Storyboard: First Draft

As part of the planning stage for the opening sequence entailed by the coursework, we had to develop a storyboard. This was completed from what we have accomplished so far: synopses research included various plots ideas and the creation of a script. Together these both are translated into a visual representation of how we as a group are essentially going approach filming during the production process.
Consequently, the planning stage led to us coming up with the idea to portray a crime/espionage thriller hybrid that ended by summing up to 29 shots that lasts approximately lasts under a minute and a half (but things might change later on during the current or later stage).

 

The first 4 shots introduce the audience to the main character, Franco (who throughout the sequence is being deliberated as either the protagonist or antagonist) and establishes an initial enigma whereby the audience are abruptly brought into the middle of the plot where the main character is in a therapy session but no explanation is given as to why.

 

 

The next scene then begins with the first part of a flashback which starts to deconstruct and clarify who Franco is. To help emphasise his role in the film the audience are also introduced to a politician (Meadows) who is later shown to be one of his many targets - as a character he is further developed through this scene as he is planning and preparing for his next assassination which is hinted at with the ambient asynchronous sound of a radio news broadcast.

 

Afterwards, the last main character of the sequence is established as a detective (Dennis) whose role is to act opposite Franco and this relationship implies that they will encounter each other later on in the story arc (if we were filming an entire film).

 

Tension is now created by making use of cross-cutting between Franco and Meadows which eventually shows the death of the politician who is assassinated  by assumably Franco. This is because of the editing technique which can be interpreted differently by the audience as a red herring and therefore creates the possibility of multiple plots for the wider story arc that makes use of the codes and conventions of the thriller genre.