Evaluation: Storyboard vs. Final Opening 2 minutes

Evaluation Storyboard vs. Final Opening 2 minutes

Over the duration that we produced our film, many changes took place for a variety of reasons from our original plans. During the days of shooting we discovered a number of things that could work

differently or had to be changed due to any problems we may have encountered. In this post, I will be detailing the changes from the storyboard animatic with the final product.

Shot 1: Our establishing shot went exactly to plan, as we had the train pulling into the station.

Shot 2: This shot of the girl on the train was very ambitious for us when we first started with our storyline and cinematography ideas. However, when we got the shot on the first attempt it was a dream come true.

Shot 3: This shot had some slight changes as we realised it was quite risky to take a knife to a public area and have fake blood on it before dropping it on the floor. Instead, we just had the feet of the murderer walking so that there was still some action in the shot.

Shot 4: This shot was slightly different and did not include the shoulder of the murderer. This is because on the day we decided to use a point of view shot of the murderer so didn’t find it essential to capture the murderer looking at the girl. It also introduced the convention of loneliness that is commonly seen in the horror genre.

Shot 5: This shot, along with a combination of other surrounding it in the editing, merged to make our original image as seen in our animated storyboard.

Shot 6:  This shot did not go exactly as planned, however it was still a success in telling our story.

Shot 7: As mentioned in many other posts, we decided to change the watches to an on screen timer instead as it was easier for the audience to understand and gave a more modern eerie feel.

Shot 8: This shot was very similar of the group of friends on the platform, the only difference being there being one less person as they meet them later in London.