Storyboards and analysis

These are the storyboards we are going to follow for our filming.

Shot two is the first scene where actual video footage is shown and we have decided its going to be the clip that sets the scene for the opening. I particularly, like the idea of this shot because we will be able to portray the weather which will hopefully be really bleak and therefore portray the emotions which the character is feeling.

Shot three is edited with a cut because we wanted to make it as naturalistic as possible. There is sound dialogue of her speaking on the phone to her friend because this makes the atmosphere appear very normal. Also its common convention of a stereotypical teenager. We have decided to use a crab movement to show what April is doing and then show the actual April.

Shot four is a close up of April's face and we decided to use this because it portrays how April is feeling about the conversation she just had.

Shot five features dialogue of April shouting to her mum about leaving the house and it's a mid shot. We decided to do this because it will show April is ready to go out.

Shot six is a bird's eye view/ over the shoulder shot because we want to show April tying her laces in preparation for going out. This is to make it appear as naturalistic as possible for the audience. In relation to this, we have the music fading out which makes the change of scenery more prominent.

Shot seven is a match on match shot of April walking out. This is going to look really effective and I think it will make the slam so much bigger and more key within the scene. It's also a great way to form a transition.

Shot eight is the other half of the match on match shot when April is outside slamming the door. The effect of having no non-diegetic music in the background will look really good because it will focus all the audience's attention of the slamming of the door which hopefully we will be able to increase the sound of when we do the editing.

For shot nine we have chosen to do an extreme close up of April's eyes. This is because we want to be able to show the suspense in her eyes.

Shot ten is a wide shot of April walking down the road whilst the red van passes. This is to unobviously foreshadow that the van will have something to do with the movement of April in the upcoming scene.

Shot eleven is a long shot with tracking to show the movement of April walking down the street. this is to show April's journey to her friends. We could incorporate April walking down several different streets to make it look properly like its a journey. This is something I will need to discuss further with my group though.

Shot twelve is an extreme close up which will allow the audience to see April breathing. This is to show how cold it is outside which will help to develop conclusions which will need to be made in the scenes to follow.

Shot thirteen and shot fourteen are going to come together when we do the editing to create the main part of our opening; April's disappearance! We are using long shots for both clips to make it as the same as possible and doing one take with April standing there whilst the van is passing and another shot whilst she isn't there at all. This is to make it appear like its not been edited at all and April does actually disappear.

Shot fifteen is our news report. I am going to do a separate blog post on this.

Shot sixteen long shot of the lounge. This is to show all of April's family and friends and will portray how her disappearance has affected them all. It's also going to have no dialogue to get the audience to really focus on the family and friends of April.

Shots seventeen, eighteen and nineteen are all part of the conversation that is going to be had between the investigator and a friend of April's and this will look effective as you will be able to see both characters' emotions.

Shot twenty is a mid shot supported by tracking. We have decided to do this as a way to show the importance of the investigator and almost do a point of view shot from the audience of them watching the investigator.

Shot twenty one and twenty two switch from a high angle shot to a low angle shot which portrays the emotions to decrease from feeling fine to bad.

Shot twenty three is a close up montage of April's sister to show how much the news about April's disappearance has shattered her.

The entire montage clips show the physical effects of how April's sister is feeling; anxious and scared. This could also foreshadow she knows something in relation to April's disappearance.

Shot twenty eight is a really crucial shot because we are going to have lots of people saying April's sister's name and she's holding her ears as a way to show she's having a sensory overload of noise. The mid shot means you can see the physical effects on her body.

Shot twenty nine is a long shot of April's sister running out of the door whilst people shout her name and the door slams. We will have to be really cautious when editing in order to set apart the sounds.

Shot thirty shows April's sister crying and breathing heavily in a long shot. This is to make her appear really small in such a big world with the weight of the world on her shoulders.

Shot thirty one is silence to give the audience time to absorb the fast pace movements of the previous shots.

Shot thirty three is a point of view shot of April's sister looking up at the sky as if to ask for questions from the sky. There is silence to show the respect of this moment of the clip.