Story Boarding


Astrid and I had to brainstorm for a good amount of time before actually writing on this page because we did not want to make a clique murder mystery movie opening. We want to do something relatively serious but then the plot twist at the end of the film opening is supposed to be viewed as funny and lighthearted. The movie opening begins with a detective, Astrid, examining a case file with confidential information about a crime and a suspect. She is going to have a close up shot of her hand reaching for the folder and then an over the shoulder shot of her reading the notes contained within it. Then, Another detective walks in to the office, most likely me, and I will examine the posters on the walls and information on the case. The shot will be wide angle enough that the office setting can be seen as well as the posters on the wall. The lighting will be three point or low key lighting to set the mood that there is evil on the loose! Diegetic banter will be heard between the two detectives discussing the details of the case. Then there will be a cut to the prime suspect, and viewers have to assume that there was a time jump because the suspect could have not have materialized in the questioning room miraculously. We decided it would be best for our movie opening if we omitted the chase and the series of steps and clues we followed to find the victim, as well as her detainment because  that would take too much time and would be too revealing for a movie opening. So, we cut to the questioning room with the prime suspect being interrogated. There is an extreme close up shot of the suspect's darting eyes as she is responding to the questions, and the sweat and nervousness she is feeling is seen. This shot would allow viewers to believe that she is guilty because of the nervous body language she is showing. then there will be a cut to signify a flash back in time. The detective's thoughts will be voiced over in this scene and nondiegetic soundtrack music will be playing to add to the suspense of the scene as the detective relays over the evidence of the crime in her mind. After some realization, the scene of the flashback fades to black and the detectives are back in the interrogation room. After a brief but brutal session of interrogation, the detective comes to the conclusion that the suspect is guilty and exclaims: "you did it!". Nondiegetic sound effects will play in the background to further the intensity of the situation. However, at this point the suspect refutes the claims and some heated banter back and forth between the suspect and the detective ensues. In the final scene before the title of the movie is displayed, there is an 'uh oh' moment where the audience, as well as the detectives realize that the suspect must not be guilty if they say they are not. The scene ends by the detectives coming to the conclusion that they have to start the case all over again, back to square one, and then the title scene is shown, concluding the film opening. The final scene is mean to be humorous whereas the other scenes are meant to be serious.  

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