Improved/Final Storyboard

 

This is our final storyboard we made. Cutting out individual frames for our storyboard mad it a lot easier for us to move scenes about and take stuff out if we weren’t happy with it. It also made it much clearer to us on the design of the scene when we came to film because we included camera angles and mise-en-scene with the drawings.

KEY   We decided it would be a good idea to make a key for our main characters. This helped us establish each character within each frame without having to draw them in great detail.

SCENE ONE & TW0

 This scene opens on a medium close up of NANCY, a 28 year old film/celebrity star. She is presented as very confident/glamorous and it leaves the audience with the impression of a diva. CLARK a 41 year old journalist is at the award premier. He is cool and smooth with the ladies hoping to attract NANCY’S attention in order to get a good story for his slowly failing newspaper business.

CLARK approaches NANCY with his notepad and pen. The camera pans and follows CLARK to meet NANCY, we are then presented with a TWO-SHOT, in which they both chat and exchange a seductive gaze. Scene cuts and fades out of NANCY’S eyes and then fades into an extreme close up of CLARK’S wife MARTHA who is in a glaring gaze.


Scene opens carrying on from previous scene, camera zooms out from MARTHA’S eyes into a close up of her face. The camera then cuts from a close up of MARTHA’S face to an over-shoulder shot of CLARK. Over-shoulder shot looking at MARTHA. Camera stays in mid-shot and the camera pans and follows CLARK to the door. The door slams with the loud bang interrupting MARTHA. Mid shot of the kitchen focusing on CLARK picking toast up off of the table, CLARK seems rushed and heads towards the door to head to work.

 

SCENE THREE & FOUR

The office is very professional looking, with dark wood and leather interior. In the centre of the room is his desk and upon this is a telephone, typewriter and scattered newspaper articles about his failing newspaper company. The scene opens with CLARK opening the door of his office. This scene will jump cut straight from the front door of his house to the door of his office showing the passing of time. The camera tracks CLARK to his desk then cuts to over the shoulder shot of him reading the newspaper articles on his desk. Non diegetic music will play over this scene as there is no dialogue. Diegetic sound of a telephone plays after 5 seconds of CLARK looking at the articles. CLARK picks up the phone frantically. Camera pans round to front on mid shot as he is taking the phone call. CLARK picks up a picture of NANCY from the premier. He rushes out of office door (paper flying/falling off desk) Camera zooms into the picture of NANCY on the floor then jump cuts to a long shot of her house. 

Tracking long shot of CLARK suspiciously walking up the drive way of NANCY’S house. Stops at the door and knocks. Over the shoulder shot of NANCY opening the door a few inches and peering out to see who it is knocking. Two shot, close up. NANCY and CLARK facing each other fondly. Scene closes with close up of CLARK and NANCY’S hands as they’re walking up the stairs.

SCENE FIVE &SIX

On screen text saying ‘4 DAYS LATER’. CLARK walks down the stairs and straight out to work in a hurry dropping some papers.

 MARTHA runs to the door to tell CLARK he has dropped his work but he has left. She discovers photographs and a draft of an article about NANCY. MARTHA sits at the kitchen table in shock reading CLARKS plan. MARTHA runs out the door shortly after CLARK to follow him.

Long shot of CLARK walking up the driveway towards NANCY’S house with MARTHA hidden close behind. CLARK suspiciously looks around. CLARK quickly welcomed into NANCY’S house. Meanwhile MARTHA is outside watching through the window and discovers they’re having an affair. CLARK leaves NANCY’S house and heads off to work, meanwhile MARTHA posts the draft of CLARK’S story through NANCY’S letter box.

 

SCENE SEVEN & EIGHT

Tracking shot of NANCY walking past hallway, when she notices a bunch of letters/notes on the doormat. Camera cuts to a close up of the letters/notes and then back to the camera panning, following NANCY walking to pick the letter up. We are then presented with a close up of her face as she discovers what has happened.

NANCY heads over to CLARK’S office to see him. Mid shot of CLARK’S office door as NANCY knocks on the door and walks in without hesitation, camera cuts to a mid shot of CLARK sitting behind his desk, camera cuts back to NANCY and a tracking shot is slowly following NANCY to the office chair. CLARK leaves his office, camera pans following CLARK to the door, to the point where he closes the door. NANCY goes behind CLARK’S desk looking for information about where he lives. NANCY turns around and see’s the handle turn, she quickly rips of CLARK’S address off of the letter, puts it down her top. A mid-shot of NANCY walking out of the office door and CLARK left standing there bewildered. Scene ends with a mid-shot of NANCY snatching the drink from CLARK and downs it. Scene closes

SCENE NINE & TEN

Scene opens with a mid-shot of NANCY’S back to the camera as she knocks on the door to CLARK and MARTHAS house. Camera cuts to an over the shoulder shot of NANCY waiting at the door, when MARTHA opens it. Over the shoulder shot switches to MARTHAS point of view.

MARTHA and NANCY plan to kill CLARK. They both dress up and meet at CLARK’S office. They burst through the office door and they stand in the door way glaring at CLARK. CLARK pulls away from his desk.
Cuts to close up of MARTHA and NANCY’S guns by their side. Close up of CLARK’S face. Cut back to MARTHA and NANCY’S faces. CLARK scrambles frantically into his drawer to find his gun. NANCY and MARTHA split and start shooting. CLARK shoots for NANCY but instead gets MARTHA. MARTHA falls dead to the ground and CLARK falls by her side in shock that he has killed his wife. CLARK still on the floor turns to face NANCY to shoot her, but is too late and NANCY shoots CLARK in the head. CLARK falls face down next to his wife.
NANCY starts to smugly walk out the door after killing both of them. MARTHA then stands up, NANCY hears something and turns to find MARTHA alive facing her with a gun. MARTHA shoots NANCY. MARTHA looks at them in disgust and steps over NANCY’S body and walks out the door.