Initial Storyboard

Final Project Storyboard 

Welcome back, everyone. Today, my group and I have finalized our storyboard for our movie opener, Forgotten Trails. The storyboard provides an in-depth view of how we want our movie to look, and though it may not be the best of drawings, we are confident that the panels reflect the suspenseful mood, camera angles, and overall flow of the movie. Now, lets get into how we put this storyboard together!

Before diving into any storyboarding, we finalized our movie brainstorming. Following, we split up the responsibilities of the storyboarding process to meet the strengths of all group members. Eugene and I were the brain of the storyboard, carefully planning out the different camera shots, angles, movements, and other logistics of the shots. Edison was the artist who mainly focused on illustrating the scenes in each panel. (If you were to view all of our previous blogs, you may notice that Edison's artistic talent outshines all of ours!) Finally, Rayyan created the descriptions for each panel, such as the music, dialogues, and thoughts of the characters in each panel, and he even assisted Edison with drawing in some areas!

Now getting into the flow of our storyboard...

The first scene contains Edison setting up his vlog materials in the woods. We plan on using a wide shot to capture the forest setting behind him. We also want to incorporate some natural sounds like a light tree rustle and cricket chirps to make the environment seem more realistic. The next shot portrays Edison interacting with some equipment in his car as he narrates the folktale of the woods behind him. A dolly shot will then be used to follow Edison has he tells the vlog viewers his master plan in the woods. Throughout this scene, we want some suspenseful music to play, creating this feeling of danger. Further tension erupts as the dolly shot proceeds into the forest with Edison. Sounds like sticks cracking are done to inflict stress into viewers. Then, a rapid insert shot reveals some torn up clothing, and the music increases in suspense. The following scene uses a whip pan to show a mysterious, shadowy, black figure (played by Rayyan), to be holding the unconscious Edison in its grasp. A new focal point is Eugene in the next scene, showing him running off to my home. We will use jump shots or montages to create a heightened sense of drama and action. We intend to use some over-the shoulder shots to really focus in on the fright of Eugene as well. After meeting up with me, our storyboard (and film) will conclude with Eugene and I standing in front of the forest, preparing to enter. At this moment, eerie music will play as the title, Forgotten Trails, is printed on the screen. 

While our storyboard does a great job with presenting our initial ideas, my group and I acknowledge that we may encounter issues that will force us to tweak some ideas, therefore creating a variation between this storyboard and our final project. For example, we may find a certain camera angle to be difficult to film with proper lighting, or we may decide that a certain sound effect should take preference over the score in a particular scene. Still, we believe that this storyboard will be the main guide to our movie and have full trust in it!