Group Storyboard - Miss Georgiou

The importance of a group narrative is to incorporate the best ideas and create the most thrilling opening sequence for the audience's enjoyment. By creating a group narrative it means that the whole group can input ideas and change ideas to make our narrative better. It also mans that we can change ideas as a group if we don't think they are conventional enough. The group also becomes happy with the narrative as they get to input ideas which can make our sequence more thrilling and they also get a better understanding of what is going on. We each looked at other peoples story boards to look at each features and see how we can create a group storyboard. We decided as a group which frames were the best from each of our storyboards and this helped create a story board that we all liked and that we all thought would create a thrilling opening sequence. As a group we also made some changes to the ending of our narrative and this is because we wanted to make it more conventional and make it more enjoyable and engaging for the audience.





This is the first page of our group storyboard. The first page is different to my individual storyboard as it shows the setting of the location first.  This idea came from Lucas's storyboard. It creates tension for the audience as they know straight away that they are watching a thriller film because it gives the isolated location of the house and makes the victim seem vulnerable and weak. We used Luca's idea so that it engages the audience straight away and Luca's idea is conventional to a thriller film as it creates a sinister atmosphere and gets the audience on edge straight away as to what is going to happen. The last two frames are from everyone's storyboard as we all had the same idea. This idea is very conventional to the thriller genre but also creates an enigma to the audience as to who the girl is and why she is kept in hostage. Both of the inspirations to use an isolated location and to keep the girl in hostage came from the film, "The Strangers" It showed a couple tied up with the antagonist opposite them. The isolated location was shown when the victim in the film got stabbed and it showed how nobody can hear her scream but also shows how the victims are an easy target because they have no escape. We wanted to create the same idea in our thriller film to create a more sinister atmosphere.  We also had the same idea for elements such as establishing shot for the location and low key lighting throughout which helps to create a dark atmosphere but also to keep the audience intrigued and make them want to watch the rest of the film. Low key lighting is used in all thriller films and so our group looked at various thriller films to see how they sued used their lighting.

This is the second page of our group storyboard. This page is used in my idea. It shows the knife and the dead person. It then shows how the girl is alone with the knife and the dead person which makes the girl seem helpless and vulnerable. The idea came from my individual storyboard and everyone else agreed with it. We chose to use this idea in our storyboard because it sets the genre of a thriller film and also tells the audience what the narrative is about. It also engages the audience straight away because they are intrigued to find out why the girl has been kept in hostage. The iconography of the knife also suprises and shocks the audience but also foreshadows events that are going to happen in the film. Iconography is shown in every thriller film through weapons. As a group, we got our inspiration from the film "Halloween." The antagonist is shown picking up a knife in which he uses it to kill his victim. This has inspired us to use a knife in our storyboard because it foreshadows danger and implies that someone is going to die. By using my idea in the storyboard it means that the audience are intrigued straight away as they start to understand the plot of the film and the knife and the dead victim implies to the audience that a death has already taken place and that another one will happen in the sequence as well.

This is the third page of our storyboard. In this page the victim see's a shadow in the mirror and starts to walk towards the mirror. She see's a broken picture frame in the floor and has a flashback of how she became hostage. The idea of the broken mirror came from Luca's storyboard. We decided to add Luca's idea into our group storyboard as it was more conventional than using a curtain to hide the killer. The mirror is more original as the curtain has been used in other thriller films before such as "The Strangers" which is where I got my inspiration from to use it. Luca's idea is also going to be used in our thriller sequence because it creates a lot more tension for the audience and also the cracked mirror foreshadows danger and makes it seem like something bad is going to happen. The sound used in the first two frames are parallel. We got this inspiration from "Scream" when the victim is walking towards the killer. Parallel sound is used to create suspense for the audience as they know that the victim is going to die. The victim seems weak and helpless because they can't do anything to get away from the killer. Parallel sound is used to make the killer seem overpowering and intimidating. The next two frames are from mine and John's storyboard. The broken picture frame and flashback make it easier for the audience to understand why the girl became hostage. The editing techniques used in these frame are linking of section. This helps to create suspense for the audience because they become more engaged in the film and they begin to feel sympathy for the victim. Linking of section was used in the film "Final Destination" when the powder links to the victims death. As a group we have also used linking of section to create the same effect as it makes the audience think how the shots and flashbacks are going to link to her death.

This is the fourth page of our group storyboard and in this page, the flashback occurs when she is on Facebook and see's a video of herself. She then see's her cracked phone on the floor and another flashback occurs where she receives threatening messages from an anonymous person. This idea came from John's storyboard. We decided to add this in our storyboard because it links to the fact why she has become hostage. The audience understand why she has been held in hostage and feel sympathy for her. By using this in our story board it means that the audience can build a relationship with the victim and get put in her shoes. We have used diegetic sound of the laptop and stepping on the glass. This creates a more natural scene and makes the audience believe that they are watching a real event. The diegetic sound of the glass also creates a more sinister atmosphere because the sound of the glass sounds dangerous and implies that the glass is sharp which can be used to injure the victim. The glass also foreshadows events that are going to take place later on in the sequence. Diegetic sound is used in all thriller films to create suspense. It is used in Insidious" "Scream" and "Annabelle" and these are where our group got inspirations from to use diegetic sound as it makes the scene more realistic and so engages the audience more.


This is the fifth page of our opening sequence and in these frames the girl see's a targeted photo of the dead person she saw before. There are also other targeted pictures on the wall and she is on there. It shows the facial expression of the girl and shows her getting close to the mirror. The last frame shows the victim seeing a knife behind her in the mirror. This was both Luca's and John's idea. Luca had the idea of using the knife in the mirror while john had the idea of showing the targeted photo of the man as well as the girl. These two ideas were used in our storyboard because they both build up a lot of tension for the audience. John's idea in particular builds up a lot of suspense for the audience because it shows the audience what the killer is capable of and implies that he has killed someone once and so he can do it again. The targeted photo of the victim shows that she is next and this gets the audience on edge because they feel sympathy for the girl. The audience also become threatened by the antagonist as they know what he is capable of doing. Silence is used when the victim see's the knife in the mirror and as a group we got inspired to use this from the film "Scream" when the victim opens the wardrobe expecting to see the killer there but instead he isn't. This creates a dramatic effect and we want to use silence to create the same effect within out sequence. It will help to create shock and surprise for the audience but it will also create an enigma as to when the killer is going to strike. It makes the audience feel worried for the victim and they become on edge as they don't want the victim to die.

This is the last page of our group storyboard and it shows the victim becoming scared. The victim turns around to see who is behind her but realises nobody is there, she then tries to run away and opens the front door and the killer is there. This idea is a mixture of everyone's idea. My idea was to have the killer not there when she turns around and Luca's and Johns idea was to have the killer there when she opens the door. Ciara's idea was to have a reaction shot of the girls face so that the audience can relate to her. By imputing everyone's ideas in the last part of the sequence it means that it creates a very thrilling sequence and it makes the audience enjoy it more as it creates an enigma and creates a dramatic effect. By making the killer disappear as she turns around creates an original thriller sequence and doesn't make the audience guess what is going to happen next. In leaves them in tension for longer and makes them intrigued to find out what is going to happen to the victim. The last couple of frames use fast pace editing and this creates instability and shows how the killer is getting closer to the victim. The use of fast pace editing makes it seem like the victims life is soon coming to an end and she is going to die. Fast pace editing is used in the film "Shutter Island" this is shown when the two vicitms are fighting the killer. Fast pace editing is used to show chaos and make the killer seem powerful. We added fast pace editing to create the same effect and make it seem like the victim is vulnerable and has no chance of escaping. This gives the killer more chance of killing her and creates a more sinister atmosphere.

To conclude I think that our storyboard fits into the thriller genre as it is conventional because it thrills and creates suspense for the audience. Our storyboard also has a lot of jumpy scenes which is what we wanted to include in our sequence. It builds up tension and keeps the audience guessing what is going to happen next. An enigma is created throughout and the storyboard helps us to see what we are meant to be filming. It also helps us to understand what is going in each scene and what elements are going to be used. Our group storyboard is good because it has everyone's ideas in there and the group are happy with the order in which the shots go in and the elements used in each frame. We managed to incoperate other peoples ideas into one group storyboard by looking at everyones individual storyboard and asking them which they think is the most conventional and would thrill the audience the most. We also each decided what we think would look good in the sequence and after each frame what we think would be suitable to go next. This helped us to add other peoples ideas into one as everyone ave their opinion and said whether they think it would work or not. We had to make some compromises about how it would end and what we think should happen to the victim. This was the only compromise we had to make as we thought as a group that our other idea wasn't as conventional. I think that our storyboard is good however I would change some elements in certain frames such as sound. For instance we have used non diegetic sound quite a lot and I think I would change some of them so it isn't repetitive or it doesn't bore the audience.