bed. There is a close up of some muddy wellies in her room showing the object of significance and then the camera is tracking her feet as she runs down the stairs to open the door. There will be an over the shoulder shot from the outside of the house. Aisha will open the door and Chelsea (Played by Kaiesha) will walk in. The camera will follow her across the room in to the kitchen and she will start talking about her personal life. Aisha looks disinterested and Chelsea asks her what is wrong. Aisha says "I had the dream again, it must mean something".  Chelsea doesn't care and continues telling her story, Aisha is looking out of the window and she sees the unknown character in the garden. She asks Chelsea if she saw that but when they look out of the window and there is nothing there. Next there is an point of view shot from the unknown character looking at the window, you see Aisha and Chelsea arguing but you cannot hear them.

Risk assesment

Location shoot (Recce)

For our filming location we have decided to use the woods near John Cabot. This is for the dream at the start of the opening.

This location is for the end of the dream where
the unknown character is getting closer, This is the last location before she wakes up.