Animatic Storyboard and Evaluation

Animatic Storyboard:

Our animatic storyboard shows all the shots we will be using within our opening two minutes.

In our animatic story board, we tried to use as many different shots as possible to create tension, also to make the audience feel as if they’re there and part of it. We created an enigma code by changing the storyline from starting at the end of the night to cut to the beginning of the night. This creates an enigma code as the audience won’t know why the story has suddenly changed, but also they’ll wonder what happens to the characters at the end.

Our narrative has been established through the location of the film, as it also entwines with the title of our film, about and journey and we believed that a train was a good representation of it. The characters establish our narrative as they are relatable, and they’re most likely age to be going out at night. The props we use don’t only establish the narrative but also the genre as they are conventional props for a horror film.

From making the animatic storyboard, we learnt that different shots would create different effects on the audience. We didn’t adjust the shot length because it was over a minute and all we wanted was to show the different shots not the timings of the shots. However, when we edit the actual footage the opening will fit 2 minutes.

Our editing will be quick cuts as this is conventional in horror films, and we want to create a tense effect on the audience. These will be effective as through research we have found that this type of editing has created tension and has put many audiences on edge.