Adding further detail to our storyboard

Amy and I decided that our initial storyboard lacked enough detail. As we now have a greater understanding of our audience and our chosen genre and we have also finalised our storyline we have therefore decided to create a more detailed storyboard with more accurate technicalities. We have created our storyboard on PowerPoint as we felt this was the easiest way to create it electronically. Each new slide represents a different shot, and we have inserted simple illustrations into the slide to illustrate our ideas. Around each image we have included annotations detailing shot types, camera movements, whether there is a zoom and if it is slow or fast, music, transitions and the length of the shot.

This level of detail has now given us a visual support for when we come to create our trailer. By doing this we really broke down what we wanted to do and the moods we wanted to create. Before deciding out technicalities we sat down together to discuss the impact we wanted to create on the audience and the most appropriate shot type and editing skills we could use to do this. As we began discussing it, we came up with more creative and imaginative ideas therefore improving on the storyboard and plot we had already created. We have decided to use music that is of a happy nature for example 'Brown eyed girl'- by Van Morrison, and 'Tell me Lies'- by Fleetwood Mac. The reason we decided to do this is because we have taken inspiration from 'The Last house on the left' trailer that we analysed earlier on in the project. Through out 'The last house on the left' trailer the song 'Sweet child of mine' plays, this is very effective as it is contradictory to what we are seeing. The music also bares relation to the story line as it 2 parents seeking revenge on people who have hurt their daughter. This is the reason why we have chose the music for 'Tell me lies'. We have decided that we will emphasise certain sounds through out the trailer, but have the music running constantly throughout the trailer.

By planning with a lot more detail I now feel more confident and happy with the trailer and feel that we are now closer to being ready to film, and will create a good outcome if we stick to our storyboard strictly.