Storyboard

This is our storyboard put into action. The drawings are not good quality but the actual storyboard can be found further down.
Slide 1) This shows Laura walking her dog, with a reverse shot to Charlie and then a shot back to Laura walking her dog.
Slide 2) This shows close up of Laura walking to her destination of threat to her life, to a close up of her taking the lead of the dog, long shot of the dog running into the forest
Slide 3) This shows a close up of Charlie taking photos, a flash of saying actor's name "camera flash", medium shot of Charlie being creepy
Slide 4) This shows fast flashes of Charlie's work, to a typewriter of actor's name, close up of Charlie back in the forest stalking Laura
Slide 5) This shows actor name "camera flash", medium shot of Laura walking through the forest, medium point of view shot showing Charlie following Laura
Slide 6) This shows Charlie behind Laura, typewriter to actor's name, zooming to Charlie taking photos of Laura's scarf on a fence
Slide 7) This shows "camera flash" and typewriter to Mr Grevor - the name of the movie

In our opening sequence, when filming, we kept to the storyboard as a brief outline but added in a few more shots to create an atmosphere and a sense of danger towards the protagonist.

Video Influences

This is another video influence as we used some of the camera shots and editing displayed in this trailer such as the zoom towards the camera in the beginning of the trailer and the camera flash to startle the audience. In addition, our thriller opening sequence is based around camera as is Shutter.

Storyboard

Title Research

Title research

Mr Grevor – Bauhaus 93

Mr Grevor – Apple Chancery

Mr Grevor - Chalkboard

Mr Grevor – American Typewriter

Mr Grevor – Modern No. 20

Mr Grevor – Engravers MT

Mr Grevor – Thonburi

Mr Grevor – Century Gothic

Mr Grevor – Desdemona

Mr Grevor – Gloucester MT Extra Condensed

Mr Grevor – Lucida Fax

Mr Grevor – Ayuthaya

Mr Grevor – Edwardian Script ITC

Mr Grevor – SimSun ExtB

Mr Grevor – Papyrus

Mr Grevor - Rockwell

We decided to use American Typewriter because it was quite traditional and fitted with the effect of Charlie typing on the laptop. It seemed quite ordinary just like the name 'Mr Grevor' - there is no immediate danger relayed to the audience at this point. 

We also decided to go for a traditional 'white writing on a black background' so that we could add effects such as a camera flash or a typewriter effect. 

Production Diary

Video Influences

Seven is an influence to our thriller because of the flashes of enigma codes, the dramatic music and the way the titles are embedded in the opening sequence. We liked this because it was unpredictable and keeps the audience guessing as to what is going to happen in the movie.

Initial Idea

Team members - Sarah Adnams
                         - Laura McLean (actor)
                         - James Knuckey
                         - Charlie Boyden (actor)
                         - Jasper Adnams (dog actor)
Laura and Charlie were perfect for our Thriller opening sequence because we felt that they were "typical" protagonists and antagonists.
With Laura as the protagonist; we felt this was very stereotypical. Laura is blonde which is a very 'girly' aspect for a protagonist.
Charlie has dark hair which adds to the mystery of our thriller as you never see the antagonist's face