Storyboard to Final Product

By the end of the planning stage, we had created a storyboard so we knew what each shot was supposed to look like. This made filming easier as we knew exactly how to frame the shots when it came to filming.

Our opening montage was going to consist of three graphically matched shots, each with the protagonist facing away from the camera, as she gets dressed, walks down the street, and waits at the station.

 The first shot and the third shot are still while the middle shot tracks Bethan as she walks.

This is a Time-lapse- we wanted to use one of the sunset to show the passing of time as the day turns into the night. This represents the last of the Protagonist's innocence.

This is the first shot of the protagonist taking a drug. We decided to break the fourth wall by having her look directly into the camera- symbolising defiance. Up until now the audience hasn't even seen her face.

 

For these shots, our storyboard is very vague as we intended to film them using a Fish Eye lens. This creates point-of-view shots that are distorted and give the audience insight into how the character is viewing everyone else.

Red lighting is a motif used throughout our Teaser Trailer, representing danger, evil and temptation. A religious interpretation would suggest that the main character has fallen into Hell, due to the high-key lighting in the opening montage contrasting the low-key red lighting and general dark colour palette.

In this shot, the audience can clearly see the protagonists hand putting a drug into her mouth. We wanted to create a shaky, distorting effect that resembled a computer glitch. We cut up the shot and reordered the pieces- signifying the protagonist's inner struggle.

In some shots we decided to add more than simply red lighting- we also used layering. Layering one shot on top of another made the shots more visually creative and gave the audience a glimpse of what it might be like for the protagonist, under the influence of an array of drugs.

In this shot, we layered the same shot together, but moved it slightly to create the appearance of two protagonists. The idea that she has a split personality is presented throughout and this is suggestive of that. The drugs turn her into a completely different person.

These two shots were filmed with the fish eye lens and are consecutive. The way in which the protagonist perceives others has changed because of the drugs. The point-of-view close up shot of her friend's face under the fish eye lens, appears blurred and distorted and the audience are brought uncomfortably close to both the girl's faces as they converse. The first shot starts off close to Bethan's eye, before she moves away from the camera.

These two shots are repeated twice each very quickly as the protagonist takes a drug. The images flicker from one side of the screen to the other, giving a distorting effect. The multitude of distorting effects used throughout the teaser trailer adhere to the theme of drugs and to the conventions of films about drugs.

We also use close ups of drugs throughout the teaser trailer to contrast the long shots of the party scene.

 In our Teaser Trailer typography is overlapped to create the idea that the film has been given a large number of positive reviews. It also creates the sense of mystery, as we are hiding information from the audience. The typography speeds up as the music does, and builds up to the drop in the music, making it synchronous.

We decided to include shots of blood, both close up and on the protagonist, to depict the physical effects of drugs as well as the psychological and mental.

These two shots are consecutive and show contrasting emotions. We present the lows of drugs as well as the highs, ultimately condemning drugs instead of condoning them due to the detrimental effects.

Due to the portability of the GoPro, we were able to film from the bottom of the bottle as the protagonist drinks. This created a not only distorted, but almost sinister effect. We knew when drawing the storyboard that this was the effect we wanted to create but we were uncertain of how it would turn out.

Our final shot is filmed underwater- the protagonist is physically submerged but also mentally and emotionally submerged in her addiction.