Group Storyboard - Miss Miller

The purpose of a group storyboard is to allow all group members to put in some of their own ideas into the thriller sequence so that it is fair and they feel as though they are part of the film making. When each member created the individual storyboards, the ideas were varied for each person. Within the group storyboard, you include a range of ideas from everyone and put them into the same storyboard. Myself and Krista have looked at each of our individual storyboards and both agreed that there were some fantastic ideas from both. We decided on the best features of each one by working together and visualizing each frame to allow ourselves to understand if what we had wanted to do would work or not.

Myself and Krista have created a group storyboard in order to understand what we needed to do when producing our film. Creating the storyboard will allow us to stay on track when filming so that we don't fall behind. It will also help us not to get confused when we are in the filming process and can understand each frame well. We have included different frames from each other's storyboards so that the creativity was extended and varied, having just one persons ideas would be boring and would only allow that person to understand fully what they are doing. Having two people's ideas within is easier as each person can explain what they mean and it will allow the film to go smoother when being created.

Within storyboard frame number 1, my partner Krista and I both incorporated our ideas to come up with frames number 1 and 2. This is when the hitman wakes up in an unknown area unaware of where he is and who he is. This part was my idea. However, the idea that Krista had was for the man to be tied up and have masking tape on his face.  He wakes up tied up with masking tape on his mouth. Within this part of the storyboard, we had used mostly Krista's ideas for camera shots. I do not think this is unfair due to the fact that when we reviewed eachother's ideas, i believe that her ideas made more sense than mine did. I also noticed that we both had the same idea to use flashing within this part of the scene to add excitement and tension to the audience. Krista's ideas for sound were better when comparing hers to mine so we decided to use hers as they were various and imaginative.

Again, Krista's ideas were mostly used for the narrative in this part, however, my ideas were used when i explained in my storyboard that the hitman should be given money and an address note. The first frame hadn't even been created within my storyboard as i had started my second one showing the antagonist paying the hitman then the hitman agrees to kill the woman. We went with krista's idea because we both  believe that it will grip the audience more if we add on more detailed frames. I noticed that myself and Krista's storyboards were the same for the lighting category as we had both chosen to use low key lighting.

When i told my partner the idea of the hitman calling a taxi to get to the house of the female victim, she agreed as it allowed the audience to build up the tension as they know that the killing scene is coming up. My ideas of camera shots were used in frames 11 and 12 as they were the most useful when creating these types of scenes. The frames 9 and 10 were ideas from Krista. We both agreed that there wouldn't be a variety of editing within this scene. This will allow the audience to focus when watching as there will be nothing distracting them. Our ideas were different for the sound category as i had wanted the hitman leaving to have silence, however Krista wanted sinister music, and eventually i agreed with this because it will show the audience that he is becoming evil, the sinister music prepares them for what is to come.

When looking at storyboard page number 4, my idea of having POV as a camera angle was used because it would show the audience where he is. Mine and Kristas were both similar one frame number 13 as i had said that i would like sinister music to be played, Krista's idea was to have the music building up slowly, so we incorporated both of our ideas. Within frames 14 and 15, Krista's camera shot ideas were used as they made more sense to the story and the audience. We had both decided to use low key lighting within our storyboard as it is approaching a dark scene. The editing ideas were Krista's as i didn't write any down because i had no ideas for that category.


Krista's narrative idea was used within frame 17 as it shows the aggressiveness of the hitman within this scene. My idea was for the hitman to hold the knife high in the air. The use of screaming as a sound was included within both of our storyboards as it is necessary to show the fear and emotions of the female victim. Krista's idea for shallow focus was used for frame number 19 as it allows the audience to focus on the dead body, this shows the state of the female victim.

Within storyboard page number 6, which shows the last scene, low key was incorporated, which was both myself and my partners idea which we included on our own storyboards. It was Krista's idea to use screaming voices in frame number 22, this allows the audience to feel even more fear. The closing music was also Krista's idea to incorporate within the sound category for our opening sequence as connotes to the audience that it is almost the end. The use of montage editing in frame 21 was Krista's idea.

Overall, i think our storyboard is strong as it incorporates both of our ideas. We are both stronger at different categories, therefore making it easier for us to agree on which elements we should include in each frame. There is nothing i would change within the group storyboard as myself and Krista both got our ideas across and each person managed to state why the elements they chose should be used and so it was easier for each person to agree with what would look better.