Storyboard Poll Analysis.

In a recent poll which contained questions which are relevant to my group's storyboard had 5 questions which 5 people answered, which were: 

• After reading the storyboard, do you feel that the opening sequence matches the genre?
• Do you think the different types of shots are right for each scene?
• Do you feel the storyboard is easily understandable?
• Do you feel that the storyboard shows a sense of Psychological Thriller?
• What do you think the appropriate age range for a Psychological Thriller are?

We had many positive feedback however, on one question which was the 3rd question, we received 1 vote (20%) of the public which found that our storyboard was hard to understand.

I feel that this is an honest response back as  our storyboard may not be the most easily understood one (due to it being unfinished) however, in order for our group to solve this, we typed out every step of the storyboard where other people can read and then grasp a bigger concept of what will happen: http://strein96.blogspot.co.uk/p/shot-one-one-will-start-as-establishing.html

Shot 1: this shot is the introduction of the first character, who will appear innocent. He will be presented in an Establishing/Long shot so, the viewer could see that he is alone in the woods. The camera will pan as the character passes the camera, this is so the viewer doesn't lose the character. The use of sound will be a breathless and a heartbeat rhythm to emphaise that he's been running a long distant. 

Shot 2: We thought to create a stopping point somewhere in the location, so the filming process would be much easier (hence the stopping point in the storyboard) however, the character will be facing away from the camera to the same direction which he was running, at the stopping point, the shot will be a Medium Long Shot. The use of sound will then change to increase the use of intensity as an incidental sound will be welcomed which will mimic the heartbeat. 

Shot 2 and Shot 3 both collapse together as shot 2 cuts to the next shot where the character simply ties his shoe laces up and the camera then adjust to his height as the camera gets tilted downwards. Match On Action may take place of the character tying his shoes. 

Shot 3 has two parts within the scene, which one was said in shot 2 above. 3.1 and 3.2 (our group called it) where, as the shoe laces are being tied up, in 3.2 the camera will slowly pan from the left side of the character to the right as the incidental music picks up pace with the suspense. This shot will start as a Medium Shot.

Shot 4 is part of shot 3 when the camera pans, the camera will be interrupted by a certain figure which will stop as an Over the Shoulder shot.  Incidental music will then increase in pace which will be over powered by a sound effect of a baseball bat noise. A black screen edit will be used to show no physical violence. 

The rest of the storyboard is self-explanatory, however, for our next task, we will make sure we put in a lot more effort so that the viewers could understand the storyboard a lot more. 

Goal for next task: Complete the storyboard in a standard where the viewers could vote 'Yes' rather than 'No' next time!