Storyboarding of our thriller film

Storyboards are graphic organisers such as a series of illustrations or image displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence. While they are shooting, the storyboards help to organise and save much more time because it is already plotted in order. We draw a basic in pensil about what will happen in the film and some important shots. After we make sure all the shots are accurate and in the right place that connect to the next shot, we use black pen and draw some shadows.

We deleted the shot of painting because we changed our location at Hurtwood House instead of Cornhill House, which is not allowed to hang a painting on the wall. Also, the sixth shot which is the girl killer opens the door with a knife, we changed it into she opens the door without the knife and shows that later on, this helps to hide the purpose of the girl goes to the bathroom and creates mystery to attract more audiences.

The third page of the storyboards builds up the greatest tension in our film, where she prepares to kill the boy and reveals her real purpose of coming into bathroom. As the condition of bathroom is not suitable, we decided to take the shower without any covers. Therefore the shadow of the curtain is gone and we simplify the actual shooting.