Photo Storyboard

Shots 1 - 6 : Appartment Opening Scene

These shots are used as an establishing scene where the use of voice overs is used to the maximum so the characters mental imkbalances can be made evident but also for him to explain who he is, what he does and what his opinions are about his situation. The use og close ups is used on certain props i.e. DVD's, notebook, player etc. so that the audfience will know that these play an important part in the movies story progression.

Shots 8 - 23 : Office Scene

These shots were made to establish the supernatural element of the film and also introduce anotrher character beside Derek not only that but, unknowingly to the audience, the plot twist will be entered here by introducing Ben as a charcter made apparent in the part where he turns away and his face is slightly in shodow yto suggest an alternate persona.

The use of close ups will be continued here to emphasise certain props i.e. DVD, radio, video camera (these have been proxied in the storyboard, hand cleanser is video camera, leaflet rack is radio and pink leaflet is the DVD itself). Not only that but the use of high and low angle shots performed in the over-the-shoulder method is done to establish a conversation is going on but also to maintain Derek as a small and powerless character and set Ben up as the powerful agent who controls the flow of this scene.

The end shot will be used in a graphic match to either inside a car or inside the apparement depending how much time is available in film, this is done to emphasise the importance of this DVD in the films plot and a faint music score will be sounded once it been handed over to again empasise it imporatnce, music will be eerie and tense to suggest a supernatural or horror experience.

Shots 25 - 43 : Apartment Car Park & Hall Scene

Now that the introductions of the characters and the necesary plot developing props have been established these scenes are meant to enhance the supernatrual feel and general horror atmosphere of the film by introducing a a suspicious stanger, rapid shot transition and intorduction the films main music score. The over the shoulder shot of the main charcter will have a showdy figure standing behind him wearing nothing but black and with their face obscured, the transition between the character seeing this figure, with them standing at a distance, and him turning to walk off when the figure will suddenly be transported behind him which will add tension and mystery.

The music will have kumped in at this point and the protagonist will be running away from this figure to the exit wherre the shot transitions to a low angle shot as he nags on the door while desparetly trying to find his key. This is a conventional shot in horror movies used to add tension and increase the hoerror factor with the possability of the figure catching up to the main character. After Derek has made it through the door and closed it the music will cut off to indicate the danger has momentarily passed and will allow for more voice overs to displayDereks unease at whats just happened hinting that it isn't over yet and the susquent close up of him waiting for the elavator will have a voice over hsouting at the lift to hurry again adding tension.

This will also be interlaced with match on actions of the elavtor button to show the importance of the actionm the lifts dorrs closing will signify the end of that p[erticular scene all of which is geared towards hightening dramtic tension and horror elements.

Shots 45 - 77 : Main Apartement Scenes

This is what the film has been building up to, where all the pieces come together to form the comclusion and where questions are settled. The first few shots is just the protaginist entering his flat using both medium and match-on-actions to display the transition of surroundings, this will be interlaced with voice overs so the audience can here the protagonists thoughts on the evnts thus far and also to give them something to listen to while the character just walks, when he places the DVD in the drawer this should be remmebered by the audience for later shots.

The use of the close-up for when the vcharacter wakes up, sound effect added here of door slamming shut, afetr sleeping will be the ignition for the horror element to kick in again and the transitions between him getting up and moving to the corridor will have a music score come in similiar to the car park scene and the offcie scene. When the protagonist comes into the hallway the shadowy sttanger will be in his apartment using an over-the-shoulder-shot so the audience can see what Derek is looking at.

A sound affecdt will be added to distract the main character so he looks away where his face will dominate the screen temporarily oscuring the masked assailant, the transition will switch from an over-shoulder-shout to a medium-long shot of the character facing the opposite direction with a look of surprise which will be answered when the camera changes back to an over-shoulder-shot to reveal the assailant gone. There will be a quick motion on the character to indicate he's going back into the lviing room when the camera will cut to inside the lviing room which has now been wrecked with DVD's everywhere and the notebook & DVD spread out on the table so Derek could see it.

The camera will pan from this screen of destruction to Derek who will have a look of shock on his face until he notices the DVD and notebook ( previously placed in the drawer when he first enetered the flat, "how did it get there"). Derek will move over to the table cutting to a point-of-view shot to show what the character was looking at since the audience may not have seen the DVD and notebook at first.

The camera will cut to a medium shot of the protagonist sitting down looking at the notebook cutting quickly to another high agnle over-shoulder-shot to show what he's looking at with a voice over stating what he's looking at again incase the audience doesn't see. Derek will look at this then look at the DVD, similiar to a scene in the Ring, and then go over to mplace the DVD in player causing another cut to match-on-action.

The next few scenes will be shot-reverse-shot as Derek watches the DVD and his resulting reactions, done in medium-close ups so the audience can note his body language. When the character in the DVD jumps Derek will shout in distress and, hopefully perfectly timed, when the DVD character feet would snap Dereks feet will snap in front of the TV screen in a medium shot to display the DVD's hanging scene with Dereks feet dangling indicating he too has hanged himself showing that Derek as copied the DVD's character who it will be revealed was Derek himself.

There will be a brief fade-out and when it comes back it'll be the camera zooming into a set-up video camera, the same one he was looking at in the offcie scene & when the camera stops zooming a hand will reach out and turn the camera off which effectively eneds the film with a final voice over of Ben from office scene repeating what he said earlier revealing that he is the one circulating this killer DVD, which will be the films plot twist and explain the powerful postion camera angles and slightly shadowed face.

The actual hanging scene will have its own sounds effects taken from samples of hanging sounds i.e. wood creeking and the snap of the the wood & rope after the initial drop.