Storyboard For My Teaser Trailer

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Discussing my storyboard and plans for my teaser trailer in detail:

• My storyboard includes a range of shots as I wanted to create as much interest that I could in a short space of time. However, I didn't include the specific timings (on the edge of the storyboard) because I didn't want to be restricted to a certain time period. Although I don't have a specific time period I know that it will be roughly 40 seconds because it is a teaser trailer that I have to create rather than a full length trailer.

• Within my set of shots I wanted to have a certain scene that underpins the whole trailer so it isn't too disjointed. In this case it is the one of the female character (Emma) running, which in my editing I hope to rewind and put in slow motion (so it looks as if she is running backwards). I recorded a number of shots of this same scene from different angles to add variety to the trailer. To feed from this paticular set of shots I recorded a series of short (about 1-2seconds) shots that were at angles and perspectives that the viewer may find disorienating (such as dutch tilts) - this will hopefully add a sense of ambiguity to my psychological thriller teaser trailer.

• For all my shots on the storyboard I have put 'no dialogue' in the description. This is because the only sound I want to include is a non-diegetic music track. I feel that by having no diegetic sound I can create a more eerie, detached feel where the viewer isn't necessarily focused on what's happening in the shots - rather more the look of the shots. At the moment my chosen piece of music is a Kings Of Leon remix of the song 'Closer'. The entire track has an errie, isolated feel to it, but the beginning and end of the song (with no vocals) has more of this feel. In the Adobe Premier Pro software I would be able to cut out these parts of the track to fit to my time period of roughly 40 seconds.

• In most of my shots I want to focus on the importance of lighting and having a variety of lighting -especially in my main shots of Emma running. I want to create lighting that adds further interest to the shots (such as lens flares) and where there is a contrast between light and dark. I feel that this would contribute to the Film Noir style.