Horror film storyboard

For the horror film collaboration between me and Alex McNally, We had to plan ahead. Part of our planning was a storyboard. Here is a storyboard of the film:

 Clip 1: The student (Alex McNally) spots a newspaper on the floor and picks it up (the camera will be a medium shot from the students side) NEW SETTING: Inside school building
 Clip 2: Cut to trees outside and pan right. NEW SETTING: Outside
 Clip 3: Cut back to the student. Camera is pointed at the newspaper over his shoulder (no important details on the paper.)
 Clip 4: Outside shot again. Camera pans slightly towards the shed and zooms into the window.
 Clip 5: Cut back to the student. He bins the paper, and the camera cuts to a shot of the bin, showing headlines about a dangerous killer escaping prison.
 Clip 6: Cut to inside the shed. The camera pans from the left of the screen to the right, capturing details on the pin board (which contains details on a murder plot) Afterwards, the camera will reach the masked killer (Alex Harris), who is sharpening a knife. The sharpening noises will play throughout the clip. NEW SETTING: Dark room.
 Clip 7: Cut back to the school. The student walks across the room and tries to exit the building, but the door is locked. He struggles with the lock for a few seconds and gives up.
Clip 8: Cut back to the dark room. The camera finishes panning to the killers face. He then stops sharpening his knife for a second, and looks directly at the camera. The screen then cuts to black.


While my artistic ability leaves much to be desired, I believe that this storyboard gets the vision for the film across well.

Alex Harris 06/01/2017

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